Life of Pi

another matter. In the case of Piscine Militor Patel or Pi he had no choice but to embrace his darkness in order to survive. The author Yann Martel has written a fictional story that is laced with truth in regards to overcoming Pi’s inner demon in the form of a Bengal tiger. Pi’s own inner tiger is Richard Parker. It is Richard Parker that teaches him to embrace his dark side, silence his childish fears and how to beat all odds and survive. Before Pi left society, he was a boy. When he…

theme throughout the novel The Life of Pi by Yann Martel. From the very inception of the story it is clear that religion plays a major role. As Francis Adirubasamy— the elderly man who originally told this story to Martel— stated, this novel is a story “that will make you believe in God,” (Martel, 3). The prominence of religion makes it clear that the “true” story in Life of Pi is the story in which the reader needs more faith in god to believe in. Throughout the novel Pi emphasizes his views…

In the Life of Pie by YANN MARTEL the excerpt “DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO?” felt important to the advancement of the plot. I felt that this excerpt mainly told the whole story of the book. In the zoo people wanted to find the most dangerous animal so PI father set up a booth with a curtain. In the booth was a mirror and when people opened the curtain they find out that it was them all along. In the later part of the book Pi was in a heavy predicament. He was pinned…

Survival is based upon ones strength of will as in such a case of Louie Zamperini and Pi Patel. Surviving isn’t an easy thing to do where a person is given two options to either run away from the situation or fight it. Survival is possible even in the most ominous situation but in order to survive one must be willing to overcome any obstacles. This is shown from both Louie in the film Unbroken and the novel Life of Pi where they’re actions are based off of what they need to do for survival…

Belief is the foundation that sustains the themes and events in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. In order for the readers to believe a sixteen year old boy can survive being cast away at sea for 227 days with a tiger the author provides the reader with Pi Patel—the epitome of belief. Pi represents belief because his life’s story is based on the belief of the reader. Throughout Life of Pi the reader is able to witness the effects stories have on Pi’s belief in respect to his survival. The reader is…

up? Would you fight for your life? In the book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Piscine Molitor Patel fought for his life, and was not giving up. Life of Pi is about a sixteen year old boy named Piscine Molitor Patel, who lived in Pondicherry with his family. In Pondicherry, his dad owned and ran a zoo. Then, the family decided to move to Canada for more opportunities. However, on the way there, the boat that had the family and all of the animals, sank. That resulted in Pi being stuck on a lifeboat…

get rid of any possibilities that are considered threatening. As much as Pi cares about animals and is known to be as soft as snow he is still competing for limited sources such as food, water and boat space. Due to this reason, Pi starts to become selfish and “[holds] onto one thought: Richard. [He has to hatch] a plan to get rid of him so that the lifeboat could be [his] (Emerson 14). Due to the defined amount of resources, Pi decides he needs to eliminate Richard Parker as soon as possible…

has had its effect on humans and the way people behave and act. Life of Pi, the novel by Yann Martel, is one of the best novels to analyze for this topic. Martel incorporates religious faith and trends enough in the novel for it to be a prevalent theme. The fundamental purpose of religion is to provide substitutes for complex unknown ideas, provide a sense of right and wrong, and is used for control over people. The novel, “Life of Pi” incorporates these purposes for religion…

influence of survival. Martel demonstrates this through Pi, who conquers emotional, moral, and physical obstacles. Emotions Throughout the novel Pi goes through a range of emotions. When Pi is lost at sea he faces emotional obstacles that he must overcome in order to survive. Pi knows that he must conquer his fear of Richard Parker and tame him in order survive. “I had to tame him. It was at that moment that I realized this necessity” (Martel 57). Pi must tame Richard Parker in order to stay…

be the fear of the unknown. Or why some people are scared of spiders. Well thats obviously fear finding it’s way into that person’s head But “Fear” happened to be the one thing that Pi in Life of Pi got over. Considering at one point he had a hyena, a zebra, a female orangutan, and a fully grown male bengal…