Mary Read

A 16 year-old male named Pi Patel faced a tragic event after losing his family in a sinking ship, while heading to Canada to start a new life and sell their animals from their past lives of zookeepers. Pi Patel is shipwrecked for 227 in a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutang and a Bengal Tiger. He faces a number of challenges on this unforgettable journey including violence and fear, and discovering his true identity, but with all the challenges Pi Patel survives all odds. In another…

What is the meaning of Freedom? Can one ever be completely free? The true definition of freedom becomes a question early in the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, when Pi argues and refutes the claims relating to the cruelty and restrictiveness of a zoo enclosure. Pi claims that an animal is no more confined in its mobility by a physical cage, than, by its survival instincts in which profoundly restrict an animal’s freedom. According to Dictionary.com, freedom is “the state of being free or at…

lifeboat with an injured zebra, a full grown hyena, and a hidden tiger, none of which can offer him any form of comfort or joy. Then, Orange Juice came along. “She came floating on an island of bananas in a halo of light, as lovely as the Virgin Mary. The rising sun was behind her. Her flaming hair looked…

The state of well-being is an arbitrary condition. Though society has and continues to wrap a thin security blanket around citizens’ shoulders, it disguises the fact that welfare can easily be swept away in the span of a second by numerous culprits. Therefore, the inner compass to seek survival is not optional, but rather essential to every self-reliant man’s survival. Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, stresses this notion through the account of Pi Patel and his brutally desperate survival tactics…

problems and progress forward in life. (Stephens 7) This is what Martel makes as a resounding theme throughout the novel, and this type of thinking is reinforced throughout the novel as to make it a change that is seen in the reader’s minds as they read the…

In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Pi Patel is a member of three different religions. He believes that all these religions are the same, they all work towards an afterlife, and when it is all boiled down to it, each of simply wants to love God. Pi uses this beautiful faith in God as a vital coping mechanism to survive the vast Pacific Ocean. His faith in God proves to be a crucial part in Pi’s survival as it guides him through his ordeal. Throughout the novel religion is an aspect that…

A hero can be defined as a person who shows exemplary courage while undergoing a quest for enlightenment. In the novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, the protagonist, Pi, is considered a hero. According to Joseph Campbell, the man who created the quest pattern, a hero must undergo three distinctive parts of his or her journey for it to be considered a true quest for enlightenment. The innocence factor relates to the life the hero lived before their journey of becoming a hero begins. They normally…

The Life of PI by Yann Martel takes us through a mind blowing journey of faith, struggle and obstacles. Pi Patel was stranded on a boat by himself for over 100 days but was still able to remain grateful during his time of struggle. Many things inspired his strong willed nature of not being thankful during his time’s of struggles. One being his unwavering faith in God, the others being his ability to find God Inside of him and him being able to remain thankful to those who kept him alive even…

Throughout history, many people have achieved success with the assistance from a strong belief and a source of encouragement. The belief in something or someone has become a necessity in attaining success or in overcoming great difficulties. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Tim Burton’s Big Fish, this is evident as each main character depend on the faith of an eternal source, the self-confidence in oneself and the inspiration and assistance of a guide in order to succeed. The faith in an eternal…

Chaos erupts the moment the Tsimtsum capsizes into the turbulent waves of the stormy Pacific Ocean. Pi watches powerlessly from a lifeboat as his life sinks/ family disappears in front of his eyes. Pi soon discovers he is not the only one on the lifeboat. He learns he must share his lifeboat with an orangutan, hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a Bengal tiger, named Richard Parker. The hyena dispatches the zebra and the orangutan. Consequently, Richard Parker kills the hyena. After the…