Life Of Pi Setting Analysis

Settings are genuinely fundamental, as they allow readers to truly surround themselves into nature of the story, making the story an interesting and interactive piece of work to connect personal experiences with every detail provided. Aside from this, these settings additionally are what highlight and even uncover huge qualities of a character in the story. In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the setting plays a major role in how the reader understands and interacts with the main character, which in this story is Pi Patel. Several locations, such as the Temple hills, the Pacific Ocean, the Pondicherry Zoo, and many more consents Pi to adjust and build up his personality. The most significant settings that influenced Pi to follow believing in God were the three Temple Hills in the city of Munnar. These settings were majorly important because they characterized Pi’s appreciation and affection for all three of the religions. Pi follows three religions and is very glad because Pi believes that he gets different perspectives from the different religions. Pi is willing to learn about and follow the concepts of God in Muslim, Hinduism, and Christianity. Pi follows three religions rather than just one because it gives the flexibility to choose different beliefs from each religion. Even though the Imam, Priest, and the Pandit disagreed with the reason regarding Pi …show more content…
Settings in this novel really demonstrate why Pi Patel is the way that he is, follows three religions, his love and passion for animals, and development as a character. Any alteration to the setting of this story will change the way that Pi Patel is as a whole, and will also redefine the perspective of God, passion for animals, and emotional and physical development, which is why the settings of this novel are