Life Of Pi Hero's Journey Analysis
A Hero’s Journey usually has twelve stages, but in the “ Life of Pi “ Piscine’s (Hero’s Journey) only had nine stages to it Piscine of course being the hero. The first stage of a hero's journey that Piscine went through was the Call to Adventure. During the Call to Adventure Piscine had his father tell him and his family that they were going to sell the zoo and move to Canada so they would have a better life. “Father said, We’ll sail like Columbus!” ie (111). The second stage of a hero’s journey is the Refusal of the Call. In the Refusal of the Call Piscine wants to stay in India at the zoo the only place he has ever called home. The way he expresses his displeasure at this idea when he first hears of it is by saying this “He [Columbus] was
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In this stage Piscine arrives on the shores of Mexico after 227 days at sea. When he stumbles on to the island Richard Parker leaves him this hurts Pi but in a way he understands. Stage number eight is The Resurrection this is usually a final test where everything is at stake and the hero must use everything he has learned. This is not really the case for Piscine in this stage what happens to him is he spends time recovering in a hospital somewhere in Mexico where he tells to Japanese agents what had happened to him. First he tells the story with the animals then he is forced tell the human one after. Which is the true story? The last and ninth stage of this hero’s journey is Return with the Elixir. In the end Piscine Patel fulfills his father’s columbus speech and moves to Canada. This brings us now tho the beginning of the …show more content…
The first stage this story missed is usually the very first stage Ordinary Word. This step refers to the hero’s [Pi’s] life at the start of the story, before the “adventure” begins. The next stage this stary missed is usually the Meeting with the Mentor this would have been the fourth stage. In this stage the hero meets someone who can give him advice for his “ journey” ahead. The last stage that the story missed is the Approach which would have been the seventh stage. In this stage setbacks occur, this at times causes the hero to try a new approach or adopt new
In this stage Piscine arrives on the shores of Mexico after 227 days at sea. When he stumbles on to the island Richard Parker leaves him this hurts Pi but in a way he understands. Stage number eight is The Resurrection this is usually a final test where everything is at stake and the hero must use everything he has learned. This is not really the case for Piscine in this stage what happens to him is he spends time recovering in a hospital somewhere in Mexico where he tells to Japanese agents what had happened to him. First he tells the story with the animals then he is forced tell the human one after. Which is the true story? The last and ninth stage of this hero’s journey is Return with the Elixir. In the end Piscine Patel fulfills his father’s columbus speech and moves to Canada. This brings us now tho the beginning of the …show more content…
The first stage this story missed is usually the very first stage Ordinary Word. This step refers to the hero’s [Pi’s] life at the start of the story, before the “adventure” begins. The next stage this stary missed is usually the Meeting with the Mentor this would have been the fourth stage. In this stage the hero meets someone who can give him advice for his “ journey” ahead. The last stage that the story missed is the Approach which would have been the seventh stage. In this stage setbacks occur, this at times causes the hero to try a new approach or adopt new