Karanvir Dhami Ms. Yu ENG3U March 7‚ 2011 Symbolism in Life of Pi In Life of Pi there are many literary devices used to present the different themes in the novel. The main literary device used in Life of Pi is symbolism. Symbolism is often used to represent an object to something else‚ either by association or by resemblance. Most of the names of animals‚ objects and even humans in this novel have a symbolic meaning. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ symbolism such as pi’s name‚ the colour orange and the
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a believe that relates humanity to spirituality. One of the major themes in the novel ‘Life of Pi’ is religion and the significance and importance of it is portrayed throughout the novel. In the novel ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel‚ Martel shows the importance of religion in Pi’s life‚ as religion helped Pi understand the nature of animals‚ also helped him in his daily life and helped keep Pi from giving up on life. Yann Martel portrays the events as real and tries to convince us what we are going to
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to see the connection in everything. Pi shows us this through his findings about the importance of faith in his three oddly interconnecting religions Hinduism‚ Christianity‚ and Muslim. The importance of faith and understanding is also in part two of his story showing through his vivid and raw emotions that allows you to see a more of who Pi is. In Part his adult life we see that he has come almost to terms with who he is The point I am trying to prove is that Pi shows not only the importance of faith
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Life of Pi Part 2‚ Chapter 37 Summary How It All Goes Down * Chapter 37 opens with the sentence‚ "The ship sank" (2.37.1). * Pi doesn’t tell us how or why yet – but he’s in a lifeboat‚ in the wind and the rain‚ encouraging Richard Parker the tiger‚ who is in the water‚ to swim up to him. * Pi throws Richard Parker a lifebuoy and just then realizes he probably shouldn’t invite strange tigers into his lifeboat. * Alas‚ Richard Parker jumps into the lifeboat‚ and Pi jumps overboard
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novelists and poets engage fully with their readers” Identity‚ in Life of Pi‚ is crucial to the storyline and plot. We‚ as the reader‚ see the transition of Pi Patel‚ finding and developing qualities within himself that help him to finally overcome his great ordeal at sea. The one thing‚ arguably‚ that keeps Pi alive is identity; the exploration for identity is unique to humanity and is especially unique in Martel’s novel. Pi endures an eternal struggle based around culture‚ religion and upbringing
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of PI In the novel Life of Pi‚ Pi goes through an unexpected journey for 227 days that adjusts his morals and needs to survive. Pi depends on his survival by over looking his morals‚ having faith‚ and creating his own version of the situation rather than facing reality. The human mind will go to great lengths to escape itself out of traumatic real life situations. Survival is the state of continuing to live or exist‚ typically in spite of an accident‚ ordeal‚ or difficult circumstances. Pi is
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never -under any circumstances -to touch a tiger‚ to pet a tiger‚ to put your hands through the bars of a cage‚ even to get close to a cage’” (Martel 42). After telling him this his father shows Pi how a tiger eats. Quickly Pi learns and is horrified and scared by the it’s carnivorous demeanor. From that day on Pi looks at animals differently and keeps his space between them and him. Until the night the Tsimtsum sank. When
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that my thesis will be 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. The key arguments that I will use to prove this thesis is firstly how Pi uses faith to help him survive in on the boat‚ for example Pi unconsciously makes a ritual for himself daily to follow in order keep himself busy and so that he forgets the notion of time‚ with this Pi is able to survive because he makes
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as our source of faith‚ knowing that someday‚ we will all strive for our own happy endings. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel Pi is a character stranded at sea with no way out. Throughout the journey Pi uses his faith to overcome adversity and survive. Pi’s strong faith proved to be the key in keeping Pi mentally tough providing him with hope to maintain his physical survival. Faith gave Pi hope that he would be able to survive his ordeal. To explain‚ there were many instances in pi’s journey
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also known as Pi Ravi Patel – Pi’s older brother by three years Santosh Patel – Pi’s father‚ owns a zoo in Pondicherry‚ India Gita Patel – Pi’s Mother Satish Kumar – Pi’s biology teacher in Pondicherry Father Martin – A catholic priest that introduces Pi to the catholic faith Satish Kumar – A Muslim mystic that shares the same name with Pi’s biology teacher Hindu Pandit – A man whom is never named‚ he becomes very angry at Pi for practicing religions other than his own Pi Patel‚ a Hindu
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