Collisions In Life Of Pi

When Pi and his family are on the Tsimtsum, Pi is the only one to wake up, and while he tries to wake up Ravi, he ultimately starts the call to adventure by exploring the explosion on his own. (New PDF 83-84) This symbolizes the very beginning of the hero’s journey and how Martel spent most of the first half of the book developing Pi so we as the readers can understand what he is about to go through. Next, Pi gets thrown onto the lifeboat with a ton of animals, being the only one to survive the boat sinking.

Life of Pi is a movie about Pi, a shipwreck survivor, and his epic journey of discovery and faith. It is based on Yann Martel’s novel with the same name, and the movie, directed by Ang Lee, makes use of magical realism to convey many themes related to life and spirituality. Many significant symbols are also used to showcase the characteristics of magical realism. In particular, water and the carnivorous island were two important symbols that represented the theme of spirituality in Life of Pi.

This quote from Life of Pi in chapter 24 I believe is an example of a literary device called foreshadowing. In this quote spoken by Pi, it is able to describe the events to come in the novel. It deals with the truth and his imagination. However it is up to the reader to decide what is truly certain and what is made up from his imagination. It is important to the novel because it relates to religion where the whole theme of the novel is focused on.

Unlike Cain, who did not feel guilty after his brother’s death, Pi “wept heartily” after the fish’s death. Clearly, this event had a great impact on Pi. This incident is very important, because it further emphasizes that Pi must abandon his morals if he wants to survive at sea. Growing up, Pi was a vegetarian. As a result, he never ate meat and considered it to be morally wrong.

The Quest of Pi The Life of Pi a quest with an strong influence of religion that is apparent throughout the story. “We are all born like Catholics, aren't we--in limbo without religion, until some figure introduces us to god” (Martel 58). Piscine Molitor Patel a young Indian teen has a unique infatuation with religion. Yann Martel, the author of Life of Pi, Gave Pi or Piscine an interesting life that is different from others.

In the book, Yann Martel used the color orange as a symbol of hope, survival, and spirituality. The main character, Pi, is a spiritual person who believes in Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. As his family begins their journey, the ship sinks, and Pi is left stranded. He survives among the escaped animals. He loses hope.

One is so that he can quickly get to part two of the book, which is the interesting part, and to dismiss confusion among the readers. Religion has been talked about since the early pages, and it seems very important to Pi, the plot, and theme. “In time, my religious doings went from the notice of those to whom it didn 't matter and only amused, to that of those to whom it did matter - and they were not amused.” (THE LIFE OF PI, 2001, p.37). However as soon as the story reaches around page 50, the importance and talk of religion has basically flourished.

When Pi’s life is put in serious danger, he has to adjust his wants and needs of many different aspects of his life. Pi was living what he called a perfect life. From spending most of his days with animals to practicing swimming, he learned to love everything about his life. However, things changed when a ship that his entire family on sank in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Pi indicates, “You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado” (Martel 89). This clearly states that Pi is a dynamic character through this time span. At first, his religious values made it hard for him to kill the flying fish, but when the dorado was killed “gleefully” he goes against his religious values. Conclusively, people may think that Pi does not change as a person, but evidently, he is looked upon as a dynamic character after the actions of killing the flying

Religion affects every decision one makes, down to what someone wears and eats. For example, in Muslim culture, which is one of the many religions Pi follows in the novel, one rule is that if you follow the religion, you cannot eat pork and must have your head covered in place of worship (Sicard). These simple rules show how individuals let what they believe in making their personal decisions. Another example of someone making personal decisions based on religion is how closely Christians follow The 10 Commandments. The 10 Commandments are laws that Christians closely follow that are said to be written by God himself.

Other examples of his slipping humanity would be the first time he killed a fish. As Pi addressed in the book, “to think that I 'm a strict vegetarian. . . and always shuddered when I snapped open a banana because it sounded to me like the breaking of an animal 's neck. I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible.” (249) He is aware of the changes that are occurring inside of him.

Pi was originally frightened when he found the tiger aboard his lifeboat but he later realized that Richard Parker kept him from drowning in his own despair and gave him the will to live (Martel 164). He claims, “without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell you my story” (Martel 164). By accrediting Richard Parker for saving him from existential loneliness, Pi connects the story with animals in it to God. Pi’s faith in religion brings him a sense of purpose along his journey where he was able to let go of his vegetarianism and apply his skills for the sustenance of both him and the tiger.

Pi did not understand Christianity at first

He is unable to understand why the Lord isn’t listening to his prayers and why everything is detrimental to him. Keeping his religious beliefs at sea is very challenging for Pi, this leads him to experience feelings of disbelief towards God. Despite his doubts, Pi continues to pray and practice his religions. He eventually comes to the conclusion that once everything is taken away from him and he is in complete darkness, he will always have his faith. He admits that loving God is difficult, but it’s something he must do if he is to survive his journey across the ocean.

The story progresses by discussing the human-animal relationship. Pi’s youth is filled with religious explorations and practicing their beliefs he simultaneously starts believing in three religions Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Hinduism was his first religion he was captivated by its spirituality and by the thousands of gods and goddesses the religion has. Pi learns something through all these beliefs with Christianity he learns about how Jesus went through hunger and thirst and become a savior. Through Islam, Pi’s perception of the world changed and his beliefs in love and unity emerged.