Life Of Pi Rhetorical Analysis

Being trapped on a lifeboat with a 450 lbs Bengal Tiger for 227 days is a very grueling task. This was the tragic situation that Piscine Molitor Patel—also known as Pi—had encountered in Life of Pi by Yann Martel. In one scene of an act of violence, Richard Parker kills the hyena as soon as it becomes a threat to Pi. Yann Martel uses many acts of violence such as when Richard Parker kills the hyena, and when Richard Parker and Pi eat the meerkats. Throughout “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, Pi faces many acts of violence and is required to make use of his survival instincts to survive.

In the Life of Pi he must learn to rediscover himself because of the tragic accident that has happen to his family. Pi must learn to be able to get over the loss of his loved ones and quickly reconnect with himself in order to help him survive. Pi must turn himself around and remember to focus on the things that matter most, trying to survive. Pi rediscovers himself in Richard Parker because he uses the companion of the tiger to help keep himself calm. Pi has left his comfort zone of being under the care of his parents and must now discover his own values and beliefs in order to navigate and survive his life in the sea.

Life of Pi was a well written novel with an interesting story line. The authors syntax and use of metaphors make the book a great read. Of all the books that we have read this year, Life of Pi sparked the most conversation outside of school on what the book meant, and which story was true. The novel provides two stories. The story that the majority of the book follows has Pi stranded with Richard Parker, a hyena, an orangutan, and a zebra. At the end of the book, Pi provides an alternate story after the men interviewing him state their disbelief of his original story. This second version equates each animal to a human that had been aboard the Tsimtsum. The hyena was the cook aboard the ship, the orangutan was the mother,

Freedom: the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint. This is the most common definition of freedom which accentuates that freedom is solely based on boundaries. However, throughout the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, this definition is constantly being changed and revised by the main character, Pi. Throughout the book, this theme of freedom occurs often in different shapes and forms. At first, Pi emphasizes that freedom for animals is not always defined by barriers and that there are many other restrictions even when an animal is in the wild. However, as the novel advances, he unknowingly has to alter his definition to accommodate himself as well.

In this article the meaning of Existentialism is explained as the author, Randall Niles, describes how existentialism is a 20th century philosophy that centers itself on the analysis of human existence. He explains the popular slogan “existence precedes essence” by the very first founders of Existentialism, Jean Paul Sartre. The notion of the slogan is described by explaining how humans come into existence when they are first born, and spend their lifetime changing their essence and nature so it satisfies them. The philosophy of Existentialism is further analysed by explaining how humans find themselves and the ultimate meaning of their life by acknowledging their responsibility and making decisions accordingly. Moreover, it also explains

B) Pi is a very brave and religious character. Pi being brave kept him alive throughout the story. He lasted 7 months stranded on a boat with just himself and a Bengal tiger! Even though in the beginning of the story, when he was young, he kept to himself; in the second half of the book he became extremely powerful. His three-way religion comes into the story for more hope he’ll live. Religion kept him sane; it gave him something

As Pi has to fight through adversity when he is stranded in a the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he has to adjust his eating habits. When one is in a situation where there is not much to eat, any little thing must be consumed. As a very famous proverb says, “Beggars can’t be choosers.” This was Pi’s most difficult challenge when he was on the boat. As a child, Pi grew up to be a vegetarian. The idea of killing and then consuming an animal really freaked out Pi. He remembered from his childhood, “To think that when I was a child I always shuddered when I snapped open a banana because it sounded to me like the breaking of an animal's neck” (197). Even when Pi was eating something like a banana that is not related at all to an animal, he

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

Pi’s understanding of faith is further developed in the face of adversity during his time stranded in the pacific. This is conveyed through Lee’s use of magic realism in the daybreak scene, where through Lee use of the wide shot of the horizon meeting the ocean, emphasising the hue colours of orange which contrast’s to Pi’s message about God and placing his faith in him, “God I give myself to you. I am your vessel. Whatever comes I want to know. Show me”. Through Pi’s actions of losing hope in the message in the bottle, emphasised in Lee’s close up camera work and stagnated water, but also in the rational world, he demonstrates his discovery of religion and faith being tested, linking back to the quote of the older Pi. Pi’s ultimate test of faith is demonstrated through the Storm and the “Carnivorous” Island both considered forces of nature where Pi’s faith and submission to his faith are tested through both situations appearing to be less violent and dangerous in nature than they truly are. Lee demonstrates this new understanding by again using the experienced older Pi narrating the lessons learned in adversity, “If I hadn’t discovered the tooth, I would have been lost, alone forever. Even when God seemed to abandon me he was watching…”. This final step ultimately displays how Pi found new understanding to his faith through the experiences on his journey. Therefore, through Pi’s journey leads him to the discovery of the new understanding

The way Pi acts throughout his journey suggests that having faith is one of the most important practises to learn as it can give an individual hope. Pi has a strong connection to all his practising faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Society is set to have many unspoken rules that we must abide by to

Richard Parker, the tiger, is a symbol of Pi himself. Pi directly correlates himself with Richard Parker. If Richard Parker “give[s] up” (121) then Pi is giving up. When swimming toward the life boat Richard Parker “look[s] small and helpless” (121) much like Pi actually is. Next to the tiger, zebra, and hyena Pi is small and feeble; he has no way to defend himself against the other animals. Pi egging Richard Parker on, toward the boat; “keep[ing him] swimming” (122) shows Pi’s resilience for survival; determined for Richard Parker to survive, which is actually his determination to survive. It is often mistaken in the novel as to whether Pi is speaking of himself or of Richard Parker because they could be the same being.

At the end of the story he ask “Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?” These two men respond and admits that the animal story is the better one and through this readers can get a major theme of the book, faith. Through the whole story Pi’s survival is mainly because of faith in his religion. Although religion can not be proven he has faith that it is real. Likewise the realness of Pi’s story is the same as religion and readers will have to have faith in Pi’s journey of faith that the story is

It is difficult to talk about the Life of Pi text without making a reference to faith, and the same goes with explaining Pi’s survival. Pi’s belief in pluralism and acceptance of the three religions, Hinduism, Christianity and Islam aid his future and is a crucial part of his survival at sea. His faith in knowing “so long as god is with me, I will not die” gives him the mental strength and will power to survive his ordeal. Even in the middle of the ocean, Pi practices all his religious rituals such as ‘‘solitary masses without consecrated Communion Hosts’’

Pi’s story is not only about the beauty of religion and how everyone need to be religious to survive but, how all people are entitled to love the world how they see it. During his religious exploration as an adolescent he discovers atheism through his science teacher, Mr. Kumar. Pi holds Mr. Kumar in very high esteem, calling him his favorite teacher, however Pi is uncomfortable exploring the concept of atheism, its beliefs, and or how science can hold such beauty without the need of a god. He came to terms with the fact that atheists are his "brothers and sisters of a different faith", however he choose not to explore it in his studies. The concept frightens him so much that Pi, who is usually full of questions, is scilent when Mr.Kumar speaks

Pi strives to maintain his fragile hope, the hope of survival. Although he is exhausted of struggling to live, and waiting for an uncertain day of relief to arrive, he hasn’t surrounded to death. Through religion, Pi’s misery and disappointment toward God are