Pi

Life of Pi is a novel written by Yann Martel which explores the many aspects of a journey of a young boy named Pi regarding his religious connection towards the world. Martel displays a range of techniques and stylistic devices and imagery so he can portray the novel through a variety of archetypal lenses and psychoanalytical techniques. At the very beginning, of the book Life of Pi, the story is framed as "a story that will make you believe in God." This idea becomes interpreted differently…

The fragments Yann Martel puts together in this chapter of Life of Pi really makes the story come to life. At this point in the novel, Pi is becoming content with his surroundings. He begins by detailing the night sky, moon, and shining stars; as Pi goes on with his description we begin to see various notions of light and dark imagery. The composition of darkness infers danger, whereas light gives us a sense of faith. If Martel were to merely say “the night sky is pitch black”, we would see no…

Throughout the novel Piscine shares his thoughts and feelings, allowing the reader to grasp how he feels at all times. After Pi realizes Richard Parker is on board his lifeboat, an overwhelming number of thoughts and feelings were produced. After first discovering the tiger is on board, he quickly devises several plots in an attempt to kill Richard Parker. Yet soon changes his mind, realizing that he desperately needs a companion. The movie alters this part of the book, leaving out this key…

The Theme of Life of Pi Imagine being stranded at sea for seven months with limited supplies and a Bengal Tiger being the only other castaway in the ship. Pi Patel, the protagonist of Life of Pi, has to live with these circumstances, and he miraculously survives. This story is about a young boy who grows up in a zoo, since his family owns it, and makes sense of himself through religion. One day, Pi’s father decides he is going to move the family to Canada because he believes there will be…

A person who is driven to live can will do whatever it takes to survive and can come back from the brink of death. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel demonstrates just how powerful inner strength of a person can be and how faith in something can keep one alive in unbelievable situations through his use of devices such as anthropomorphic characters and multiple versions within the story. As Martel opens the novel with a description of Pi’s youth, readers learn that his childhood in a zoo and with…

Life of Pi is essentially a story that strives to explain, prove, and show in detail the conscious and unconscious mind theory known as the Iceberg Theory by Sigmund Freud, a famous psychoanalyst. This theory includes three basic parts. 1, the id which essentially is the survival mode of the mind. The instinctive part. The part that is believed to be instilled in all human’s minds from day one and we fight this primitive part on a daily basis. How do we fight it you ask? Well the second part of…

Life of Pi seems to distribute many teachings and themes to the reader during Pi’s 227-day journey in the Pacific Ocean. Yann Martel leaves it up to the reader to discover which lesson shall be valued the most. Martel uses journey in Life of Pi to achieve the message of thriving through unlikely circumstances is possible with belief and perseverance. Martel explains how Pi uses religion to aid him in his survival efforts. Pi is also fortunate enough to have experience with animals from past…

pound Bengal Tiger and your mind. Pi Patel was an innocent sixteen year old indian boy, caught in a spiral of unfortunate events. Pi was first devastated when his parents said the family was selling the zoo and moving to Canada. Then, the ship (Tsimtsum) sunk in the Mariana’s Trench don’t think it sank here. He luckily survived, even after being trapped with Richard Parker (the Bengal Tiger) for two hundred twenty seven days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel…

Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, the colour orange is a symbol that portrays Pi’s eventual return to safety, through the presence of various objects, animals, and a personification of Pi himself onto an unsuspecting wild creature. In essence, objects like life jackets and whistles are automatically a representation of hope and survival, however, within Life of Pi, both of these objects also appear as being the colour…

Ian Augsburger Mr. Whitmore June 5, 2016 Period 6 Life of Pi The title, like many other great novels do, sums the story into a neat and simple package. Life of Pi reveals his whole life, from the author's observations and from Pi’s narration. It shows his ideology and religious beliefs leading up to the point of the ship’s sinking. Life of Pi can be categorized as fiction as it does not depict the truth. Life of Pie was written by Yann Martel was written on September…