is reluctant and does not want to leave. Pi shows his hesitation when he says “Why enter this jungle of foreignness where everything is new‚ strange‚ and difficult?” (Martel‚ 86). He was “thunderstruck” (Martel‚ 88) at the thought of moving by also saying “It was like Timbuktu‚ by definition a place permanently far away” (Martel‚ 88). Pi has created a familiar world of family‚ filled with religions‚ his mentors and peace‚ but is now crossing to an unknown territory far away. Likewise‚ Odysseus
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everywhere. (Martel 32).” Pi and Ravi are both curious boys. Ravi is more on the mischievous side than Pi. And their father’s concern is that one day the boys might be curious about one of the animals‚ and may try to get close or even try to pet it as you would a domestic animal. Even though they may not ever think about touching a carnivorous tiger‚ they may think it alright to stroke the fur of a seemingly harmless spotted deer. “Life will defend itself no matter how small it is (Martel 38).” This
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It goes for your weakest spot‚ which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind‚ always. One moment you are feeling calm‚ self-possessed‚ happy. Then fear‚ disguised in the grab of mild-mannered doubt‚ slips into your mind like a spy." (Martel 163) Pi was someone who you may never have thought could survive 227 days on a lifeboat with a tiger‚ but he did. He was able to overcome fear and use his beliefs to help him. He did this by using the beliefs that he learned in India and bringing
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him‚ he believes he is talking to Richard Parker and has completely lost his mind. This is shown when he says “I laughed. I knew it. I wasn’t hearing voices. I hadn’t gone mad. It was Richard Parker who was speaking to me! The carnivorous rascal” (Martel 246). Pi really has
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The Importance of a Life Changing Story In the book‚ “Life of Pi”‚ I believe Martel was aiming to express the importance of understanding that life is a story. The example of the two different stories at the end is to convey how human beings have different ways of identifying the truth in a story. Pi shows us this when he says “I know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you see higher or further or differently. You
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2. Do you think of science as different than religion? Why or why not? 3. Can science and faith coexist? On Yann Martel (b. 1963) • The Truth behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993) • Self (1996) • Life of Pi (2001) • Beatrice and Virgil (2010) What is Stephen Harper Reading? (2007-2011) www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca Random House‚ 2009. Interview with Yann Martel Posted February‚ 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzqsKLbGpM The Novel’s Structure Prologue • “Author’s
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survival and of hope. All the things that would and could help Pi survive were orange. “…the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and the life jackets and the lifebuoy and the oars and most every other significant object aboard was orange” (Martel). Without these things‚ Pi surely would have died. Orange Juice‚ the orangutan was also the color orange‚ and she helped Pi emotionally while she was alive on the lifeboat. Orange Juice gave Pi hope that he would survive and that everything would
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later met individuals who greatly influenced him and led him to examine Christianity and Islam. The more religions Pi followed‚ the greater his faith grew. Before Pi tells us his story‚ he states‚ “I have a story that will make you believe in God.” (Martel VIII). Pi’s religious faith played a greater role in his survival than his knowledge of science and zoology. This was evident in the comfort provided by religious rituals‚ the companionship of conversation with God‚ and the hope that spirituality
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Life of Pi is intended‚ so Martel tells us‚ to make the reader believe in God. This bold‚ apparently evangelical‚ premise locates it on a dangerous moral high ground. D.H. Lawrence warned against using the novel as a forum for the author to assert his own moral or religious belief: Morality in the novel is the trembling instability of the balance. When the novelist puts his thumb in the scale‚ to pull down the balance to his own predilection‚ that is immorality. (D.H. Lawrence‚ "Morality and the
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Response The novel‚ “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel is about a boy who lives in Pondicherry‚ India with his family. It is about how he and his family decide to move to Canada with the animals they own and the tragedy on sea. The book explains how Pi survives life and it is narrated by the first character‚ Pi‚ who is older now and is looking back on his life and younger years. Pi and his family embarked on the voyage to Canada along with the animals when Pi was around 16 years old. In the midst
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