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Life of PiContent QuestionsPart 1: Toronto & Pondicherry - Chapters 1-361). Pondicherry was the birth place of Pi the protagonist of the story. It was during Pi's time in Pondicherry that he has suffered intensely and found comfort in religion and zoology; which proves to be the basis of the stories plot. With this in mind, he was raised in a time where there were many political problems arising which leads to Pi's family leaving the country to Canada. This town is an appropriate choice for Pi's

Life of Pi and the Trial of God In Yann Martel’s famous novel Life of Pi, Piscine Molitor Patel used various methods of survival to endure a severe trial set by God while lost at sea. With this in mind, he would pray and follow a simple routine to keep himself occupied every day. For fear that he might die; he felt horror and anguish towards the four hundred fifty pound Bengal Tiger which kept him away from thinking of his family as well as the pain he experienced. As time went on, his fear towards

Both Yann Martel’s, “Life Of Pi” and William Golding’s, “Lord Of The Flies” explore the conflict between civility and savagery present in humans, Golding explores savagery at a societal level as an inescapable trait among humans which is subdued by civilization and authority, while Martel looks at savagery at a more internal level. Both authors help explain their stances on savagery and civility by combining them with themes like survival, authority, loss of innocence and fear. The authors illustrate

Imagine having to survive 227 days aboard a small, unsteady lifeboat with a 450-pound Bengal Tiger. It seems unrealistic, right? In the Novel Life of Pi, an Indian boy named Pi shipwrecks into the Pacific Ocean and finds himself aboard a lifeboat with a predatory animal. To Pi, surviving this journey with a tiger seems impossible at first, but over time, his view of the tiger is drastically changed. Richard Parker, the tiger, serves as three things over the course of the journey: a teacher, an antagonist

Have you ever been stranded in the middle of the ocean with a 450-pound adult bengal tiger? Well according to Pi Patel he has and survived nearly 300 days in that predicament. In the book Life of Pi, Yann Martel’s character Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel survives a shipwreck and ends up on a lifeboat with a variety of animals one of which being a bengal tiger. The story starts out with Pi telling the author he can make him believe in God with his story. Throughout the story Pi tells a great tale of his

In the hot summer sun a hungry African lion paces back and forth in his cage. His instincts tell him to hunt, but he cannot. Instead, he restlessly eyes the doorway from which his food is brought to him. This brings a sad picture to mind, that of a wild animal held captive, unable to stalk his prey and revel in his catch when the chase is through. However, this lion’s natural African habitat is all but gone now; if he were in the wild, he might be on the edge of starvation, or more likely

Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, a beast fable written for adults, which has successfully portrayed animals with human feelings and motives. The fable is told in retrospect by Piscine Molitor Patel many years after the sinking of a cargo ship with his family on his way from India to Canada. A period of 227 days oversea of Pi in a lifeboat, in company of a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a Royal Bengal tiger. It is a storytelling literary fiction created by using anthropomorphism and animal imagery

Write a composition based on literature that you have studied in which the significance of characters’ responses to the varied behaviors and/or beliefs of others. “I have a story that will make you believe in God.” The novel, Life of Pi by author Yann Martel is a compelling story that follows a young sixteen year old boy, Piscine (Pi) Molitor Patel, after the cargo ship transporting them to Canada, the Tsimtsum, sinks without warning, leaving Pi stuck at sea with only an adult Bengal tiger for company

Loyalty is found in the novel the Life of Pi, just like it is found in the book series Harry Potter, and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Pi shows deep and abiding loyalty to a creature that could be considered hard to show loyalty to, a large tiger. Alone on the lifeboat, Pi has many issues to face in addition to the tiger onboard: thirst, starvation, dangerous marine life, the wild ocean, and exposure to the elements in general. Instead of concerning himself with those issues, he begins to train Richard

Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is the story of a young man who survives a painful, terrifying shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The book describes Piscine (Pi) Patel’s life and harrowing journeys after the shipwreck that took the lives of many people immigrating to Canada, including his own mother and countless animals from the family’s zoo. Pi must survive on a small lifeboat with a hungry predator. This journey of 227 days changes the way he sees the world,