Life Of Pi Reflection

Being narrated by an older version of the main character, Life of Pi is a story about a man named Pi Patel. Most of the beginning of the novel includes all the history of his life; it introduces topics such as his major, the definition of his name, and his family. His majors are religion and Zoology, which comes back later in the book. It also gives the reader the interesting background of the meaning of his name, based off of a swimming pool. These larger topics and more were shared with the readers. A prominent part of all of this is the fact that it almost always comes back to animals.

Because of Pi’s religion, he does not judge other people. Socially, he is very curious about all other religions and those who aren’t religious at all. The character known as Mamaji is Pi’s uncle and he is an atheist but Pi does not judge or even mind that his defies religion and the presence of god. This is just a respect for emotional/social boundaries. Another example of social boundaries in the book is when the hyena kills the zebra but waits for Richard Parker the tiger to eat first.

Life of Pi begins with an unique hook in its author’s note. In the author’s note, the fictional author is struggling to come up with a new book concept. He travels to India for inspiration and this is where he meets Francis Adirubasamy, or better known as Mamaji in the book. Adirubasamy claims that he has “a story that will make you believe in God”. After he recounts on the story, the author is determined to meet up with the main character, and he was reeled into the amazing world known as the Life of Pi. As the author listens into Mr. Patel’s adventure, his main objective was to believe in God and this was obviously completed from a quote in the author’s note. “...I agreed with Mr. Adirubasamy that this was, indeed, a story to make you believe in God.”

Throughout the novel, Pi’s thoughts reveal and internal struggle between his desire to live and his own beliefs to what is morally right. Pi grows up on varying religious viewpoints because he studies different religions. His religious diversity forms a moral standard of “dignity not …depravity” (Martel 71). He values dignity and character over corruption of morals initially because he sees

The Life of Pi is a book filled with many fantasy adventures that will have an excellent impact on what you may or not believe in. This novel was published in 2001 by author Yann Martel. Yann Martel is a writer who is trying to make sense of life, just like any other human being trying to deal with everyday obstacles. In this book we see that the protagonist, Piscine Molitor also known as Pi takes us through an adventure that will question our faith in religion. Pi is not pleased by only following his ancestors’ beliefs; he believes that there is much more to religion. In The life of Pi we see that Pi argues amongst his family in what he wants to believe in. His father is not at all religious and Pi has taken up religion as a hobby. Now Pi is a Hindu, Muslim and a Christian and he undergoes a tragedy, a shipwreck with his family on voyage to Canada from India. As he goes through this process it puts his faith to the test. At the time of this voyage he is a teenager exploring different beliefs and he sees nothing wrong with believing in three different religions. We can argue that there is a war between religion and science. Pi on the other hand does not argue with those of other beliefs, he calls the atheists his brethrens as well. “It was my first clue that atheist are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry

In the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel, we see Pi’s character develop both emotionally and spiritually through the process described in Joseph Campbell’s the Hero’s Journey. Throughout the journey, we see Pi find his faith in his Ordinary Life, lose it during his Ordeal, and rediscover it when he has his Return with the Elixir.

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

Pi’s syncretism makes him appreciate all of animal life. He worships them and is even vegan due to being Hindu and Muslim. He also feels it is a sin to harm or kill a living being. In the beginning of the novel, Pi illustrates how he values animals. Even though most of the animals he associates with are in a zoo, he makes sure they are taken care of and content. There are very strict rules in the zoo, and what is strikingly unusual is a sign that reads, “Do you know which is the most dangerous animal in the zoo?” -- pointing to a small curtain (Martel 31). Behind that curtain is a mirror. The most dangerous animal in the zoo is not, in fact, an animal, but a human being. Aside from that, Pi’s syncretized faiths are essentially dualistic. They do not go together, but in some form or fashion, they make sense. To him, religion is more than rite and ritual; it is what they stand for (Martel 48). He is a Christian, a Hindu, and a Muslim, but he feels as though each part of him understands and plays a role in it. Each of them have an aspect of God but are

Life, as they say, is a journey, and that’s never so clear as when watching a life story unfold in the hands of a masterful film director. In Life of Pi, the voyage is both literal and symbolic, as the title character is forced to traverse the high seas under Grimms’ fairy tale-like circumstances that must be seen to be — well, if not believed, then at least experienced at a deep level. At the same time, the young, Indian lead character, a devoted spiritual seeker, undergoes an intense inner journey as well.

Life of Pi reflects many of the themes we discussed this week. For the sake of wordcount, I’m going to assume that everyone is familiar with the story. If not, Shmoop has a decent, to-the-point plot summary here: https://www.shmoop.com/life-of-pi/summary.html

Given the amount of depth in the film Life of Pi it provides endless thought and speculation on the meaning. Because of the open ended aspect of the film it’s grown to become one of my favorable films. Although it may require some thinking and an open mind, the film is well worth watching and analyzing the meaning of

Pi mentions in the beginning of the novel that he is “not one given to projecting human traits and emotions onto animals” (5). However, as his life is put in danger and he is forced to survive, Pi begins to associate his primal instincts with the animals from his childhood. Pi’s father is a non-religious figure in his life who states that, “Religion is darkness” and firmly believes that a rational mind is more important (Yann Martel, 29). His early lesson to Pi involving Richard Parker is the likely reason why Pi later identifies as the tiger in one of the stories. Pi belongs to many religions which he values as equal and connects his idea of freedom and faith to the wildlife from his father’s zoo by saying, “I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces.

From the Life of Pi movie, it can be seen that life must go on although we face any of situation. Pi fight and adapt to the new environment. He was calm resurrected himself even lost his families love. He began self-reliance on the boat with Richard Parker. In that situation, Pi constructs a raft to occupy his time, makes an inventory and trains the tiger Richard parker. Pi find out more things and take it as a challenges in their life. He try to be the best on how situation he was on the boat. In my opinion, the different between Life of Pi movie with another movie is Life of Pi movie draws together many different elements of life, ranging from spiritual to technical elements, particularly as Pi is unable to decide on one religion, following

Life of Pi is a work that is hard to find just anywhere. Right from the start to the end, especially in the middle of the book, there was always something that kept me on the edge. Furthermore, the creativity of this book is on a different level. The amount of detail and creativity Martel incorporated into this novel is undoubtedly one of the best parts about this book. Life of Pi is a book that others would enjoy because it touches on the relationship between humans and animals in a different, yet enjoyable way. In addition, following the protagonist and his development as he overcomes obstacles in the book would be an interesting experience for anyone.

Yann Martel’s Life of Pi explores the story of a young man lost at sea after the ship he and his family were aboard sunk. Throughout the book there are two “opposing” themes faith and human instinct. Pi being part of three religion makes faith and religion flow through book flawlessly. As he is aboard a boat with a Bengal tiger you can see him go from religious vegetarian to a savage animal. Pi slowly falls into his instinct and becomes more animal than man. The themes faith and instinct in the book seem to go against each other, but in fact they are intertwined. Faith and instinct are the two main themes of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and through the book one can find that these two themes are connected.