What is the central question in the book life of pi

Read the excerpt from the odyssey then his chores being all dispatched she caught another brace of man to make his breakfast and whisk away his great door slab to let his sheep go through but he behind reset the stones as one would cap a quiver what two things are being compared in this epic simile

If the author's last name is mentioned in the sentence, it does not need to be included in the in-text citation.

Based on her speech in the excerpt ,what can we infer about francesca