When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for days while lost at sea For cellular or android Life of Pi by Yann Martel for iphone, ipadtablet txt format complete version, file with web page volumes theory, art, torrent.
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First published in , the original work became an international bestseller and remains one of the most extraordinary and popular works of contemporary fiction. Harcourt Trade Publishers. Score: 4. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to North America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, along with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a pound Bengal tiger.
Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for days while lost at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities who interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to tell them "the truth.
However, with the Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion companion to Yann Martel's novel, Life of Pi, readers begin to consider how to believe the unbelievable. While Yann Martel takes readers on a voyage of discovery, Bookclub-in-a-Box interprets his exploration: can miracles exist? Rather than feeling he fit in everywhere, in every religion, as he once felt, Pi seems to not fit in, or feel welcome anywhere.
Through his experience he still maintains his religious convictions and practices, although he has had to adjust to make it work for him and remain somewhat undetected. Even at this early age, Pi feels that he is further enlightened than those around him and he can see past the issues that divide religions to see what to him is more important — care for the widowed and homeless, which is what religion is all about.
This in return shows the maturity level of our main character and the manner in which his perspectives and opinions are being developed as per his observations of the outside world. Part 1 Chapter Pi decided that he wanted to have a Christian baptism and that he wanted a prayer rug so he could pray outside.
To get these things, he had to muster the courage to talk to his father about them. He told his father his request. His father questioned his desire. He told him that he wanted to be baptized and pray to Allah because he loved God. His father said that he could not be both Muslim and Christian.
Then his father told him to talk to his mother about it. He tried to talk to his mother, but she avoided the subject, telling him to first talk to his father. Then she tried to talk to him about a book. Realizing that the subject of his religion was important to Pi, she conceded to the discussion. She told him he must choose a religion. He argued this point with her until she placed her hand on her forehead. His mother conceded to his wishes.
Pi now finds out that not even his parents really support his interfaith practices. In fact, they don't quite understand why he's religious at all.
In this chapter, his parents come off as quite self- involved, neither of whom wants to condemn or support him on his religious journey. Pi doesn't really reveal how he feels after learning of his parents feelings other than to remark that it took courage for him to bring up the subject with his father.
They question how he got to be so religious, especially during a time of progress and modernization in India. They interjected their political views regarding Mrs. Ghandi and Pi's father sees her as a passing phase, just as they hope Pi's religious fervor is a passing phase.
Pi's father questioned why Pi was so interested in Islam since, in his opinion, it was so foreign to Hinduism. They both wished that Pi could be more normal. In this chapter we see, through Pi's eyes, how his parents see him.
The reader also learns more about their values. They certainly value progress and secularism in wishing their son was not so religious and old fashioned. What we do not see in this chapter is how Pi feels about this discussion between his parents. Every child who has a relatively good relationship with his parents seems to have some desire for their approval. That desire is not apparent in Pi at this point. Part 1 Chapter Pi talks about his prayer rug and that he lost it. He lovingly recalls what it looked like and that it reminded him of the sacredness of the earth and creation underneath it.
He most often prayed outside because he preferred the outdoors to anywhere else. He had a quiet corner of the yard underneath a shade tree picked out where he would pray.
That spot would always remain in his memory as a special one. He recalls his baptism as an uncomfortable event. His father and mother attended against their will but luckily his brother could not be there.
The actual baptism was, for him, as refreshing as a warm summer rain. Pi stood up for himself and got what he wanted, a prayer rug and baptism. Then he loses the rug and his baptism is awkward. This chapter provides further characterization of Pi.
He's still young and loses things and his baptism was not as glorious as it could have been. He does not dwell on these points, however. Rather he goes on and on about the beauty of his prayer rug and what it felt like to kneel on it and ends the chapter with the description of the baptism feeling like an all- consuming cleansing, even though it was only a trickle of water poured over his head. Pi explores the reasons why his family needed to move, that his father hoped to provide a better life for their family and that the anxiety and worry over the political situation in India was taking a toll so heavy that it was no longer worth it for them to stay.
There are big changes on the horizon for the Patel family as a result of the increasingly dictatorial actions of Mrs. Ghandi, the ruler of India at the time. Pi's father wanted to raise his family in a progressive India, but when he saw that that was not going to happen; he decided it was time to move.
