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civilized human being, but during all this time Richard Parker is under the tarpaulin, unseen from Pi. When Pi meets the blind man, Richard Parker comes all the way out from under the tarpaulin and in effect to this Pi eats the blindman. Richard Parker also represents Pi’s animal like instincts. After the blind man was attacked by Richard Parker Pi begins to eat the blind man. The way he is acting is cannibalism, which has shown the complete savage Pi has turned into. Instead of Pi taking the…

The Real Story of Pi’s Journey What it would be like to live with one of nature’s most dangerous animals? In the book, The Life of Pi, Pi is on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days. The reader will learn about his journey and how he survived with the tiger. Interactions or life outside the wilderness with nature’s most dangerous may seem impossible; but loyalty and dominance have not been taken into consideration. Regardless of the animal, they can show loyalty as long as there is love…

Yann Martel's Life of Pi, a story about a 16-year-old Indian boy named Pi Patel, uses symbolism such as the color purple, animals, and the algae island as a way to represent the ways Pi's survival, but water, the profoundest symbol shown throughout the novel. Shipwrecked in the middle of the ocean, Pi has to worry about events such as, hunger, loneliness and that come with the ocean, but he will have overcome these things he will have to overcome to survive and the water with help him. When…

Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, once said “It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then you can let go. Otherwise, you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse” (pg. 285, chapter 94). As captivating as those words are, the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel is even more compelling. Pi Patel, who is the protagonist of this story, narrates his journey from when he was named after a famous pool in Paris, which did…

Alejandra Garcia Survival Essay In order to survive, people have gone to great lengths to survive. People have been known to drink their own urine, when they aren’t lucky at finding water, eating raw meat, and fruits that have a chance of being poisonous. If you want to take a more gruesome path, people have gone to cannibalism, or even eating their own body parts. In the movie “The Good Lie” is a movie about the “Lost Boys” of Sudan, which is located in Africa. In the movie the the…

Life of Pi seems to distribute many teachings and themes to the reader during Pi’s 227-day journey in the Pacific Ocean. Yann Martel leaves it up to the reader to discover which lesson shall be valued the most. Martel uses journey in Life of Pi to achieve the message of thriving through unlikely circumstances is possible with belief and perseverance. Martel explains how Pi uses religion to aid him in his survival efforts. Pi is also fortunate enough to have experience with animals from past…

Yann Martel’s book, Life of Pi, whether the story is mostly fact or mostly fiction, presents us with a very large fact of life. It is found within two recurring motifs that are very important: adaptation and survival. Martel gives plenty of examples for both motifs using humans and animals. The lesson he is trying to teach with these two motifs is that adaptation is necessary for survival. Already in the first half of the book it is clear to the readers that Pi is a very open minded…

Humans are often considered as “higher” beings when compared to animals, but humans are ultimately animals with a set of instincts that can kick in at any given moment when put into tough situations. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi describes the life of a young Indian boy, Piscine (Pi) Molitor Patel. In his childhood, Pi’s family owns a zoo in Pondicherry, India which influences Pi to become interested in zoology, and practices multiple religions to show his devotion to his gods. In order to avoid…

Agassi Summer Homework 9/9/15 Life of Pi- Yann Martel Life of Pi was written by the famous and acclaimed author Yann Martel. The story focuses on the young man Pi Patel and his shipwreck at sea. The book is profound and meaningful and when analyzed and examined just becomes more beautiful. The three main techniques used by Martel in Life of Pi are: Symbolism, Weather and Symbolic Vampirism. Symbolism is used…

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…