Throughout literary history‚ animals have been utilized in tales to convey moral ideologies. Frequently‚ these animals interact with the human race. This literary technique is modeled in the novel Life of Pi. This novel details the adventure of Piscine "Pi" Martel as he is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a hyena‚ a zebra‚ a orangutan named Orange Juice‚ and a tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is polyreligious; he is a Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. Pi’s religious beliefs aid him in his struggle
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speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile.(wikipedia‚2012‚http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor) Metaphor is not only important in our life‚but also inescapable in literature‚especially in this great novel‚Life of PI. In this essay‚I want to introduce the application of metaphor in literature and study its effect and function in this particular novel.I will compare similarities of vehicle and the tenor of metaphors in this
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The Binary Opposition Narrative in Life of Pi 李英 2012010285 Abstract: Ever since its publication in 2002‚ Life of Pi has gained great popularity and high critical acclaim from critical circle. It arose the study of Li of Pi from various angels. But most kinds of analysis about the novel are focus on existing doubts about the story‚ and the religious symbols in the novels. The binary opposition narrative in the novel discussed rarely. The novel is full of
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at sea and fighting for his life the reader immediately thinks of archetypal survival novels such as Robinson Crusoe or Shipwrecked. Yann Martel separates Life of Pi from other novels‚ by adding multiple dimensions and plot twists. This makes it much more than a survival story. Martel guides the reader through multiple versions of reality‚ drops barriers between truth and fiction and offers a change from a typical narrative style. Life of Pi is the story of Piscine (Pi) Patel’s journey to Canada
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Humans‚ animals‚ plants and all living organisms are fighting for their rights in order to live in this world. The novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses a wide range of literary devices to present the different themes in the novel‚ one of which is symbolism. The significance of Pi and what it symbolizes‚ the adaptation of survival and the settings in the novel Life of Pi shows the presence of symbolism in the novel. Yann Martel presents the scenario as being real‚ he is trying to make us believe
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this well. In human experience‚ we have looked at many literary works that have made me think about why we write stories. At the beginning of fall semester‚ I believed that stories were created mainly with the pursuit of exploration and happiness in mind.
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In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ Piscine Molitor Patel illustrates the suffering of a survivor following a major traumatic event. After a cargo ship carrying a full zoo and all of Pi’s family sinks‚ Pi is left with a few animals and his thoughts to keep him company. While at sea‚ his supplies dwindle and he has to resort to extreme measures. These measures come into full effect when Pi’s boat leads him to another survivor. The characters of Pi and the other survivor‚ a French man‚ portray how the need
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morals in order to survive? In The Life Of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ Pi endures this situation as result of conflicting factors that he and his family are forced to face. Many pieces of literature like Life of Pi involve a character that is stuck between cultures or conflicting factors. Pi is a young man who
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potential and must find a way to overcome daily challenges in life to fully achieve their purpose. An example of an obstacle might be failure or rejection‚ but how one acts in the face of adversity is determined by possessed courage. In Yann Martel’s novel‚ Life of Pi‚ he portrays how emotional courage is an essential component to overcome the pain of separation and discover success through self-development. More specifically‚ the main character‚ Pi Patel‚ experiences tragic loss in which he must apply his
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Pi has always been a firm believer in Hinduism. As the devoted believer he is‚ Pi has only been involved in that one specific religion as he says‚ “I owe to Hinduism the original landscape of my religious imagination‚ those towns and rivers‚ battlefields and forests...” (Martel 50). He describes his feeling “at home” when in a Hindu temple‚ and enjoys the unique parts about this religion‚ whether it is sculptured cones of red kumkum powder or baskets of yellow turmeric nuggets (Martel 47). When
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