Furthermore, he saw that the political climate would not be good for his livelihood. To Pi and his brother, Canada was an unimaginable country they knew nothing about and that it was very far away.
The uneasiness instilled within Pi regarding their shifting foreshadows his castaway in the Pacific Ocean. Part 1 Chapter The author is back at Pi's home. This time he meets Pi's wife.
He didn't know Pi was married since he'd never mentioned his wife. They all chat briefly in the entryway of the home. Meena is her name, she's dressed in a white lab coat and she is a pharmacist on her way to work. The characterization of Pi continues and the reader now learns that Pi is married. It reverts to the boy stranded on the Pacific Ocean, a boy who lost his family in the shipwreck, and who lost his best friend — Richard Parker — the day he was rescued.
This tells the readers more about the character of Pi and portrays his concerns even after all these years. Part 1 Chapter Pi invited his Muslim mentor, Mr. Kumar, to the zoo. This was the first and only time Mr. Kumar and Mr. Kumar meet and by chance at that. Pi nervously awaited Mr. Kumar and ushered him into the zoo. Kumar had never been to a zoo before and was struck with wonder. Pi showed him the zebras, which he had never seen before. He could not believe that they were naturally black and white.
At the zebra exhibit they run into Mr. Kumar, the teacher. Pi gave both men carrots to feed the zebra. Kumar, the baker, remarked at its wonder and praised God. Kumar represent the two sides of Pi, his piety and his interest in creation.
The two sides of his character, represented by Mr. Kumar, meet at the zoo. Pi finds great wonder in God's creation, the animals and also finds great interest in their behavior, which leads him to study zoology in college. The reader sees in this meeting the way his two mentors interact, as well as how the two sides of his character interact.
One side praises God for his wondrous creation; the other is interested in the biological lineage of the animal. Part 1 Chapter The author is again with Pi looking at photo albums. They look at more recent photos and move backward. They look at wedding photos, photos from the University of Toronto and photos from Brazil, where Pi studied the three-toed sloth.
From life in India there are very few pictures; although many were taken, they were lost. All that he has were pictures provided by Mamaji. He identifies Richard Parker in one of the photos.
Pi laments that he is forgetting what his mother looks like, what her voice sounds like. It's a source of pain for him. The reader begins to see a painful part of Pi's life. It is hinted and foreshadowed that the time between his life in Toronto and leaving India is poisoned with pain.
It is foreshadowed in this chapter that something tragic has happened to Pi's family, so that he can no longer see them. Before leaving, Pi made sure to say goodbye to Mamaji, his mentors, Mr. Kumar and all his friends. He felt excitement at their departure; however, his mother was sad. As the ship left the harbor, Pi waved his goodbyes to India.
The sadness and longing of Pi's mother and the closing sentence that things don't turn out as planned foreshadows something terrible happening — probably on the ship as the Patel family travels to Canada shipwreck. His mother is dressed in her best clothing with her hair fixed up and adorned with flowers. This may foreshadow her death in the sense that she is dressed in her best clothes in order to depart this materialistic world and travel towards the hereafter.
Part 1 Chapter The author arrives at Pi's home for another interview. He's early and quickly meets Pi's teenage son, Nikhil, who is leaving for baseball practice. The author is welcomed into Pi's home and a small dog rushes up to greet him. He didn't know Pi had a dog. In the living room the author spots a young girl holding a cat. Pi introduces her as his daughter, Usha and the cat is Moccasin.
His daughter is 4. The author promises the reader a happy ending to his tale. The reader can sense impending doom because of the author's use of foreshadowing. In earlier chapters we know that Pi will somehow lose his parents. We also know that the move to Canada does not go as planned. The author now comforts us with the rosy picture of Pi's current home life and that the story will end happily no matter how difficult it gets in the middle.
Part 2 Chapter In this chapter the ship sinks. Pi recalls the horror of it all. He is in a life boat and the only familiar face he spots is Richard Parker, who is still in the water. He cries out for Richard Parker to swim to him, to the life boat.
He begins to swim toward the boat. Pi is in denial of this horror and hopes to wake from his nightmare. He cannot find his mother or father or brother. He finds a life buoy in the boat and throws it to Richard Parker. He grabs hold of the buoy with his last bit of energy. Pi begins to pull him to the boat and then it strikes him what he is doing.
