Why Is Part One Important In Life Of Pi

In the story in Life of Pi by Yann Martel, part ones content was necessary for the development of Pi in part two and three. Piscine Patel is a young man who is in a family of four; Ravi Patel his older brother, Mother, Father and himself. Pi has gone through tremendous loss and horrific events. The topic of how necessary part one was to part two and three is worth investigating because of; Pi’s commitment to God, Pi’s family values, family views and Pi’s animal influences. The events in part one in Life of Pi describe important characteristics for Pi and give background information to help readers understand Pi as a whole. Part one gives the readers a foundation to support the story. This helps readers understand the importance of religion, family and how Pi was influenced by animals. These events helped Pi throughout his journey. Including; his relationship with his family in a large portion of part
The readers understand the importance of these animals and how they have continued on into part two and continued to influence him long after his journey. The tiger, Richard parker was a large influence in Pi's life, “I'm going to show you how dangerous tigers are,’ he continued. ‘i want you to remember this lesson for the rest of your lives”(37). Pi and his brother Ravi were taught a horrific lesson, due to which they would never want to touch a tiger. Pi was taught fear and that fear continued on into his journey, and stuck at the back of Pi’s head throughout part two and three. Growing up in a zoo, Pi was taught methods of how animals were tamed, in the novel, “Circus trainer must always enter the lion ring first, and full sight of the lions. In doing so, he establishes that the ring is his territory”(47). Pi’s has taken upon knowledge of how to tame dangerous beasts. This knowledge will be used later on in part two. But before he was able to establish his territory, he found out about Richard