Life Of Pi Reflection

Life Of Pi Reflection
Jack Zilba
Mr. Cambisios
English 2
9/18/2017
Life Of PI
While reading this book, I realize that because of my religion and life experiences, I might have a different perspective then another reader when it
comes to interpreting Pi's journey and what pi is feeling. Life of Pi explores human experience, society, religion, and nature through the eyes and mind
of Piscine (Pi) Molitor Patel. Pi starts off as a boy growing up in an emerging indian society. While thrown into a tragic accident, Pi finds spirituality
and the meaning of life through his quest for survival. Surprisingly, Pi keeps his sanity, refuses to dwell on this situation, and looks within himself for
guidance, he manages to accomplish all of this by believing...show more content...
Pi suddenly began to question if God was real or not. He asks himself why all this happens to him and why he has to suffer. Later on in the book, Pi
realizes that he needs God and that he will not survive without him.
Animals are very protective of their land and themselves. In India, Pi first learned this when he visited the Pondicherry zoo which was so close,
he could hear the lions roaring. He was always around this zoo due to the fact that his father became a zookeeper. Pi describes it as "a paradise on
earth." He was amazed how animals moved and how they used their brain compared to how humans use theirs. Pi loved animals his whole life
growing up. What he did not understand was that animals can be dangerous. Pi's father tried to teach him this for a long time. Finally the time came
where Pi's father had to show Pi how dangerous animals can be. Pi's father has the cats keeper place a live goat inside a tigers cage. You can guess
what happens next.
Once Pi begins his journey on the lifeboat, he starts to notice some odd and uncontrollable behavior with the animals. Richard Parker, as well as the
other animals, such as, a Hyena, Zebra, and Orangutan, I would have to say that the zebra and orangutan were the victims in this case because,
Richard Parker and the Hyena were much more dangerous creatures. In one of the stories, the hyena kills the orangutan and the zebra, because he
wants to survive any way

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Life Of Pi Essay
Faith was a problem that people have been concerned about, and the loss of faith in contemporary era had become a social problem. The film Life of
Pi not only used innovative ways and styles of narration, but also dug and showed the deep cultural connotation. The most prominent aspect was to
elaborate the value of faith from the perspective of multiple perspectives. To a certain extent the Life of Pi was a film about faith. All of the narrative
ways and technology were closely related to the faith. Novelists and filmmakers had faith, including the characters and the plot in the work. From the
film, we can see that Ang Lee very skillfully discussed humanity faith and the power of faith in the film . The film also showed the variety and the
ageless...show more content...
In addition, faith also needs rational guide of people, this is the permanent charm of faith too. From the film life of Pi, it sets up a dialogue between
middle–aged Pi and a worker, whose purpose is to bring the faith to reality, but also ensure that the perceptual features of faith." (Sun, 2013: 8). After
that experiences the middle–aged Pi was more and more mature and had a better understanding of faith. He stood in the perspective of "comer" and
review the past his own unique experience. He abandoned the mysterious features of faith and ensured the religious attitude towards faith. The writer
listened the legend of Young Pi with a good curiosity. As the story's listener and questioner, the writer sign like this: "The story is too big, I do not
catch the meaning." The Middle–aged Pi made a very important answer:"After experience, please do not say what meaning of experience." Audience
could explain it from different perspectives and could also put forward different opinions and meaning from the film to make the choice. The choice
of this film's main idea was to study the theory of faith and faith crisis, and also hope the theory can be applied to practice. " Everyone needs faith.
With scientific and social progress development. In modern society, we need to choose a rational faith very much as our spiritual prop." (Zhang, 2001:

