How Names Are Significant To The Life Of Pi

Piscine Montair Patel was a firm believer in God through Hinduism beliefs. As he begins to grow up and experience new things, Pi stumbles upon Christianity when visiting a church at age fourteen. The Father there explains to Pi about the story of Christ to which he listens in with horror. Despite his negative reaction to the story, Pi grows fascinated with the religion and asks to be become a Christian. That wasn’t all though. At the age of fifteen, he happen to come across a Muslim bread baker, Mr. Kumar, who intrigued him when Pi saw him do his daily prayers in the midst of the conversation. This would then lead to his conversion of Islam, along with his Hindus and Christian beliefs. Even though Pi is satisfied

If you were stranded in the middle of the ocean with a tiger, what would you be thinking about? Well Piscine Molitor Patel also referred to as “Pi Patel” survived 227 days on a lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. This makes me think that the central theme of this novel is survival, well everything he does, fishing for fish, killing animals and taming a tiger is to survive. He was influenced by this theme because of hunger/thirst and awareness of Richard parker. In the novel The Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses “Pi” to show that humans can do anything if driven to it.

Yann Martel writes a famous novel, Life of Pi, which conveys a story of a young man named Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, who at the age of 16 years old is abandoned on a raft for 227 days on the Pacific Ocean. In his journey, the Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, accompanies Pi. Therefore, Pi has to learn how to use the territorial dominance against Richard Parker so that Pi is able to successfully get past his ordeals alone in the seas.

What happens when an Individual seeks union with divinity Where the protagonist Piscine Molitor Patel “Pi” is visited by the most extraordinary dreams, trances, visions, thoughts, sensations, and remembrances. In this 2012 American survival drama film Life Of Pi written by David Magee and directed by Ang Lee, Pi is

Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, is a novel about a young boy, Pi, trapped with a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker who survive together in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days. The central theme of the novel is Pi’s faith in God, which proves to be a crucial part of his survival during the extreme situation. In the book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster, the author talks about the importance of literary elements such as symbols, geography, and stories to a literary piece. These elements are used in Life of Pi to develop its compelling story about growing up.

1. The main characters in Life of Pi are Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi) and Richard Parker the Bengal tiger. Pi is the protagonist he is hopeful and believes that things get better. He is very optimistic which gets him through a lot of his troubles. In the beginning of the book Pi seemed to have things the rough way and continues that way but he was very hopeful. In the beginning of his lifeboat journey he was sure things would get better but as time went by he wasn't sure anymore but he had things to remind him to keep going. I also think he became more grownup and stronger by the end of the book. Richard Parker is the tiger on the lifeboat with Pi he is there every step of the way with Pi. He helps Pi get through things. Richard Parker is very

Yann Martel's novel (2001) and Ang Lee's film adaption (2012) of Life of Pi harbour themes such as isolation and the extent one would go to in order to survive. The story is split into two parts, the first part focuses on Piscine "Pi" Patel's background and his religious journey. Part two focuses on Pi's predicaments while he is stranded out at sea for 227 days. The second section of the story is renown for Pi's situation with a tiger named Richard Parker. Not only does the protagonist have to focus on his own survival, Pi needed to be attentive of the Bengal tiger; all whilst dealing with his loneliness. Martel and Led convey the ideas of isolation and survivability through the use of several literary and stylistic features throughout the texts.

Pi Patel’s full name is Piscine Molitor Patel, we are told that Piscine’s name is derived from the French word for “swimming pool” the inspiration for the name in the form of a family friend who had fallen in love with a pool in France and told his friend–Pi’s father–it should be the name of his newborn son. This family friend, Mr. Adirubasamy, is the one who teaches Pi to swim which ties in with the theme of survival as Pi is the only one in his family who survives thanks to his swimming abilities which Mr. Adirubasamy bestowed to him. There is also some irony in the name Piscine, in that as a child he is tauntingly called Pissing and when is stranded it occurs to him he may need to drink his own urine or ‘piss’.

To begin with “The life of Pi” is a story on how a boy survived a sunken ship which was caused by a massive storm. After the storm he is placed on a raft with 4 different animals that includes zebra, tiger, orangutan, and hyena. In order to survive he would fish for his food something the Native Americans would do. The Native Americans would let their prisoner John Smith

Born to Gita and Santosh, Piscine Molitor Patel lives an inquisitive, joyful life in Pondicherry, India. Pi’s father owns a

The Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by author Yann Martel. It describes the protagonist Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel, and his miraculous 277 days of survival in the Pacific with a 450 pound adult Bengal Tiger. In this novel, the literary device symbolism, which is using of symbols and other objects to represent ideas or qualities, plays an important role in the novel. It utilizes symbolism to describe animals as humans. Richard Parker (tiger) symbolizes Pi, and Orange Juice (orangutan) symbolizes Pi’s mother.

Life of Pi is an allegorical novel written by Yann Martel. It tells the story of young Piscine Molitor Patel and his treacherous journey across the Pacific with Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger. Pi begins his adventure in Pondicherry, India. He and his family board a ship called the Tsimtsum. The ship, however, sinks before reaching land and leaves Piscine stranded in the ocean with Richard Parker, a zebra, a hyena, and an orangutan in a small lifeboat.

Pi`s name started popping up in the story when Pi said that he “was named after a swimming pool”(8) by his father`s friend named Francis Adirubasamy. Francis named Pi, Piscine Molitor Patel because he said that, “no swimming pool in [his] eyes matched the glory of the Piscine Molitor” (12), so that is the reason how Pi got his name. As a result of Pi`s name being Piscine Molitor Patel. It closely sounded like Pissing Molitor Patel, which later caused him to get bullied by teachers and students. Due to getting bullied because of his name. Pi was going to decide that he was going to change it. In the end, Pi change his name from Piscine to Pi or 3.14 to help stop the bullying, and also came up with a cool new nickname for himself too.

Piscine also shows optimism through his faith and religious beliefs. Although he grows up in a Hindu household, he decides to explore different religions, such as Islam and Christianity. The three faiths are so captivating for Piscine that he even goes to visit a Christian priest, a Muslim imam and a Hindu pandit, and later decides to practice the rituals of all three faiths. Piscine’s parents find out that he follows all three faiths at once and force him to choose just one. He does not choose a single religion, and simply replies, “I just want to love God” (Martel 76). It is Piscine’s idea of loving God that helps Piscine overcome the challenge of being alone, and allows him to stay positive that there might be someone to call on for help in this tragic situation. While on the lifeboat, he practices the three different faiths, with his daily agenda consisting of prayer. Piscine states, “I kept myself busy. That was one key to my survival" (Martel 210). Praying creates comfort for Piscine as well as peace that God is listening to him and he is hopeful that God might answer his prayers. The

Piscine Molitor Patel, or Pi, was named after the cleanest, most pure swimming pool in all of France. This brings in the cinematic effect of the water and what it resembles throughout the movie. When good things happen, the water will be clear and pure. When bad things happen (or will happen), the water is cloudy or reflective. At the young age of 11, kids from Pi’s school start making fun of him, calling him “Pissing”, soiling the pure and innocent meaning behind his name and what it stands for. “With one word my name went from an elegant French swimming pool to a stinking Indian latrine, I was pissing everywhere.”