Literary Devices In Life Of Pi
Life of Pi - Option 2
In The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Pi Patel and Richard Parker travel in a liferaft for many days while stranded in the Pacific Ocean. However, the setting helps aid the story in multiple ways. The setting guides the character’s feelings and actions to grow dynamically and adds foreshadow to the storyline.
In the beginning of the plot when the weather started to become rough, Pi admitted that he was “very afraid” (Martel 101) and he was so frightened to where “his mind could hardly conceive it” (Martel 101). After the ship sank and he had to survive on his own in the big waters, he was able to become much less cowardly and learn how to scarcely survive in the dangerous waters. When successfully cracking open a flying fish …show more content…
While on the small liferaft with the domestic animals, he distanced himself from them in order not to get eaten or injured. In order to prevent from being eaten or injured by the animals he, “pulled the oar as far as it would go” (Martel 117) and “pulled myself up and wrapped my legs around the oar” (Martel 117) After staying onboard the raft with Richard Parker, Pi started to tame him and often “blew on the whistle a few times. He disappeared under the tarpaulin,” (Martel 209) Because Pi was out at sea for so long and discovered a way to tame the tiger, he starts to become much more confident in his actions and starts acting like the alpha male instead of the follower. If it wasn’t the ocean, he wouldn’t be able to develop a stronger confidence in leadership and would have still been afraid to do something.
Lastly, there was foreshadowing in the plot. The foreshadowing in this novel does signify the next major event that will happen in the book, which is the horrible storm while out at sea in the cargo ship. In the beginning chapters, Pi adds quotes to foreshadow the future event of the sea storm. For example, Pi says, “I’m going to show you how dangerous tigers are,” (Martel 37) This quote perfectly foreshadows the future situation he is going to encounter with Richard Parker, the tiger, after the
In The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Pi Patel and Richard Parker travel in a liferaft for many days while stranded in the Pacific Ocean. However, the setting helps aid the story in multiple ways. The setting guides the character’s feelings and actions to grow dynamically and adds foreshadow to the storyline.
In the beginning of the plot when the weather started to become rough, Pi admitted that he was “very afraid” (Martel 101) and he was so frightened to where “his mind could hardly conceive it” (Martel 101). After the ship sank and he had to survive on his own in the big waters, he was able to become much less cowardly and learn how to scarcely survive in the dangerous waters. When successfully cracking open a flying fish …show more content…
While on the small liferaft with the domestic animals, he distanced himself from them in order not to get eaten or injured. In order to prevent from being eaten or injured by the animals he, “pulled the oar as far as it would go” (Martel 117) and “pulled myself up and wrapped my legs around the oar” (Martel 117) After staying onboard the raft with Richard Parker, Pi started to tame him and often “blew on the whistle a few times. He disappeared under the tarpaulin,” (Martel 209) Because Pi was out at sea for so long and discovered a way to tame the tiger, he starts to become much more confident in his actions and starts acting like the alpha male instead of the follower. If it wasn’t the ocean, he wouldn’t be able to develop a stronger confidence in leadership and would have still been afraid to do something.
Lastly, there was foreshadowing in the plot. The foreshadowing in this novel does signify the next major event that will happen in the book, which is the horrible storm while out at sea in the cargo ship. In the beginning chapters, Pi adds quotes to foreshadow the future event of the sea storm. For example, Pi says, “I’m going to show you how dangerous tigers are,” (Martel 37) This quote perfectly foreshadows the future situation he is going to encounter with Richard Parker, the tiger, after the