Life of Pi Essay
In the book Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the main character gets stranded in a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with only his imagination to cope with.
Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, uses a figure of his imagination to make a horrific situation better, by changing his perspective on the
entire ordeal. When Pi gets isolated with his mother, a cruel cook, and an injured sailor, Pi transforms all of them into animals out of fear, disbelief
and justification. Throughout Pi's experience, he is very fearful. He is not only afraid of all the death cruelty around him, but of himself as well. Pi
states in the book, "I was filled with a mix of rapt admiration and abject fear" (308). Pi starts becoming very fearful and troubled as soon as the...show
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This was Pi's way of coping and dealing with the pain, loss, and embarrassment he faced. The story replacing humans as animals, was a way for Pi
to justify his actions. Pi stated in the book, "Then we fought and I killed him" (310), which is a confession of murder. This confession is both
really dangerous and embarrassing for Pi as he became civilized again. After Pi let his animalistic side leave, he needed a way to justify and
explain why he committed murder. By changing everyone into animals and creating Richard Parker, Pi made himself sound like he took no part in
any man slaughter. Confession of murder was also very dangerous because he could have been sentenced to jail as he was telling his traumatic tale
to the two police officers. If Pi hadn't had a way to justify the actions he was taking in the lifeboat, he wouldn't have found a way to cope and could
have let himself die. It was through his justifications that he found comfort and longing to survive, which led him to stay alive for two hundred and
twenty seven days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Pi's story including animals included much detail, causing the reader to develop reader repor, but
in the end the more outrageous sounding story proved to be

Life Of Pi by Yann Martel Essay
Pi's journey to his faith (Start with some general sentence) In Yann Martel's novel, 'Life Of Pi', the main character, Pi goes through some harsh
struggles as he manages himself to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with his skills and knowledge he has. His whole life is a journey. He
learns various different skills that are used usefully in his survival. When Pi becomes an adult, he is left alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a
450 pounded Bengal tiger. Although the fact that he has lost everything gives him a deep depression and makes him feel hopeless, he eventually uses
his skills that he has learned when he is young to make himself endure through his painful faith. The skills that Pi learned when he is in India...show
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However, with his skills that he has learned, he is able to deal with them. At first, when Pi finds Richard Parker, Richard Parker goes aggressive to Pi,
and tries to attack him; however, he manages to use his swimming skills to temporary save himself. "(He makes a raft connected to the life boat and
swims on it to be safe from the threat, Richard Parker)" (about chapter 40 to 43). Pi is able to save himself thanks to the skills he has learned from
Mamaji. When he is greatly depressed with hopelessness, he deals with it with his religious beliefs he has gained when he is young. "(He mentions
God, and he finds the warm of flying fish. Then he is no longer hopeless, but starts to cooperate with Richard Parker)" (about chapter 42~46).
Although Pi is still lonely, he grants some courage and from this point, he actually believes that Gods do exist, and this event makes Pi to be even
more religious and he does pray more often after he gets survived. He faces Richard Parker and bravely deal with him, which is another big threat to
him. "(He
Lee 3 makes the noise that tigers do not like, and shows that he is dominant, therefore he shows Richard Parker that he is the one who has to be in
charge in the life boat)" (around chapter 45~50). This event is significant because it does not only becomes an incident for Richard Parker and Pi to
start be friendly to each other, but also courage Pi not to be afraid of

Life of Pi Essay
A Bildungsroman is a type of novel that tells the story of the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development of the protagonist either from
childhood to maturity or as the result of an extraordinary experience. An example of this is the novel, "Life of Pi" because Pi grows from boy to man.
He had to mature very quickly by having to take care of himself in order to survive. Pi protects himself physically, mentally, and emotionally. Pi
believed in faith throughout the book to get through the situation that he was in. Pi uses an allegory of himself in the form of Richard Parker
throughout the novel. Pi protects himself physically by scavenging. An example of this is,
"It was the source of food and water....show more content...
Pi's faith interacts at times. An example of this would be that Pi's faith does not allow you to kill things. In order to survive, Pi has to kill the fish. Pi
believed that since he had turned to God, he got the reward of surviving. An example of this is when Pi said, "Solitude began. I turned to
God. I survived(311)." Pi shows how he matures from a boy to a man very quickly by learning to take care of himself. Pi uses an allegory of himself
in the form of Richard Parker throughout the novel. He protects himself physically, mentally, and emotionally. He is able to do all of this because he
believes in faith. Also, Pi's imagination plays a huge part in helping him

