The life of pi was written as a biography of Pi patels adventure as the author listened to Pi Patel himself explain the events which occurred during this story.
The story begins on July 2, 1977 and continues for 277 days. Throughout the story Pi patel and Richard Parker travel through many places. The story starts of in Pi’s home in Pondicherry, India. Then he departs on a boat to leave to Toronto through the pacific ocean. Then Pi ends up with Richard and they travel in the Pacific ocean on a lifeboat for a very long time. Eventually they travel to Tomatlan, Mexico and shortly to Toronto, Canada during the end of the story
In this story there are 3 main conflicts Man vs Self, Man vs Society and Man vs Nature. Throughout the novel pi is constantly struggling with himself. He must make the decision which is more important either for him to stay alive or remain true to his soul as well as him having to deal with the recent death of his family. Pi is forced to study and practice multiple religion from a very young age he must face all discrimination against him because he practices multiple religions and this is why it is also Man vs Society. Lastly when pi leaves Canada he is left alone started in sea with a life boat and a tiger. He has to face harsh conditions and fight to survive try to find food to feed him. He faces hunger and thirst. He has to fight against nature which has take everything away from him including his family
Wow interesting book everybody is reading it these days!
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ReplyDeleteReally nice summary! Just make the font a bit bigger. Otherwise it was really good! Hope you have fun reading the book as much as much as i did reading your blog!
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Boris, liked your brief paragraph about the obstacles Pi goes through.
ReplyDeleteBoris, liked your brief paragraph about the obstacles Pi goes through.
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