Pi

The book titled Life of Pi written by Yann Martel is an adventurous story, which gives an account of how Piscine Patel, known as Pi, experiences various adventures and misadventures in the sea. Pi is a young Indian teenager who grows up with animals being the son of the owner of a zoo. The story describes how Pi values the faiths of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, and how he trusts in the values imparted by his family. The ghastly part of the story is the way Pi survives with a Bengal Tiger…

Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses the theme of survival. Mans duality is demonstrated through facing his fears, psychological survival, and constructed reality. At the beginning of the novel, Pi’s father instills a lesson is to be learned around big animals such as Bengal tigers. Pi’s father makes Pi and his older brother watch as a goat is thrown into the cage of the tiger as a meal. Growing up at the Pondicherry zoo, Piscine had a love for animals and found them so extraordinary. However as Pi…

Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, once said “It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then you can let go. Otherwise, you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse” (pg. 285, chapter 94). As captivating as those words are, the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel is even more compelling. Pi Patel, who is the protagonist of this story, narrates his journey from when he was named after a famous pool in Paris, which did…

Striped with Fear and Hope In the book Life of Pi, the author, Yann Martel, manages to give internal events a sense of excitement, suspense, and climax that is generally related to external action by using symbolism to both construct deeper meaning and simplify the actions for easier comprehension. This can be found in many events throughout the book, including Pi 's transformation, the arrival on the island, the emergence of his mother 's power, and many other occurrences throughout the…

Pi and Thoreau Timed Writing Beginning in part two of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, the main character Pi Patel’s behaviors morph and begin to resemble that of an animal as it becomes tougher to survive aboard his lifeboat. Patel resorts to cannibalism, eating anything he comes across while most definitely violating his vegetarian beliefs. Thoreau’s views are also violated as he advises against eating meat in general in his novel Walden. In response to Pi Patel’s actions while aboard his lifeboat,…

have multiple meanings or interpretations to them. Throughout the book Life of Pi there is a multitude of items that can be interpreted for much more than what is simply written in the book. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses symbolism to reveal the consequences of excess, the importance of hope, and naiveté. Martel uses the algae island and the meerkats to represent an…

Three different social groups are looked at in Life of Pi, that being Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. The mainstream religion in Pondicherry is Hinduism. Islam is inferior compared to Hinduism and Christianity. In the middle of the novel, the Priest, the Pundit, and the Imam argue over whose religion is greater and justify their answers. Both, the Pundit and the Priest come to agree that Islam is a religion based on violence. All three men do not know much about the other’s religion, but they…

Life of Pi is a fictional novel written by Yann Martel. The main character of this book is Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as Pi Patel. He’s a sixteen year old gentle vegetarian who holds religion very dear to his heart. Overall he was stranded in the Pacific ocean for 227 days with a tiger named Richard Parker. The book is divided into 3 parts, Toronto and Pondicherry, The Pacific Ocean, and Benito Juarez Infirmary, Tomatlan, Mexico. Firstly, in part one we learn that Pi lives in…

You’re stranded in the ocean, with a Bengal tiger with many dangerous events coming towards you, trying to survive for a long time with limited supplies, Pi had to go through in the 2001 novel by Yann Martel. I’ll say a few things about what I like and dislike and whom I would recommend it too. One of the things I liked about Life of Pi is the details he used to describe nature. It helped me vividly feel like I was in the book, for an example the text “The water was shot through with…

believe. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the protagonist Pi Patel, and his family board the Tsimtaum in hopes of reaching Canada. However, the ship sinks and Pi is thrown onto a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, possessing only the bare essentials for survival. With the company of a Bengal Tiger, Richard Parker, Pi discovers the animal inside him, as well as the intelligent and resourceful side of his personality. When Mr. Okomato and Mr. Chiba interview Pi after his return,…