Life Of Pi
The final product was a graphical representation based on the novel Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. The assignment, which was representing Pi's life at
sea, had a superior outcome than expected. I originally believed that the final image would be mediocre and that my group and I would be struggling
to complete it in the last minute. However, the project was finished well in advance and the ultimate result was a pleasant surprise. The whole group
worked together and used our strengths to create the graphic text. The work process sheet provided a great deal of assistance in our project. As we
had to record all our work on the sheet, no member became abated during our time working on the assignment. Everyone wanted their worksheet filled,
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If I was not part of the group, the image could have been different as I was the one that suggested it. Furthermore, the drawing, painting of the
canvas and the symbols would have had another look. If Reilly was not a member of the group we would not have gotten the sand or the seashells
that are visible in the final product. That sand colour and seashells were what was exactly needed to enhance the project, and as it is expensive,
those resources would have been unavailable to us. If Josh was not a member of this group, we would have missed some of the fundamental activities
that Pi does on the boat such as writing in his journal. Moreover, he constructed the 3d boat using paper mache. As I have no former experience
creating art using paper mache, I would have unable to create and design the boat. Finally, the project could not have been completed in time without
the time and effort of all the members. The assignment initially gave the impression of an extremely heavy workload, and I was anxious that we would
not be able to complete it in time. All the members helping assured that the project could be finished efficiently. Everyone in the group contributed in
different ways to the design

Life Of Pi Short Story
The True Story of Pi Patel The book "The Life of Pi" was an exquisite story where a young boy, Piscine Patel, experiences hardships like no other.
Although it begins with a slow start, it takes a drastic turn, and everything but Pi's faith in God and religion changes. His faith in God remains
unwavered, although he does get angry and doubts God at some points. He tells a story to obtain a false sense of reality, but reveals the truth to
what actually happened at the end of the book. The story he told about the animals was an attempt to block out the memories of his mother being
stabbed to death by the cook. Nobody who experiences those feelings wants to, and being on a lifeboat with a man who killed your mother, you
would need a distraction. The distraction Pi had was creating the fake story about the animals and carnivorous island. Due to the extreme detail he
put into creating the story with Richard Parker, it is hard to say it was all a lie, but what he told the Japanese investigators was just impossible.
There is simply no such thing as a carnivorous island, and the odds of coming across another blind Frenchman in a lifeboat in the pacific are nearly
impossible. Although the first story is easier for Pi to bear, the second, more gruesome one, is the true story of what happened. He had 227 days to
come up with the detailed story he first told, but the investigators stated, "We want a story without animals that will explain the sinking of the
Tsimtsum." (Page 168).

Life Of Pi
There are many people who believe in God and there are those who believe in science. People who believe in God turn a deaf ear to the voice of
reason. People who believe in science lack the ability to believe something on faith. Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a story of a young man named Pi
shipwrecked at sea for seven months where his life is changed forever. After escaping the sea, Pi tells two stories of what happened during those
seven months. Regardless which story is more believable or interesting, do the details of the story really matter if the outcomes are the same?
Similarly both stories include Pi being shipwrecked with hungry individuals who must fight to survive. First story he is with animals and the second
story he is with members of the ship's crew. Both stories include conflict and violence in order to survive. The line between humanity and what is
animalistic becomes blurred. When survival is threatened, people and animals will do anything to survive. The animal story is more fictional and...show
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Like with any adaption certain details cannot be properly portrayed on the big screen. For instance, Pi is nude for the majority of the shipwreck in the
novel and in the movie he is wearing cleaned white pants. The novel is more realistic but the movie is more PG–friendly. On the other hand, in the
novel Pi is intellectually curious about the animals and in the movie he instigates mischief making him appear more of a brat than a scholar. The religion
aspect of Pi's early life before the event is more explained in the novel, but is not crucial to the overall story and is condensed in the movie. However
a bad example of condensing source material would be the conflict between the animals, instead of days it seemed like mere hours in the film. To that
end, the film does a brilliant job taking the source material and enhancing it will spectacular visual

