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Animals And Animals In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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The adventure novel—Life of Pi revolves around a 17 year old Indian boy who had an inconceivable journey with a tiger on the Pacific Ocean. When Pi and his family moved to Canada, the ship sank by the catastrophe. Pi’s family died by this tragedy, but Pi survived on a small boat. Although there’re several animals on the boat, only Pi and Richard Parker survived at the end of th adventure which happened on the Pacific Ocean. Furthermore, Richard Parker left Pi away, and he went to the forest without any reaction. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, animals play a significant role in the story by displaying Pi’s changing personality, the friendship between Pi and Richard Parker, and the belief of humans and animals are equal. Animals play a significant role in the story by displaying Pi’s changing personality. When Pi was tired and slept at the sea, he started to dream: “ I kept thinking I had slept and was awaking after dreaming of a tiger” ( Martel 61). This is an important point to represent Pi’s characteristic beginning to change. Tigers are predator and stronger than Pi. When Pi dreams of a tiger, it makes him want to become more like a tiger, which will help him survive. He was kind and timid when he didn’t start this exploration. However, the unavoidable and extremely unbearable environment influenced him. There was no food or water on the boat, and the beast accompanied him. He needs to come to terms with this truth; he should do anything to survive. Furthermore, he became

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