Fiction Vs. Truth In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

The Life of Pi, an award-winning novel by Yann Martel, tells the story of Pi Patel, a young boy stranded at sea with an adult Bengal tiger. Marooned on a tiny lifeboat adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Pi finds himself struggling to survive. Faced with imminent suffering and death brought on by hunger, thirst, and an unending battle with the elements, Pi must make a decision between upholding his and society’s strict set of morals and values, or letting his survival instincts take over. Through compelling language and imagery, Martel gives Pi’s conflict between morals, fear, and survival a sense of excitement, suspense, and climax.

In the novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the theme of truth is seen most prominently in the last part of the book when main character, Piscine Patel is being interviewed by two Japanese men. Pi defines truth as being relative and an invention of man, when the believability of his story is questioned. He argues that even stories, such as his, can still be true to some no matter how difficult to believe they are.

Damaged people are dangerous Because they know they can survive. This quote was said by Josephine Hart. I have chosen this quote to express the idea that people who have gone through something usually are able to find closure and get past that obstacle. “Life Of Pi by Yann Martel” describes a teenage boy named Pi whose parents died in a shipwreck. After that tragedy it landed Pi on a Lifeboat with Richard Parker a Bengal tiger, Orange Juice a Hyena and a Zebra in the Middle of the Pacific ocean.In order for Pi to survive, he has to use intelligence and creativity. Although both the film and the book show pi overcoming his obstacles. The film does not stay faithful to text Life Of Pi because there were many differences and few similarities.

Religion can grant you a great amount of things, like belief, trust, and faith, but it can also give you the gift of hope. In the book, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, an Indonesian boy, named Pi, is shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean. Pi survived 227 days at sea because his faith in multiple religions instilled him with a sense a hope to survive. As a boy, Pi was raised to be a Buddhist and lived in a Buddhist family.

A1. These words are spoken by Pi after a long discussion of zoo enclosures. Pi has heard many people say negative things about zoos, namely that they deprive noble, wild creatures of their freedom and trap them in boring, domesticated lives, but he disagrees. Wild animals in their natural habitat encounter fear, fighting, lack of food, and parasites on a regular basis activities. As per these biological facts, animals in the wild are not free at all in the zoo, rather, they are subject to a strict set of social and natural laws that they must follow and die. Since animals are creatures of habit, zoo enclosures with abundant food and water, clean cages, and a constant routine, made heaven for them. As per Pi, most zoo animals do not ever try to escape, unless something in their cage frightens them.

In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi the protagonist, Pi Patel, is trapped on a lifeboat with a cook, a sailor, and his mother. While on the lifeboat, horrific events occur, and in order to lessen the trauma, have motivation to survive, and detach himself from his violent side, Pi creates a delusion. To begin with, he creates a delusion to lessen the trauma of the cook's murder and cannibalism of the sailor and Pi's mother. He replaces the humans with a hyena, zebra, and an orangutan as part of his delusion. Since Pi had been raised in a zoo, he has considerable knowledge of animals.

He was dehydrated and starved but came across tree roots and fresh water to rejuvenate his body. He quickly regained strength on this special island but realized he could not stay. His battle was not over. If he remained on this island he would surely die. He finally reached Mexico and was rescued. In the end, Pi won his battles. His own words came true “Above all else don’t lose hope”.

In the novel “Life of Pi” it reflects many obstacles that the main character Piscine has to overcome. He is faced with challenges that range from horrifying boat crashes, to animal attacks. He ends up believing that Richard Parker, which is Piscine’s best friend and the one he always goes to. The main obstacle that came with Richard Parker being his best friend was that he was a Bengal Tiger. He was first introduced to the tiger by his father, when he believed Pi was in danger from the tiger, so he made him watch the tiger eat a live goat in the cage.

