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Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a compelling, profound, and a well written book. The main character, Piscine Motor Patel is a particularly loving and caring boy, especially for animals. When Pi was younger, he “always shuddered when [he] snapped open a banana because it sounded to [him] as the breaking of an animal's neck.” (page 197). Throughout chapter 61 in Life of Pi, Pi demonstrates how humans act more as animals when put under the right circumstances.
Pi is transformed from an innocent boy to a wild, ruthless man. For instance, Pi alters the way he views himself when he decides he would “break [the fish’s] neck. [Pi] egged himself on until [he] heard a cracking sound and no longer felt any life fighting in [his] hands” (page …) . Killing

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