Pi yells for Richard Parker to let go of the buoy. He grabs an oar to hit him. Suddenly, Richard Parker is in the boat. It hits him that he now has an adult Bengal tiger in his boat. Pi throws himself overboard. It's not clear whether this is a dream, reality, or further foreshadowing. It certainly is a harrowing and tragic scene. Pi has lost everything and is now adrift at sea with a tiger inhabiting his life boat. The reader understands from all of the zoology education provided by Pi prior to this episode that the animals are wild and unpredictable.
It also is possible for animals to allow other creatures to live with them peacefully. However, if we remember the chapter where the lions eat the goat, we can see why Pi threw himself overboard. This is evident through his act of throwing the buoy towards Richard Parker — an animal triple his size.
Through these devices the author successfully creates tension and horror within the readers and makes them curious to know what may happen next or how would Pi be able to survive the shipwreck.
Part 2 Chapter Pi cannot believe that the ship has sunk. There had been no indication that things were going to go so terribly wrong. After a couple of days at sea, the ship had landed in Manila for new cargo food and some repairs. According to his brother, Ravi, there was some problem with the engines. However, after 2 days the ship sailed again and for 4 days the family went about caring for the animals on the ship by day and sleeping soundly by night.
Early in the morning of the fourth day Pi awakened with a start, as if there had been an explosion. He climbed out of his bunk and decided to go exploring. At first, he just noticed a storm raging. Then, he noticed the pitch of the ship. He scrambled to return below deck and went down one level to find rising water blocking his way.
Now, it hit him that the ship was sinking and he could not reach his family. He heard the awful sounds of the ship heaving and monkeys crying. He found three crew members and ran to them for help.
They gave him a life jacket and threw him overboard. Clearly, this will become the major life-changing event in Pi's life.
His fortune is following him, though. It was fortuitous that he woke up and went above board before the water would've trapped him. It was fortuitous that he found the men with the life jacket. This event is the jumping-off point for the rest of the story and his luck so far foreshadows the fortune that will follow him through his adventures.
All that the author told the reader before was leading up to this event. The author uses a lot of short sentences and non-sentences that contain a lot of verbs in this chapter to exemplify and allude towards the quick and fast paced actions happening on the ship.
The waves were getting closer. We were sinking fast. Part 2 Chapter After being thrown overboard, Pi miraculously landed on a tarpaulin-covered life boat. He regained his bearings and looked up to where he had come from just in time to see a pound zebra flying towards him. The animal landed in the boat, which broke free from its perch, fell through the air and landed in the stormy water.
Pi's good fortune continues; he miraculously lands in a life boat and doesn't get killed by a falling zebra. He and the zebra are now floating on the sea together. Part 2 Chapter Pi was now in the churning waters and Richard Parker and the zebra remained in the life boat.
Pi was terrified as the water crashed against and over him. Then he saw the dorsal fin of a shark nearby. He had to take drastic measures. He grabbed the floating oar originally meant to scare off Richard Parker and grabbed on to the life boat. He stuck the oar under the tarp and made a perch for himself. He wrapped himself around the oar and raised himself a couple feet out of the water. Had he thought about his chances of survival with a tiger in the boat and sharks in the Pacific below him, he probably would have given up.
Furthermore, Pi demonstrates the primal desire of life to survive. He doesn't reason what his chances are for survival; he just clings to life between the sharks and the tiger. His lifeblood fights to continue even though he's orphaned, alone and terrified.
The tiger and the zebra are also fighting for survival in a seemingly no-win situation. Pi cannot hold on to the oar forever. He will device formulas which will help him secure his own territory on the boat and prevent him from being eaten by Richard Parker. Part 2 Chapter With the rising of the sun, Pi's chances of survival rise when he surmises that the tiger must have gone overboard. The storm clears a symbol that the worst may be over.
The tiger, symbolizing death in the boat is gone as are the sharks, symbolizing death in the water. Pi is surrounded by certain death but survives nonetheless, accompanied by the wondrous beauty of the zebra. Although the beautiful zebra is broken, it survives as a symbol of Pi and foreshadowing that he will survive although not without being broken.
