Life of Pi Yann Martel’s, Life of Pi, is a story of survival, acceptance and adaption. The novel is based on a sixteen year old protagonist named Piscine Molitor Patel, who tells his tale of shipwreck and spirituality. According to a typical happy ending, the protagonist must learn a new moral or obtain a new piece of knowledge. In Edward Quin 's article entitled 'Fairy Tale ', Tolkien describes a happy ending as a consolation to a story. Happy endings bring a promise of salvation and satisfaction to one’s mind. The novel of Life of Pi concludes with a happy ending because though being a castaway Pi learns essential life skills, survives a shipwreck and grows to be more religious. Throughout the novel, Martel used imagery to explore the
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Despite all the traumatic events in which Pi experienced his will power to continue remained strong and therefore survived the shipwreck. Pi stated, “I survived 227 days.” (Martel 189) Very few castaways claimed to survive that long; in fact his trial lasted nearly over seven months. Since food and freshwater was limited, he had to hunt for his own food. Due to lack of nutrition and supplements he even became blind, thus indicating his despair and suffering. Though he endured many hardships and pain, he never gave up. His determination to live and continue was shown when he listed all the things on the lifeboat. He planned on surviving and therefore did everything in his will power to stay alive. He had hope and faith which encouraged him to keep going and not give up. Therefore, Martel illustrated that though being a castaway, the novel concluded with a happy ending because Pi survived until the end and got to share his astounding …show more content…
Throughout Pi’s rousing journey, he overcame many emotional and psychological fears which were essential for his survival. It helped him grow as a person because he became more independent and mentally strong. He learned to adapt to his situation and make most of what he had. This evidently increased his faith and belief as he turned to God in moments of despair and pain. The novel is therefore a powerful story of faith, endurance and survival, which was portrayed through the survival of a teenage
Despite all the traumatic events in which Pi experienced his will power to continue remained strong and therefore survived the shipwreck. Pi stated, “I survived 227 days.” (Martel 189) Very few castaways claimed to survive that long; in fact his trial lasted nearly over seven months. Since food and freshwater was limited, he had to hunt for his own food. Due to lack of nutrition and supplements he even became blind, thus indicating his despair and suffering. Though he endured many hardships and pain, he never gave up. His determination to live and continue was shown when he listed all the things on the lifeboat. He planned on surviving and therefore did everything in his will power to stay alive. He had hope and faith which encouraged him to keep going and not give up. Therefore, Martel illustrated that though being a castaway, the novel concluded with a happy ending because Pi survived until the end and got to share his astounding …show more content…
Throughout Pi’s rousing journey, he overcame many emotional and psychological fears which were essential for his survival. It helped him grow as a person because he became more independent and mentally strong. He learned to adapt to his situation and make most of what he had. This evidently increased his faith and belief as he turned to God in moments of despair and pain. The novel is therefore a powerful story of faith, endurance and survival, which was portrayed through the survival of a teenage