IN
THE NOVEL LIFE OF PI SOME OF THE CHARACTERS ARE: PISCINE MOLITOR PATEL
“PI”, HE WAS A STUDENT OF ZOOLOGY AND RELIGION STUDIES. RICHARD PARKER, THE
ROYAL BENGAL TIGER, WHO RECENTLY KILLED A GOAT TO SHOW HOW AGGRESSIVE AND
DANGEROUS HE IS. THE AUTHOR “YANN MARTEL” INSERTS HIMSELF INTO THE NARRATIVE IN
SEVERAL POINTS THROUGH OUT THE TEXT. RAVI, PI OLDER BROTHER WHO PREFERS SPORTS
TO SCHOOLWORK AND HE IS QUITE POPULAR. SANTOSH PATEL, PI FATHER WHO IS A
ZOOKEEPER AT THE PONDICHEERY ZOO. SANTISH KUMAR, PI ATHESTIC BIOLOGY TEACHER AT
PETITE SEMINARE. SANTISH KUMAR, MUSLIM MYSTIC THAT HAS FAITH THAT LEADS PI TO
STUDY RELIGION, FATHER MARTIN IS A CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO INTRODUCED PI TO
CHRISTIANITY AFTER PI WANDERS AROUND HIS CHURCH.
PI
IS AND INDIAN BOY WHO’S REAL NAME IS PISCINE MOLITOR PATEL. HE WAS GIVEN THE
NAME PISCINE MOLITOR BY HIS FATHER`S FRIEND WHO WAS A CHAMPION SWIMMER OF SOUTH
INDIA. HOWEVER, PI WAS OFTEN CALLED PISCINE BY HIS CLASSMATES AND THIS
TORMENTED HIM VERY MUCH. WHEN PI STARTED SECONDARY SCHOOL, HE MANEGED TO GET
KNOWN BY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS PI PATEL. HE SHOWED HIS INTELLIGENCE BY
TELLING ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHAT PI STANS FOR.
PI
FATHER WAS A ZOOKEEPER IN PONDICHERRY. GROWING UP IN A ZOO WAS LIKE PARADISE IN
EARTH FOR PI. THE EXEPIRENCE OF GROWING UP SORROUNDED BY A VARIETY OF ANIMALS,
HUGE GROUND IN WHICH TO ROAM IN AND OBSERVED CLOSELY THE VARIOUS PERFORMANCE OF
THE ANIMALS BEHAVIORS AND INTERACTION BETWEEN HUMAN AND NATURE. PERHAPS THIS
EXEPIRIENCE IS WHAT LED PI TO STUDY ZOOLOGY AND RELIGION. IN ADDITION, PI WAS
AN EXELLENT STUDENT AND RECEIVED EVERY STUDENT AWARD OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF ZOOLOGY. PI`S FATHER HAS ALWAYS TOLD HIM THAT HUMANS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS
ANIMALS IN THE ZOO BECAUSE OF THE CRUELTY AND THE ASSAULTS THEY INFLICT ON THE
ANIMALS.
PI
HAS BEEN HINDU ALL HIS LIFE. HOWEVER, PI HAS ALWAYS HAD A DEEP LOVE OF GOD, HE
HAS PRACTICE HINDUISM ALL HIS LIFE BUT HE WHEN HE WAS EXPOSED TO CHRISTIANITY
HE BECAME DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY A GOD OF LOVE. WHEN PI WAS FIVETEEN HE DISCOVERED
ISLAM, A RELIGION OF “BROTHERHOOD AND DEVOTION.” PI LOVE OF GOD LED HIM TO
PRACTICE ALL THREE RELIGIONS. LATER ON PI WAS BAPTIZED CHRISTIAN AND ALSO
OBTAINED PRAYER ROUGE FOR HIS MUSLIM PRACTICED.
IN
THE NOVEL LIFE OF PI, THERE ARE SOME CONFLICTS. ONE OF THE CONFLICTS IS
BETWEEN PI AND HIS PARENTS BECAUSE THEY SO NOT WANT PI GETTING INVOLVE IN OTHER
RELIGIONS SUCH AS CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM AND THERE IS ALSO A CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE THREE RELIGIOUS LEADERS BECAUSE THEY WANT PI TO CHOOSE JUST ONE RELIGION TO
PRACTICE. PI CHOOSES TO KEEP ON PRACTICING HINDUISM, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY
BECAUSE O HIS DEEP LOVE OF GOD. ANOTHER CONFLICT IN THE NOVEL IS THAT MS.
GANDHI`S GOVERNMENT WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN FEBRUARY 1976 BY DELHI. THIS CONFLICT
LED TO PI FAMILY TO MOVE OUT OF INDIA AND SELL THE ANIMALS TO NORTH AMERICA.
MY REACTION TO PART 1 OF THE NOVEL IS THAT IT SHOWED ME THE PI HAS A DEEP LOVE FOR GOD,NATURE AND ANIMALS. I FELT THAT PI IS A VERY DISTINGUISHED TYPE OF PERSON THAT COULD SEE HUMANITY IN A WAY THAT OTHER DIDN`T. HE HAD THE ABILITY TO APPRECIATE MANY ASPECTS OF NATURE AND RELATE THEM TO HIS DAILY LIVING.
