| Life of Pi is a story about a very talented indian teenager named Piscine who is the son of a local zookeeper. He struggled to choose a religion for his own but wanted to be a hindu, a musilim and a christan.
Now sixteen years old, Pi's father decided to immigrate to Canada. He sold most of the animal in the zoo but took a few with him on the long journey in the Pacific ocean. The ship sank with only 5 survivers on a life boat. Pi survived with accompanied with a zerbra, a hynea, an orangutan and a 450 pounds tiger. One by one they died and left Pi and the tiger on the life boat in the middle of nowhere. Pi will have to use all the survival technique and everything he knows about tiger to stay alive. The tiger gave him faith and he gave it food and water to survive. They lived for 277 days and landed in Mexico. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh) Time/era of story - 1960's-1970's Animal story Yes Kind of animal: Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes Loss of... Exploring into the wild Yes kind of story - water adventure Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - a teen Profession/status: Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 () Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - India Water? Yes Water: - lifeboat - lost at sea Misc setting Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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