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    Yann Martel’s novel, “Life of Pi”, the protagonist of the story, Pi, was on a hero’s journey. He completed the twelve stages. Starting with his life in Pondicherry to being stranded in the ocean, Pi never gave up and made it through each stage of the journey. Stage one of a hero’s journey is Ordinary World.(“Stages of the Hero’s Journey”) This stage consists of Pi’s life in Pondicherry. He lives the life of a zookeeper’s son and passionately follows three faiths.(17,87) Pi went through a…

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    Yann Matel, a Trent University graduate and Man Booker Prize winner, wrote Life of Pi, his most famous book, in 2001. Martel’s trip to India and his deep need for a story to become a successful author developed the amazing and intriguing story of Pi Patel. Setting the story in the in the Pacific Ocean in the 1970’s, Martel wrote about a young boy struggling to survive after his transportation to Canada sinks, leaving him stranded on a lifeboat with dangerous animals. Surviving on a lifeboat…

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    In the vertiginously tall tale, Life of Pi, Yann Martel blends fact and fiction with cunning charm. In the novel, an adult version of Pi tells his story to the reader. Pi Patel was named after a French swimming pool and then nicknamed himself after the irrational number. He survives 227 days lost at sea with a Royal Bengal Tiger until he arrives at the coast of Mexico. Life of Pi is a truly incredible book crafted by Yann Martel’s exquisite knowledge of mundane facts which help aid the…

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    Life of Pi written by Yann Martel, is a story about a boy, Pi, who gets stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean accompanied by only a tiger. The novel mainly takes place on a lifeboat. Pi was physically thrown onto the lifeboat and instinctively tried to help anyone nearby, so without thinking he pulled a tiger onto his boat. The instant the tiger arrived, Pi lept off the boat. Pi then went onto the raft that was attached to the boat. Martel uses Pi’s physical journey from the raft to the…

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    Yann Martel 's Life of Pi is the account of a young fellow who survives a nerve racking wreck and months in a raft with a substantial Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Right off the bat in Pi 's life, his dad understands that his child 's gullibility about the tiger in their consideration may place Pi in peril. Pi experiences a noteworthy religious arousing in his developmental years, in the long run subscribing to an assortment of religions: Hinduism, Catholicism, lastly Islam. Despite the…

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    symbolizing role was drastically used in The Life Pi by (Yann Martel). For example, the Hyena represented the Cook, the Orangutan represented Pi’s mother (Gita) , and Richard Parker represented the evil side of Pi. Thinking of the Hyena’s characteristics, it’s safe to say the Hyena reflects to the Cook in the “true story”. The Hyena and the Cook both portray selfishness. The cook was determined to sacrifice Pi for his own wants and needs, when he pushed Pi onto the boat. Similar to the…

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    In Yann Martel's novel, “Life of Pi”, Pi Notices examples of Hinduism in many things he faces on his journey, such as his journey to love god, Richard Parker, a 450 pound Bengal Tiger, and relatable Hindu stories he has grown up hearing about. Pi is a boy of 3 religions, who sets out to love God any possible way he can. He follows Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Through a terrible accident, Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger named Richard Parker. He sees many examples of…

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    knowing that it might attack because it’s hungry. Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, describes one full story of a kid who’s lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger, and a kid whose family passed away when they were on a boat on their way to Canada for better job opportunities. The story with animals is more believable because it talks about Richard Parker eating a hyena and a French castaway, Pi eating sea animals, and Pi having to train Richard Parker. Richard Parker eats a…

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    central belief system. It can influence the choices someone makes and if given the power, it can dictate a person’s life. In Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi”, Pi’s psychological state of loneliness causes him to negatively impact his relationship with God, contaminates Richard Parker with loneliness, and as a result leaves him with mental and physical signs of depression. It is evident that Pi becomes exiled from the world around him due to his loneliness. The character suffers from dejection which…

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    A Spiritual Survival Guide It is nearly impossible to imagine the capacity at which Pi Patel, a young Indian boy, relies and survives because of his undying faith. The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel is a story about this very phenomenon. As this story comes into fruition, this boy is introduced as one who has double majored in zoology and religion after surviving miraculously at sea for 227 days. The very nature of this tale incorporates these ideologies in such a way that elicits strong feelings of…

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