Life of Pi Summary
Yann Martel

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Life of Pi Summary

What is faith? What is friendship? What is fiction? Life of Pi explores these questions in the tale of a devoutly religious Indian boy nicknamed Pi who becomes stranded on a lifeboat with an unrestrained 450-pound Bengal tiger as his only companion. Pi draws upon his knowledge of wild animal training—his father was a zookeeper back in India—to establish an uneasy peace between himself and the tiger, which he sees as...

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Essays & Analysis (23)

Critical Review by Roz Kaveney

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Critical Review by William Skidelsky

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Critical Review by Charlotte Innes

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Critical Review by Gordon Houser

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Critical Review by Pankaj Mishra

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Critical Review by Elizabeth Palmberg

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Critical Review by Gerald T. Cobb

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Critical Review by Randy Boyagoda

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Critical Review by Jean Smith

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Critical Review by Linda M. Morra

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Critical Review by Nathan Whitlock

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Critical Review by Francis King

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Critical Review by Francie Lin

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Life of Pi

1,321 words, approx. 5 pages

Theme -I found that the first theme in "Life of Pi" is happiness -Through out the book it is a progression of Pi Patel's life -While he is a boy living in India he is very happy and content growing... Read more

Importance of Setting in The Life of Pi

942 words, approx. 4 pages

Yann Martel wrote the thrilling novel The Life of Pi, his most proclaimed novel. The main character Piscine Pascal a raconteur, also known as Pi, becomes deracinated almost a year when his family's ca... Read more

Religious Life of Pi

671 words, approx. 3 pages

Religion today can be a very pressing social distraction from the personal and spiritual growth for the good of oneself. To be considered as having good faith in the present time is to believe in a ce... Read more

Life of Pi

2,485 words, approx. 9 pages

In the beginning of Life of Pi, the author opens up with a detailed description of the sloth, the different types, the speed, and the wittiness. It survives by being slow and because of its slowness; ... Read more

Realities in Life of Pi

918 words, approx. 4 pages

In the novel Life of Pi, Yann Martel dichotomizes the perceptual realities, and psychological realities of Piscine Monitor Patel. Martel is insistent in not "sacrifice[ing] our imagination on the alt... Read more

Life of Pi: Determination

1,471 words, approx. 5 pages

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination" -Tommy Lasorda. In the book Life of Pi, author Yann Martel plays with reality and the unfeasible when he s... Read more

Life of Pi Spirituality Vs. Geography

809 words, approx. 3 pages

It has been said. "There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea." History and literature have proven this in many ways and Yann Martel's, Life of Pi is no exceptio... Read more

Courage in "Life of Pi"

1,639 words, approx. 6 pages

"The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering, I should turn to God." (283-284) In the "Life o... Read more

"It Is Circumstance That Enables Us to Reinvent Ourselves and the World around Us"

1,572 words, approx. 6 pages

Reinventions are constantly occurring within ourselves and the world around us, the most significant of such reinventions however are those that are triggered or sparked by particular event or circums... Read more

The Life of Pi, and How Pi Changed

647 words, approx. 3 pages

Changes at Sea An Analysis of The Life Of Pi By: Denys Pavlov The Life of Pi was written by Yann Martel, and it is about a sixteen-year-old boy stuck on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The main c... Read more

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