Pi grew up in a city of animals, after all his family did own a zoo. Pi knows everything there is to know about his animals in the zoo, but what if the zoo in Life of Pi is more than just to show that Pi knows a lot about animals. The reason the author of Life of Pi included the part about the zoo was to introduce the animalistic savagery that would become a theme throughout the book.
The meaning behind Pi growing up in a zoo was so that the author could introduce a reoccurring theme of savagery throughout the book. Throughout Pi’s entire cast away, Pi endured some animalistic savagery. For example before Pi was lost at sea he was an innocent, loving of animal’s person that would never hurt a soul. Although