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Honors Summer Work 1. Main Characters Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)- A. In the book Piscine is the main narrator. His name comes from the French word for pool. B. Pi studies zoology and religion and is fascinated by how people and animals behave. Pi doesn’t want to kill Richard Parker because of these traits. C. Pi was a vegetarian at the beginning of the book but during the book he became more predator-like; he started hunting meat for his survival. Richard Parker- A. Richard Parker is a bengal…

At the beginning of the story, it is clear that Pi has many different sides to himself. He has the side of himself that is a scared little kid, shown whenever his father demonstrates what would happen if Pi or Ravi ever decided to put their hands inside of a Bengal Tiger’s cage, and Pi finds himself very disturbed (Life of Pi, page 44). Pi also has a side of him that enjoys many aspects of life, for example, how he practices many religions (Life of Pi chapters 16-20), and can find a good person…

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…

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 and The Story of Keesh Survival in an extreme environment requires intelligence, ingenuity and resilience. In the story “The Story of Keesh” Jack London portrays the fundamental character Keesh, who use wit and resourcefulness to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic, and in the story “Life of Pi” Yann Martel depicts how the main character Pi use ingenuity and resilience to survive alone in the middle of the Pacific ocean with an adult tiger.…

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…

Why do you feel that you are the best qualified applicant for this scholarship? I am applying for this scholarship to further my education. I privileged to be attending Ferris State University, and earning my degree. When I think of a degree, it is not just something that is required to get a job. A degree is furthering your knowledge in subjects you want to know more about. The best thing about education is that is there is no limit, and no one can ever take your knowledge away from you.…

And that is exactly what Pi Patel did in The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Pi, an Indian boy on a voyage with his family, survived the sinking of the Tsunami along with a Bengal tiger. He spent 227 long days out at sea facing many different obstacles. Throughout the story, Martel portrays the life lesson of never giving up by throwing different challenges at Pi and testing his will to survive. These obstacles prove how Pi never gave up and survived the long journey. Pi Patel’s family is fast…

themes of fear, faith, and nature, and how they influence the journey of Pi and Richard Parker How could one understand the inner workings of the world so vividly through a story about a boy and a tiger? In Yann Martel 's novel Life of Pi, the limits of human faith and nature are explored through an extended metaphor of a ferocious Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, and an extremely pious young adult named Piscine, known as Pi to all. Pi decrypts the intricacies of the inner working of human nature,…

In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the main character Piscine Patel, “known to all as Pi Patel,” is a teenage Indian boy who grew up in a family-owned zoo (Martel 22). As the son of a zookeeper, Pi is around animals most of his life, which ultimately makes him aware of certain behaviors that the animals possess. For example, he recognizes that monkeys, especially Orange Juice, are friendly; whereas tigers, such as Richard Parker, were exceedingly hazardous. One day, Pi’s father unexpectedly…