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Elements of "Life of Pi"
- Main Conflict
- Conflict/Problem
Pi is trapped on a
lifeboat with a
Bengal Tiger, with
little food and
water.
- Cause- The ship that Pi and his
zoo animals were on sunk, leaving
these two unlikely aquaintances
to share a lifeboat together.
- Conflict/Problem
Pi is trapped on a
lifeboat with a
Bengal Tiger, with
little food and
water.
- Theme
- How brought out in the book-
Pi believed in three religions,
and praying about them on
the lifeboat everyday helped
him get through his troubles.
- Message/Theme
Though we face times
of great trial,
believing in
something will help
you get through all of
your troubles.
- How brought out in the book-
Pi believed in three religions,
and praying about them on
the lifeboat everyday helped
him get through his troubles.
- Setting
- Time The
boat
sinks on
July 2nd,
1977. He
is on the
lifeboat
for 227
days.
- Place/Location
Pondicherry, India.
Also the Pacific
Ocean
- Time The
boat
sinks on
July 2nd,
1977. He
is on the
lifeboat
for 227
days.
- Characters
- Piscine Molitor Patel
- Also known as Pi, this
young man was the son of
a zoo keeper in India.
Piscine grew up in India,
and was on the way to
Canada, when the boat his
family and his zoo was on
sunk.
- Pi spent most of this novel on a
lifeboat that he shared With a Bengal
tiger from his zoo. While he was on the
boat, he was dehydrated and starving
most of the time. Pi now resides in
Canada, with two kids and a wife.
- Also known as Pi, this
young man was the son of
a zoo keeper in India.
Piscine grew up in India,
and was on the way to
Canada, when the boat his
family and his zoo was on
sunk.
- Richard Parker
- Richard Parker was a Bengal Tiger who lived in Pondicherry
zoo in India, He was being shipped to Canada when the zoo
owners decided to move. The ship sunk and Richard Parker
found himself on a lifeboat with Pi Patel. He stayed on this
boat for 227 days.
- Richard Parker formed an alliance with Pi with one condition, the
will to survive. They formed a bond on the boat and before in the
zoo. When they finally hit land though, Richard Parker walked into
the jungle without looking back. Richard probably died not to long
after he left, as he was very weak and had been in captivity all of his
life.
- Richard Parker was a Bengal Tiger who lived in Pondicherry
zoo in India, He was being shipped to Canada when the zoo
owners decided to move. The ship sunk and Richard Parker
found himself on a lifeboat with Pi Patel. He stayed on this
boat for 227 days.
- Yann Martel
- Yann Martel is the
writer of this book.
He called up a man
named Pi Patel,
who everyone said
had a good story
for him. He went
to Canada and
talked to Pi to
hear his story.
- Yann wrote this
book based on the
amazing story that
Pi had to tell. He
made a remark in
the contexts of the
book, saying, "but
any inaccuracies or
mistakes are mine"
meaning that there
is probably a lot of
mistakes, as he was
told the story
orally.
- Yann Martel is the
writer of this book.
He called up a man
named Pi Patel,
who everyone said
had a good story
for him. He went
to Canada and
talked to Pi to
hear his story.
- Piscine Molitor Patel
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