Metaphors In Life Of Pi

In this passage, Pi uses a metaphor to describe what it feels like to be stranded in the ocean. Considering that only a few people have gone through a similar situation, this metaphor puts into perspective what Pi regularly goes through. According to Pi, being a castaway is like being “a point perpetually at the centre of a circle”. Since the horizon always seems the same wherever Pi drifts, Pi (the point) feels as if he is constantly in the center of the ocean (circle). Along with this perspective, this metaphor also shows Pi’s hopelessness and loneliness he is facing as a castaway. Pi hopes for rescue, but at the same time, he loses the hope he still has left. This is because he knows rescue is unlikely. Similarly, Pi experiences loneliness,