Yann Martel
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And I sort of initially say, well, I have no idea.
I don't know.
Is he life-like?
Is he tiger-like?
Oh, that's good.
That's all I meant, really.
Is there anything more to it?
And they'd start feeding me symbolism of Richard Parker.
Like, I obviously thought, obviously he's parallel to Pi, so he is Pi.
But beyond that, people would start giving me all kinds of theories.
One was wonderful.
I remember it was in Bern, Switzerland.
I remember this.
A woman said, so, you know, your tiger is fed by Pi, cleaned up, Pi cleans up after him, feeds him, accompanies him, and then he leaves without saying goodbye.
Is this a metaphor on marriage?
You know, I hadn't thought of that.
But when you think of it, it is a bourgeois drama.
You have these two people stuck in a confined space.
They have to live with each other.