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Life of Pi Meaning of the Zoo Pi grew up in a city of animals, after all his family did own a zoo. Pi knows everything there is to know about his animals in the zoo, but what if the zoo in Life of Pi is more than just to show that Pi knows a lot about animals. The reason the author of Life of Pi included the part about the zoo was to introduce the animalistic savagery that would become a theme throughout the book. The meaning behind Pi growing up in a zoo was so that the author could introduce…

Honors Summer Work 1. Main Characters Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)- A. In the book Piscine is the main narrator. His name comes from the French word for pool. B. Pi studies zoology and religion and is fascinated by how people and animals behave. Pi doesn’t want to kill Richard Parker because of these traits. C. Pi was a vegetarian at the beginning of the book but during the book he became more predator-like; he started hunting meat for his survival. Richard Parker- A. Richard Parker is a bengal…

One’s response to situations are based upon how their identity changes and how true they remain to themselves. Throughout, various challenging circumstances an individual is determined to all in its power to succeed and overcome the obstacles thrown in their direction; whether they emphasize or reshape identification. The actions the individual proceeds reflects how the identity can be reinforced subsequently after the unpredictable events occur; specifically allowing the individual to bring…

The fragments Yann Martel puts together in this chapter of Life of Pi really makes the story come to life. At this point in the novel, Pi is becoming content with his surroundings. He begins by detailing the night sky, moon, and shining stars; as Pi goes on with his description we begin to see various notions of light and dark imagery. The composition of darkness infers danger, whereas light gives us a sense of faith. If Martel were to merely say “the night sky is pitch black”, we would see no…

In the novel “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel discribes the life of a Indian boy name Piscine Molitar Patel and what he undergoes to finding his true beliefs. Faith plays a signifiant in shaping Pi’s personality. Pi’s significance of Hundusim, Christianity, and Islam helps him discovery his own beliefs on religion. Growing up Pi’s mother and auntie practiced Hinduism. As Pi comes to age he discoveries sprirituality. Pi curiosity in relgions grew as he discovered there was more than the…

Life of Pi and The Story of Keesh Survival in an extreme environment requires intelligence, ingenuity and resilience. In the story “The Story of Keesh” Jack London portrays the fundamental character Keesh, who use wit and resourcefulness to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic, and in the story “Life of Pi” Yann Martel depicts how the main character Pi use ingenuity and resilience to survive alone in the middle of the Pacific ocean with an adult tiger.…

Life of Pi is essentially a story that strives to explain, prove, and show in detail the conscious and unconscious mind theory known as the Iceberg Theory by Sigmund Freud, a famous psychoanalyst. This theory includes three basic parts. 1, the id which essentially is the survival mode of the mind. The instinctive part. The part that is believed to be instilled in all human’s minds from day one and we fight this primitive part on a daily basis. How do we fight it you ask? Well the second part of…

Survival known as a state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances. When fighting for survival in a difficult situation, one must challenge themselves mentally and physically. Yann Martel demonstrates many struggles throughout the novel Life of Pi. Martel shows the many conflicts that a young boy had to endure in order to survive. In the novel Martel uses Pi’s challenging journey and burning will to survive, to illustrate his…

reader 's mind, the reaction is different depending on the person. Some critics may be pieved that it did not make them believe in God because they were expecting an epiphany- that the story would be so amazing it left them speechless. Yet they did not read of a God grasping the hand of young Pi, telling him the way to go. When you sit back and notice all of the gritty details to the colour of the objects, to how Pi interacts with Richard Parker and even Pi’s name. They all perfectly show what…

[Pi’s] the tiger!” (311). These specific network of parallels and exact associations reveal enormous amounts of personality. The Taiwanese sailor, who did not know English. seemed rare and out of place. Much like a zebra he was hard to understand and read due to his communication barrier. Orange Juice, the orangutan, acted the most human out of the animals. Pi’s mother being represented by an orangutan is substantial due to the fact that orangutans are closely similar to homosapians. The cook…