Level 1: The "Basic needs or Physiological needs" of a human being: food, water, sleep and sex. Pi decides to fish. He is not successful at fishing on his own, but flying fish begin to jump into the boat. Pi feeds one to Richard Parker, who then eats many on his own. Pi stores several fish, then uses the flying fish's head as bait and kills one himself. "I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain." The cook built a raft to help with fishing; Pi also built a raft to flee the tiger. Pi must survive 227 days without any human company, and yet somehow he is able to grow from his suffering and “write” this novel. “The first time I went to an Indian restaurant in Canada I used my fingers.

Throughout the fictional novel titled Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, the reader is prompted to question whether or not Pi’s story on him surviving a shipwreck at sea for two hundred twenty seven days with a carnivorous Bengal tiger, was a real story. Towards the end of the book, Martel truly tests this theory by having Pi narrate a completely different story, which substitutes all of the animals on board with actual human beings. Life of Pi relates directly to Martel’s quote on the reality of the world, which states that “...Reality is an interpretation, a choice of readings, a choice of stories.” I would agree with this quote on reality’s stance because I believe Martel is stating that an individual's perspective on reality is able to be influenced

Most people don't like to believe something until they see it with there own eyes. This is true with most people because this separates real and possible because if they have proof by witnessing something then they can not longer say that they don't believe because they have seen with there own eyes. Take into account that in the book when Pi comes across the carnivorous island if he were told rather then experienced this himself he would most likely not believe himself but being as be experienced it himself

First unrealistic task that came about would be the island's setting, along the unusual setting in general. Not very often, if ever is it usual to hear about being stranded on an acidic island with a tiger, but as we can see from Yann’s story it can happen. Yann sets Pi running into an acidic island made of no soil, but alge instead. As Pi is explaining to the investigators, they have a really hard time believing Pi. Pi had been through a lot during his journey, and Yann adds how Pi is hoarding food from being so traumatized. “He’s already had plenty and most he hasn’t even eaten. There right underneath his bed sheet.” The men seeing these actions done by Pi, confuses them and that even leads to them not thinking that the story he is telling is true. As they continue to listen to Pi he adds things like how he wasn’t the first human on this carnivorous island. Pi continues on by explaining how there

Pi was found ashore Mexico, he was asked multiple questions about his story, he explained what he believed, and the two men expressed disbelief, and begged for another story, “‘I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality’” (168). Pi explains another story that seems real, and the tale seemed to be a metaphor. The last pages convey Pi’s coping mechanism, he created a story to hide the truth

In the novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the quotation below demonstrates to readers the importance of conclusions. The importance of conclusions is that when there is no longer a relationship with someone, it often leaves the people involved wondering on what terms they are on. This is popular with couples. When a sudden event causes the relationship to break up, people wonder on what terms they are on with their partner. The idea of conclusions is evident in Piscine Patels’s reaction to Richard Parker’s departure. Pi states, “It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.” (Martel, 285). This quotation

You see it everywhere, whether it's in movies, songs, books, or in real life, you see people ignoring the harsh realities and using excuses of much variety to help them ignore the simple but horrific truths. Situations take place every single day that have realities that are too horrible for people to want to believe, therefore forcing them to ignore the authenticity of a situation in favor for a story that lacks both factuality and reasoning. Although most people ignore the realities, the fact of the matter is that it is not physically possible for someone to go even one day without choosing the better story or ignoring the reality of a pressing issue or situation that occurred during the day. It was seen in the book Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, that the main character, Pi Patel, suffers a horrific event known as the sinking of the Japanese cargo ship The Tsimtsum. Although the situation at hand is rough he survives aboard a lifeboat with limited supplies and only an adult Bengal Tiger by the name of Richard Parker to keep him company. Towards the end of the well written novel, Pi reveals to us during an interview with a pair Japanese reporters that there was an alternate story that may be the most factual. However, due to the fact that there have been two told stories about Pi Patel’s survival at sea, it is up to society to choose the better story, the one that they think is the reality. As was stated by the author, Yann Martel, “ Reality is an interpretation, a