Life of Pi essay
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The life of Pi is a novel based on the life of a 16 year old boy Piscine Patel, or Pi for short. Pi explains to the reader the reasoning behind his very unusual name. He gets this from the French translation of pool, which is Piscine, and from a pool in Paris, in which his best friend used to swim in. He shortened his name to escape the taunting “Pissing Patel”
“He raised his arm, pointed at me and shouted, "It's Pissing Patel!"
And he therefor renamed himself after the 3.14 equation, Pi.
“My name is
Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as
- I double underlined the first two letters of my given name -
Pi Patel” Like all teenagers, Pi is still finding who he is as a person, but unlike many others, he soon takes up religion. Not one, not two, but three religions. Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, much to the dislike of his Father, Pi’s Father, Santosh, the proud owner of his own Zoo, although very impatient with Pi’s religious beliefs, he is very supportive in his sons decisions. When the Imam, Priest and Pandit fight over Pi, Pi’s father replies in defence of his son,
“"I suppose that's what we're all trying to do – to love God"
Pi’s father wants to teach his two sons how ridiculous it is to see dangerous animals as “cuddly creatures” rather as “man-killing beasts” Although it may be very traumatising, the boys definitely do learn. The zoo’s business starts to lose business in India, forcing the Patel family to make a big move to Canada. They soon set ship with all Animals on board, sailing across the Pacific Ocean. During the night a huge storm approaches the boat, Pi goes outside to see if he can steer the boat away but before he knows it the boat starts to submerge. The rest is a Blur. Pi wakes up to find himself on a small lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger, an Orang-utan, a Hyena and a Zebra with a broken leg. Soon the Hyena kills both the Orang-utan and Zebra, before
The life of Pi is a novel based on the life of a 16 year old boy Piscine Patel, or Pi for short. Pi explains to the reader the reasoning behind his very unusual name. He gets this from the French translation of pool, which is Piscine, and from a pool in Paris, in which his best friend used to swim in. He shortened his name to escape the taunting “Pissing Patel”
“He raised his arm, pointed at me and shouted, "It's Pissing Patel!"
And he therefor renamed himself after the 3.14 equation, Pi.
“My name is
Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as
- I double underlined the first two letters of my given name -
Pi Patel” Like all teenagers, Pi is still finding who he is as a person, but unlike many others, he soon takes up religion. Not one, not two, but three religions. Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, much to the dislike of his Father, Pi’s Father, Santosh, the proud owner of his own Zoo, although very impatient with Pi’s religious beliefs, he is very supportive in his sons decisions. When the Imam, Priest and Pandit fight over Pi, Pi’s father replies in defence of his son,
“"I suppose that's what we're all trying to do – to love God"
Pi’s father wants to teach his two sons how ridiculous it is to see dangerous animals as “cuddly creatures” rather as “man-killing beasts” Although it may be very traumatising, the boys definitely do learn. The zoo’s business starts to lose business in India, forcing the Patel family to make a big move to Canada. They soon set ship with all Animals on board, sailing across the Pacific Ocean. During the night a huge storm approaches the boat, Pi goes outside to see if he can steer the boat away but before he knows it the boat starts to submerge. The rest is a Blur. Pi wakes up to find himself on a small lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger, an Orang-utan, a Hyena and a Zebra with a broken leg. Soon the Hyena kills both the Orang-utan and Zebra, before