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catches his eye. He follows her & her friends day after class & is caught off guard when he angrily faces/stands up to him. Pi manages to smooth things over & takes her on a tour of his family's zoo. The finally form a relationship, making Pi's move to Canada much

pool, and he changes his name to Pi after everyone started to call him "Pissing". His father is a zoo owner, and his family lives in Pondicherry, a French colony on India's eastern coast. Pi's dad decides to leave India and move his entire zoo to Canada, crossing the Pacific ocean on a Japanese cargo ship named the Tsumtsum. In a severe storm the Tsimtsum sinks. The cause of the sinking is unknown. Pi is the only human survivor, and he's stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker

harrowing adventure or make up something more comfortable for the authorities. This novel centers on young Pi Patel, an Indian boy whose family owns a zoo in Pondicherry, India, but decides to move to Canada when he is 16. They manage to sell many of the animals, some of which are also bound for Canada or the United States; they are all aboard the same Japanese cargo ship the Tsimtsum. As soon as the boat reaches the open Pacific, it sinks. Pi manages to get aboard a lifeboat, and then discovers he

Life of Pi by Yann Martel, first published in 2002, is the story of Piscine Molitor Patel. Piscine, later shortened by himself to Pi, is the main character, the protagonist, and throughout most of this novel just a teenager. At the beginning of the story the reader is taken to the world of Pondicherry, India and to the Pondicherry Zoo run by the Patel Family. The Patel family consists of Pi’s mom, Gita, his dad Santosh and his older brother Ravi. As Pi grows up he takes you through his good and

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

thing in mind. Martel describes despite whom it are you can be friends with them. The boy has a {named Pi} family who thinking of moving to Canada and the boat crashed and killed the parents and sibling and all the animals but a zebra, a monkey, a hyena, and a tiger {which he called Richard Parker}. This was a different type of book and it was a delight to read. This novel was a wonderfully powerful lesson

Life of Pi written by Yann Martel uses many literary devices to present the different themes in the novel; and allegory, along with its many examples, is prevalent in this novel as the number one mechanism to demonstrate the character and theme growth. Through religious allegory, symbolism, and imagery, Yann Martel uses Pi and his voice to make readers question the real meaning behind Life of Pi. Religious allegory is a large topic in this novel. Yann Martel parallels many characters in this novel

authenticity. A Complicated Kindness has been awarded with several awards such as the prestigious Governor General’s Award for English Fiction in 2004 and the CBA Libris Fiction Award. It has also been regarded as the novel all Canadians should read in the 2006 Canada Reads competition. Numerous critics have noted the personal touch that comes from Toews extensive background. A critical review from Margaret Boe Birns states, “A Complicated Kindness explores both the old-fashioned world of the Mennonites and

bright boy who is Hindu by birth, but goes on to become devout in both Islam and Christianity, refusing to acknowledge the antagonist relationship between these beliefs. Pi’s family were once zookeepers, and decided to move from their home in India to Canada following the economic collapse of their zoo. In the middle of their voyage across the sea, their ship sinks in a treacherous storm, leaving Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, and a tiger aboard a lifeboat. As the days go by, the

story that everyone will want to believe. He tells readers about the life a boy, who later in the story gets stuck on a lifeboat with fierce companions for 227 days. Piscine Molitor Patel, otherwise known as “Pi”, accompanies his family in moving to Canada from India, though the ship sinks and he then tells his journey twice. Pi told his journey in two versions, an animal version, and a human version. In both versions Pi is accompanied with a zebra/sailor, a hyena/cook, his own mother/orangutan, and