Life of Pi Essay
Life of Pi Analytical Essay In the novel Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses the protagonist Pi to demonstrate how faith, ritual and one's will to live save
one from the barbaric and carnivorous reality. Pi Patel, lover of faith and various gods and their beliefs loses his family after a shipwreck and drifts
on the Pacific Ocean with a zebra, hyena, orangutan and a tiger, Richard Parker each struggling in their own way to survive. Yann Martel uses the
protagonist Pi to claim that one retains his or her survival will through writing. Martel includes the fact that Pi writes, "I die" as his pen runs dry
because it symbolizes the break of his daily ritual. Pi unconsciously makes a ritual for himself daily to follow in order keep himself busy...show more
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The journal keeps Pi from cannibalism and alleviates his loneliness but as journal entries stopped, Pi gradually began to lose his sense of humanity.
Pi's last entry in his journal, "I die" signified as the death of his humanity and "driven by the extremity of my [Pi's] need and the madness to which it
pushed me, I ate some of his flesh" (322). Due to Pi's religion, he is a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat yet to survive, he abandons humanity. Being
at sea gradually forces Pi to lose memories of his life in society. Pi admits to his "madness" when he decides to eat human flesh. From the
perspective of society, eating human flesh is judged as cannibalism and when Pi begins to accept the fact of eating human flesh, he has already
begun to lose a part of his humanity. Writing in the journal allows Pi to retain the thinking of society including its norms such as the consuming of
the same species is unjust and mentally insane. When Pi's ink starts to run out, he is unable to continue writing and that ends his last form of
connection to his previous life living on land. At this point of the novel, Pi acknowledges his decline of humanity and with it, degrades himself and
his will to live when he eats human flesh. Judging himself with the eyes of society, Pi begins to waver in his faith to survive. If Pi were able to
continue his journal, Pi would not have mentally been driven to its end forcing Pi to give

Life of Pi
Martel's "The Life of Pi" is a coming of age story about a young man's reaching maturity through tragic but uplifting story of loss and miraculous
survival. The story is based on a journey which contains adventure, tradgedy, humour, and also the survival of the fittest mentality. Yann Martel
depicts a story of a youth who seeks knowledge, wisdom, connectivity, and spirituality through religeon and zoology. Applying the craft's he has
practiced and is taught, protagonist Pi Patel seeks survival on a stranded boat with an orrangatang, a tiger, an injured zebra and a hyena. Yann Martel's
tail starts off with Pi chronicaling his life in India in a city called "Pondicherriy". Pi is a student, he characterizes his life through zoology,...show more
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Pi is a spirutal and optimist character because he is just hoping for the best and he envisions that his brother, father, and his mother are still out
there well and alive, and theirs a is a search team looking for him. The reality is starting too sink in his head and he is realizing that this isnt a
dream, and everything around him thats happening is actually reality. "Richard Parker, can you believe what has happened to us? Tell me it's a
bad dream. Tell me it's not real. Tell me I'm still in my bunk on the Tsimtsum and I'm tossing and turning and soon I'll wake up from this nightmare.
Tell me I'm still happy. Mother, my tender guardian angel of wisdom, where are you? And you, Father, my loving worrywart? And you, Ravi,
dazzling hero of my childhood? Vishnu preserve me, Allah protect me, Christ save me, I can't bear it!" (Martel, 2002) At this point its Pi against the
world, and as it is in the animal kingdom only the strong survive". He will have too overcome all these challenges and obstacles he is faced with too
be the king of the jungle or simply the king on the boat. The scriptures and the Bibles Pi has read throughout his life are the manifestation of the
present. His faith and good will is tested as he experiences

