Thunder and rumble, I feel the wrath of God on the ocean we are sailing. Suddenly I hear a crash, and I fly across my cage violently, the yelling of the voices on the vessel in shock and suddenly I hear the words “We’re going down!” A zoo keeper comes down the the hull of the ship and begins opening the cages of animals- the zebra, the monkeys, the hounds, all released waiting patiently for my turn the zookeeper falls over. He does not move and water comes crashing into the hull-I’m going to die. I lie down on the ground as water pours in accepting my fate.
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.
Yann Martel is an award-winning Canadian author with many notable works, including Life of Pi. In this novel, Trent University alumnus depicts a story of a young Indian boy, Piscine Patel, who is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel presents two stories to leave the reader conflicted as to what story is true, which emphasizes the reader’s subjective ideology and the realization that there is no absolute truth. Most readers presume that the relativity of truth isn’t introduced until the end of the novel, but the beginning of the novel also postulates that there is no absolute truth. The author’s note blurs the border amid fact and fiction.
In Life of Pi, the important evil character is the hyena (or the cook because at the end of the book Pi tells the investigators another story with actual people playing the animals). The hyena was in the ship when it sank and it was one of the survivors on that lifeboat with Pi. He was an important villainous character because of what he did to the other survivors except for Pi. His nature of villainy and how the author showed it enhanced the meaning of the work.
In reality people must face the harsh truth, no matter how difficult. However, if a person is unable to endure the truth, they will project a fantasy onto reality to better be able to bear it. The authors of both Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman and Life of Pi by Yann Martel work in similar ways to teach the reader that using fantasy as an escape is an effective way to cope with the harsh reality. Each author does this with a high degree of effectiveness, through the use of devices such as imagery, comic relief, and irony. At the end of Life of Pi the author reveals a second “reality” that makes the reader ponder the truth of the animals that accompanied Pi on his journey.
In the book “Life of PI” there are two versions or stories, one is about how PI makes friends with a tiger on the lifeboat and the other animals eat each other, and also the other version where Pi ends up eating the other humans. I believe that the second version is true. Even though cannibalism is a horrific topic to think about it is more realistic. Though I do believe the second version is true, but the first one isn 't necessarily wrong. Since Pi has trouble killings a fish on the lifeboat, “It was split open and bloody on one side of his head...
Many people all over the world believe in a higher power. The reason for this may be because they were always taught to believe in the superior, it gives them a sense of being protected, or the need for meaning. These are a few of the countless ways that one might opt to praise a more powerful being. Firstly, one way a person might believe in a higher power is because they were taught from birth to believe that one way is the correct way.
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.
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.
The theme that I decided was most dominant when working on the graphics assignment was “The Will to Live”. On the other hand, the theme that was decided to be the most dominant when working on the Pi’s life at sea assignment was “The Savagery of Survival”. These themes, though quite similar in ways, are not the same and the reason why I think they were chosen differently is because of context. When I decided which theme was most important in Life of Pi, I was basing it off of the whole book, whereas when we did it as a group, we were basing it off the time spent at sea. Also, we were basing it off of Pi’s activities alone and not anyone else's (ex: Richard Parker or orangutan).
Zoos and can be places where the imagination and creativity of people, especially children, can come alive and inspire them to tread avenues that they never expected they would take. In the early years of my childhood, I spent many hours observing and studying wild animal exhibits in zoos in Seattle Washington. I would imagine myself in my dream world as zoo keeper or a veterinarian helping animals and knowing them each by name. As I studied and let my imagination run free; I knew that someday, somehow, I would be involved in the care of animals. Without the establishment of zoos and, I would have never realized my dreams and perused a career in biology and animal care.
In Martel’s novel, the idea that through faith, one can find salvation, is present during Pi’s times of doubt. Pi believes in three different religions at the same time, he is amazed and in awe of the different beliefs and wants to get closer to, and love God by practicing them. His actions are questioned by many and the idea that he should only believe in one thing is pushed on to him by his family and believers in the church. His belief in multiple religions helps Pi find peace within himself, feel connected to the world around him, and realize his suffering has meaning. Even so, Pi still struggles with his beliefs: “But God 's hat was always unravelling, God’s pants were falling apart, God’s cat was a constant danger, God’s ark was a jail, God’s wide acres were slowly killing me, God 's ear didn 't seem to be listening.”
Is it fundamentally dangerous to think that humans and wild animals are not so different? Humans are just animals: We establish territories, we need shelter and food, and we even share the ability to use language and tools with many of our fellow creatures. Not to mention, we also tend to see similar emotional expressions in animals. Then again, when you 're face-to-face with a tiger, the differences between human and animal, and predator and prey, become pretty important. In Life of Pi, one theme about boundaries that Martel is always enforcing is the divide between humans and animals, but the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker suggests that there is something more powerful connecting humans and animals; and when the two stories are paralleled the animals give an insight to the other humans that we wouldn’t have otherwise had.
The theme in Life of Pi is without a doubt the hardships in order to survive. The whole novel is about enduring pain, hardships, starvation, dehydration and more. I believe the author wrote this novel to reveal the hardships one has to proceed through in order to keep living. Pi certainly shows how quick life can change from ordinary to a long lasting nightmare. Surely this can happen to anyone, but not everyone can survive the long lasting nightmare.
Zoos play a role in educating people about animals and play an important part in animal conservation. While much information on animals is available through printed materials and the Internet, it's way much better being near them seeing what they actually are. Many people lack the means to travel to the native habitats of most animals, however, zoos bring animals from many different climates and locations together in one place. For many people as well, the experience of being close to these animals has more impact than simply reading about them. This experience often gives them sympathy for animals that they may