Part 2 Chapter Pi sees the zoo's prize Borneo orangutan floating on a mound of bananas. Her name was Orange Juice because of her drooling problem.
She drifts toward the life boat and steps off the mound and into the life boat. Pi grabs the net she was sitting on and pulls it into the boat instead of grabbing the bananas.
The orangutan is in shock and lies on the tarp. Pi is relieved to see more life survive the destruction. He's collecting quite a strange cast of boatmates. When Pi spotted Orange Juice, the rising sun gave her a fiery halo, like a goddess.
This animal symbolizes fertility and gentleness. Pi's survival continues as he assists in the preservation of more beautiful objects of God's creation.
Part 2 Chapter Pi was convinced that he only had to endure this strange survival situation for a few more hours before the search and rescue teams arrived by ship and by helicopter to save him. He remained tense and tried to watch both the horizon and the predator in the boat.
The hyena emerged from underneath the tarp and looked around the boat and beyond the boat to the water. It became agitated and began doing laps around the boat while barking. The hyena did laps for the rest of day before finally collapsing in a small space behind the zebra.
There are hints that the tiger is still in the boat, under the tarp. The hyena becomes agitated for no apparent reason other than they are crazy animals to begin with. Pi once again survives even after receiving strong stares from the hyena. His hope is still alive as he is, although every other creature in the boat, except for the hyena, seems to be dying slowly. The threat of certain death for Pi is as real as if the tiger were still in the boat. Part 2 Chapter Pi spent the day at sea.
He was perched on his oar keeping an eye on the animals in the boat. Knowing what he knew about the hyena he became more worried about what could happen during the night. Night fell and with a moonless sky, darkness took over. Pi tries to watch the horizon for rescuers while keeping his ears open to hear the animals.
During the night Pi heard snarling, barking and squealing. He was petrified but there was nothing to be done, the minutes ticked and the first night passed by. Pi's life is still in danger from the hyena. He knows what the species is capable of and it terrifies him. However, even as night falls, the hyena stays away from him and his life is spared one more night. Death is still very close to Pi and it's unpredictable. However, Pi and his life force are resilient and he lives through the night.
This chapter and the previous one heavily lean towards the theme of death in the novel. In this context the hyena could symbolize death and Pi could symbolize life. It may depict the nature of life and death; how death constantly tries to dominate life and how life vigorously tries to keep its distance from death — much like how Pi tries and keeps his distance from the hyena.
He was thankful to have made it through the night and he was sure he would be rescued today. He imagined the reunion with his family and what he would say. Then he noticed that the hyena had eaten off the leg of the zebra during the night.
He felt sorry for the suffering zebra. As the day wore on, he felt queasy from all the motion of the boat. Pi wondered what had become of Orange Juice. He spotted her at the front of the boat, slouched over and holding on to the side of the boat. She was seasick. Pi also noticed that the ecosystem in the boat had become quite strange. In the wild the orangutan and the hyena would never meet and here they were side by side, the orangutan ignoring the hyena. Near the end of the day, Pi saw a sea turtle floating near the boat and staring up at him.
He commanded the turtle to go for help. The turtle disappeared. Pi clings to his hope of rescue. Once again, Pi serves as an example of man's will to live. His hope drives him to virtual delusion as he fantasizes about his reunion with his family. The zebra, symbolizing wonder and beauty has now had to endure a predator's chewing off its leg while it is alive and helpless. This affects Pi deeply. Pi also takes comfort and even finds humor in that the orangutan is seasick. After laughing at her, his sickness disappears.
This provides another example of how the author uses the orangutan as a symbol of Pi. All the animals are a symbol of some part of him. They are all thrust into this strange, tragic situation and must learn how to survive, both physically and mentally. Part 2 Chapter As the second day passed, Pi waited for his rescuers, but none arrived. He dreaded having to spend another night on the water. He noticed a great number of sharks and fish swimming near the boat.
Orange Juice sat up in the boat, relaxing. She saw and acknowledged Pi, but didn't pay him much attention. Then the hyena emerged from his hiding place and began to go crazy. He jumped up onto the dying zebra and began to tear away at its flesh and its innards.
The zebra was eaten from the inside out. Pi was terrified. The sights and smells of the massacre were unbearable. Orange Juice decided not to watch the happenings peacefully.
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