Dialectical Journal Of Life Of Pi
The Life of Pi is a novel written by Yann Martel, that involves a young teen named Pi in survival after suffering a tragic ship accident. The novel starts
out with mostly the author's thoughts and ideas. The first part of the book excluding the author's page mainly describes Pi's thoughts, beliefs, life, and
the events that take place before the tragic accident he is involved in. Pi has a brother named Ravi and an uncle called Francis. Pi is remarkably
connected and interested in religion and zoology. Pi and his family soon move to Pondicherry in India, where they buy a zoo. Soon as they move, Pi
discusses his feelings on living in a zoo. After moving to the zoo, Pi starts to get involved in a lot of religion. Talks about religion are...show more
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Eventually, things get better for Pi as his parents allow him to get baptised and explore religion more. Big news strikes Pi when his parents announce
that they are moving to Canada. As a result, most of the animals at Pi's zoo are sold to other zoos, while only a couple of animals head with the family
to Canada such as a tiger, orangutan, and more. The Life of Pi (Part 2) The second part of the book starts off quite dreadful. Previously in part one of
Life of Pi, the family takes off from India and onto Canada. Part two begins with the words, "The ship sank". As of yet, it is not really possible to
know what has happened to Pi and his family. Pi is in a lifeboat with Richard Parker, a tiger the Pi family took to Canada. Pi eventually tells the
reader events right before the sinking of the ship. As the ship sails smoothly for a couple of days, a engine failure causes the ship to explode. Pi
escapes onto a lifeboat, unluckily Ravi and his parents are still asleep. Eventually, couple of other animals and Pi survive, including Richard, a
Orangutan named Orange Juice, and a hyena. Sadly, Orange Juice dies very quickly as he

Life Of Pi Conflict Essay
Life of Pi uses conflicts in the novel with Pi wrestling with beliefs, nature, and his own strong will to mold himself into an existentialist who learns
about himself and becomes spiritually one. In the beginning of the novel we focus on Pi struggling with his beliefs as he tries to find his path
throughout his religious journey. He faces many options and worldviews but as he progresses he begins to accept himself and what he truly believes.
He grows in spiritual knowledge by questioning a Christian priest wondering if "this son...who goes hungry, who suffers from thirst, who gets tired,
who is sad, who is anxious, who is heckled and harassed... – what kind of god is that? It's a god on too human a scale, that's what"(17). Through
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Each of these self conflicts shaped him into a stronger version of the old self he was back in India. With each of the obstacles he's faced with he's
never once let fear take control as fear is "life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life" (56). Fear concealed as doubt can take control over
disbelief and reason, but through a firmly grounded foundation of light which in Pi's case was his religion helped him stay grounded. In such dire
situations with no other human contact you have nowhere else to turn but to God because "the lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering, I should turn to God" (93). The inner battles he faced while on
the lifeboat helped him draw closer to God and lead himself to find himself as well. When people are in positions of weakness they reach for something
greater than what's around them. Tragedy brings on faith and faith untested isn't true faith. When everything pointed against his faith he was still able
to "fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It's not a question of courage. It's
something constitutional, an inability to let go. It may be nothing more than life hungry stupidity" (53).

Loss Of Innocence In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi
"Life will defend itself no matter how small it is" (Yann 47). Life of Pi, by Yann Martel is a novel that explains how even though you lost
everything you can overcome almost everything. This novel is about one boy's family who owns a zoo, then took a trip with all the animals, yet
instead of arriving to their destination life had another 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...show more content...
The have told him they want to know what really happened. This quote brings the climax of the story. Pi will tell a second story, without animals,
about his survival. He will then press the men into confessing which they thought was the better story. Pi attempts to gain acceptance by telling the two
Japanese insurance men a story with animals on the lifeboat instead of humans. The boy used his imagination to express his journey, as it seemed
unrealistic which lead the insurance men that they would not believe his story. This is Pi's attempt to cover up his real story of manslaughter and
cannibalism, which unaccepted by society. If these men new the real story of Pi, the tiger, the monkey, the zebra, and the other small animals, the men
would not look at Pi the same and would question his humane. At this time, Pi believed this was the best decision in order to accept without the
concern of his mental health by society. Altogether, the Japanese men do not believe his animal story, "Mr. Patel, we don't believe your story." (Martel
324). Since Pi continues to turn his real life situation into a story about animals, the insurance men reject him and thus he cannot complete his journey
to adulthood or reach full maturity. Pi had a decision to make and that was to tell the truth or not. Pi wanted to be accepting into society, which

