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    Human Truths Discovered in Life of Pi: People’s lack of faith. Man’s inability to believe anything out of the norm. Impossible vs implausible Man’s incredible will to survive Two-hundred twenty seven days. One man. One tiger. With as little as twenty six feet separating the two‚ Pi’s life seems to be nothing more than a fading ember whose end only time can elicit. With what could be classified strictly as a series of incredibly unfortunate events‚ the Indian boy’s journey to Canada is

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    Author Yann Martel Original title Life of Pi Country Canada Language English Genre Fiction Publisher Knopf Canada Publication date September 2001 Life of Pi is divided into four sections. In the first section the main character Pi Patel‚ an adult Canadian‚ reminisces about his childhood in India. His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry. The livelihood provides the family with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal psychology. Pi describes how he acquired his full

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    Life of Pi Final Essay Life of Pi is the kind of story that really makes you think. There were so many different aspects of the book that I didn’t understand when we started reading that make sense now. One of those features is Pi’s story. During the time when we read that section of the book I didn’t even think about the truth behind it‚ I just read. Now that we have finished the book and we got to hear both of Pi’s stories‚ I’m not sure which I believe‚ but if I had to choose I would say

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    Life of Pi” is about this boy called Pi‚ who is the son of a zookeeper in India. He grew up in a zoo and was extremely happy at home learning all about the animals that lived around him. This boy‚ who is a Hindu‚ found himself attracted to Islam and Christianity as well‚ so he practiced 3 religions at the same time. When Pi’s father decided to leave India‚ Pi’s family‚ along with some animals from the zoo‚ boarded a cargo ship bound for Canada. Unfortunately‚ the ship sank. Pi was the only human

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    uses different tones in Life of Pi to portray his opinions of Pi Patel. He uses Pi to show humor‚ curiosity‚ savage‚ despair‚ philosophy‚ and definitely horror throughout the novel. Pi is forced to live with a tiger in such a confined space that he must find a way to train Richard Parker. Pi comforts himself by pretending he is a tiger trainer in “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!” (Martel 208). This is Martel’s way of showing how Pi Patel is humorous even in troubling situations. Pi is also confronted with

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    Life of Pi: What to Do? When one is threatened their existence‚ either human or animal‚ the reaction towards the threat is almost immediate impulse to stay alive. No matter how strong a bond or relationship is conveyed between two human beings; if the situation calls for a person to fend for his or her life‚ that person will let no one get in the way of preserving their own life. In the story‚ Life of Pi‚ the author Yann Martel depicts a beautiful example of what a person may do when exposed

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    16 October 2013 In this passage from “Life of Pi”‚ Yann Martel contrasts the popular belief of how to defend religion to how it should be defended. Stemming from this contrast‚ he is able to punctuate the public misconception of many believers. Yann Martel discriminates the mainstream belief concerning religion to its actual demands. First‚ Martel reminds the reader that God does not require defense outside‚ but inside. By using the contrasting words “outside” and “inside‚” Martel is able to call

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    Life of Pi in 2001‚ Yann Martel authored the fantasy adventure novel‚ Life of Pi. It is a story about how the narrator and his family are transporting some of the animals from their zoo‚ when suddenly the ship sinks‚ and we see how the narrator succeeds in saving the three old adult Bengal tiger‚ Richard Parker. Throughout the novel Martel uses numerous references to religion‚ when he first spots Richard Parker he says “Jesus‚ Mary‚ Muhammad and Vishnu‚ how good to see you Richard Parker”.

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    Yann Martel: Life of Pi In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ a writer visits Pi Patel and asks him to tell his life story. Pi tells the story of his childhood in Pondicherry‚ India‚ and how he attained his nickname. Pi’s father Santosh Patel a zoo owner‚ decides to move to Canada‚ where the animals the family owns would also be sold. They board on a Japanese cargo ship along with the animals. One night there is a terrible storm‚ which causes the ship they all are on to sink. Pi is the only person ton the

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    Religion is a predominant aspect of Pi’s life throughout the book. At the beginning‚ Pi talks of how his two majors at university are religion and zoology. Pi says “many people seem to loose God along life’s way. That was not my case.” P 59. He refers to how he has always been interested in God and religion and how he has explored different religions. Throughout the book‚ Pi explores three different religions Hindu‚ Catholic and Islam. He was born into a Hindu family and has been a part of

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