Hope In Life Of Pi
Life of Pi is a book by Yann Martel with a religious view that was portrayed in the life of Piscine Molitor Patel later known as Pi mainly at sea after
the demise of his family members. The book depicts hope in the most difficult situations as Pi was forced to live in a lifeboat with animals for more
than two hundred days and true to his faith; he came to shore in Mexico with the only surviving Bengal tiger (Richard Parker). The book brings to
light the mere fact that where there is hope, there is life. The experience in the lifeboat made Pi understand that the same way animals are never free
from compulsion and necessity is the same Humans are enchained in the territory of their minds and hearts as they are controlled, by their
consciousness,

Life of Pi
Everyone makes choices in their daily lives. People make easy choices and tough choices. While making an easy choice, one of the options can be
manipulated whereas while making tough choices, few things are gained and few things are lost. For instance, if a person loves his family and friends
and if he has to make a choice between his family and friends, he would lose one of the options after making a choice. If the person chooses family,
he will lose friends. If he chooses friends, he will lose his family. This is an example of a tough choice. Making a tough choice will always result in a
loss. Therefore, one's loss or gain depends on his/ her choice. In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the protagonist of the story, Pi, also makes a few
choices and loses some valuable things in his life. In the novel, Pi is a sixteen year–old Indian boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Royal Bengal Tiger,
Richard Parker, in the Pacific Ocean who is trying to find a way to reach the shore. Firstly, Pi loses his entire family when the ship, Tsimtsum,
sinks in the ocean. This loss is a result of the choice that Pi has made because he chooses to explore the ship instead of staying with his parents and
his brother. Secondly, loss that resulted from Pi's choice is his tradition. This can be said because Pi kills a fish for food even though he does not eat
meat. Thirdly, Pi loses his view of the world as a safe place. His change is seen when he tries to train the tiger. Although Pi loses

Life of Pi
Man's best friend? The important thing isn't that we can live on love alone, but that life isn't worth living without it. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann
Martel, the author tells a story of Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, who is struggling with religious and psychological issues. In addition to that, after the
ship sinks Pi must survive on a life boat with a tiger for 227 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Bengal tiger, Richard Parker was named after
an Edgar Allen Poe character from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838). Pym and a friend leave Nantucket on a ship. It capsizes
and the two find themselves on the hull of the ship with another survivor. Starvations lead them to killing him and eating him. The...show more content...
Despite the fact that Pi is a vegetarian, he has to eat raw food in order to survive. Pi realizes that he is becoming similar to Richard Parker in the
ways of eating. The descriptions of Pi's eating habits show Pi's savage side. Without Richard Parker, Pi would not have had a role model to show
him the ways of surviving. As the coast of Mexico becomes visible, Pi realizes that he and Richard Parker must depart and Pi becomes very
distressed about this. As Pi and Richard Parker separate, Pi says "I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a
terrible thing is to botch a farewell" (Martel 360). At this point, Pi and Richard Parker have survived the Pacific Ocean. The two have spent a lot
of time together, which is unheard of. When Pi and Richard Parker separate, Pi is devastated that his companion has left him so abruptly. Richard
Parker had become a part of Pi but now that Richard Parker had left, there seems to be a vacant part of Pi. When Richard Parker leaves, the savage
side of Pi seems to leave as well because there is no need for that side anymore. Civilization doesn't show the savage side of human beings. Richard
Parker is essential to Pi because he taught Pi the fundamentals on how to survive without any assistance. In the novel, Life of Pi, the author uses the
symbolic Richard Parker to represent different parts of Pi and his life. It is easy to see how a 450–pound Bengal tiger can be a threat to the life of an
individual, but when

What Is Life Of Pi's Religion
Life of Pi 1st topic
In the book "Life of Pi", Pi studies three religions, even though he is told not to, Pi never lost his faith in God throughout his entire journey
shipwrecked, Pi didn't like Islam at first sight, but he learned to cope with it. Pi does not care that the three prayer leaders say people should only
follow one religion. He just wants to love God (Martel). After all of the suffering and starvation, Pi never lost his faith in God. Pi didn't like Islam at
first until he started worshiping with others in a Mosque.
In the book "Life of Pi", Pi Learns about and worships three different religions, even when he is told not to. Pi was told to focus on one God by
multiple people. Three people of different religions, an Imam, a Swami

Life of Pi
February 8th 2011
Mrs.Por
ENG 2D1
World Religions In Life of Pi
In the book Life of Pi the author Yann Martel wrote about a young boy named Pi Patel surviving on a lifeboat by himself. Throughout the entire book
Pi was very close to religion and in the end his religions were the main reason he had survived. At the start of the book Yann Martel introduces three
religions, Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism. There are three main points that aided in Pi's survival. One being that Pi was open to religions and
started to follow the Islamic faith. The second reason is that Islam believed that one should pray five times a day, and Pi did exactly this. The last
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Late afternoons to early evenings: Prayers. Sunset: prayers. Night: Prayers." (211). While on the raft Pi praying as often as he did helped him keep
faith in his survival and his life. If he was not constantly thinking of God and keeping God close to him, Richard Parker would have replaced God
and Pi most likely would have ended up committing suicide. In him having faith in God and his survival, it gave him an extra push and more
determination to survive for 227 days alone in the pacific on a life boat.
One of the beliefs that closely relates to Life of Pi is the Islamic view on suicide. Islam believes that suicide is strictly forbidden and the Qur'an
(religious text of Islam) clearly states "Do not kill yourselves as god has been to you very merciful." While on the lifeboat Pi is faced with very harsh
thoughts for such a young boy, suicide. On the pacific
Pi says "During the long, cold dark hours, as the pattering of the invisible rain got to be deafening, and the sea hissed and tossed me about, I held
onto one thought : Richard Parker. I hatched several plans to get rid of him so that the lifeboat might be mine." (174). This quote shows that Pi had
come up with seven ways to kill Richard Parker or depending on how one interprets the story, himself. Although he thought up of seven ways here are
two ways that Pi thought of "Plan number two: kill him with the six morphine syringes. But I had no idea what effect they would have on him. Would
they be

Life Of Pi Symbolism Essay
Due to Pi's devotion to all of his faiths, particularly Hinduism, not only changed how he thought about his current situation, but also changed how he
would think about every single situation after in Martel's Life of Pi.
Hinduism deeply changes Pi for the good, although people don't believe his story, Pi is convinced that through his faith, he survives crossing the
Pacific Ocean. There is also a great amount of symbolism in Martel's novel, from the Tiger, to even the travel itself, symbolism plays a great deal in
the Book.
Pi's life is also changed, from a boy living in India, to a deeply religious man, this great pilgrimage for Pi changes him to who he is when he tells the
author about his journey from India to Mexico. Even from the beginning of the...show more content...
One of the biggest parts of the symbolism is the tiger, Richard Parker. He could be compared with many things, but I like to compare Richard Parker
to Pi himself, with Richard Parker being a direct link to Pi's sanity and wellbeing. Hindu belief includes the transferring of the soul to new bodies, and
I think that perhaps Richard Parker is Pi's soul, reincarnated into the form of a tiger. What better to symbolize Pi than a tiger? Tigers live in harsh
environments that hold no remorse for them, as does Pi, living in the harsh waters of the Pacific Ocean for two hundred and twenty seven days. As it is
not real reincarnation being depicted in the novel, as they both exist at the same time, it can still be used as a representation of reincarnation. The other
animals the beginning may also symbolize other objects. I think that the other animals may symbolize the conflicting emotions inside of Pi. The hyena,
the part of Pi that wanted to eat the other animals for food. The zebra, symbolizing the hurt part of Pi, wanting to give up. The orangutan, the part of
him that wanted to defend himself and the other animals from the

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