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In Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a series of unbelievable events leads Pi on a journey of ironic comedy and tragedy to portray the theme of resilience and determination.

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Pi is overcome with overwhelming sadness and pain.

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Pi is overcome with overwhelming sadness and pain.

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“I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me” (107).

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Pi is weighed down by disappointment and loneliness.

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Pi is weighed down by disappointment and loneliness.

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“I look about for my family, for survivors, for another lifeboat for anything that might bring me hope. There was nothing. Only rain, marauding waves of black ocean and the flotsam of tragedy” (107).

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The thoughts of his family's death and his seemingly inevitable death flood Pi's mind.

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The thoughts of his family's death and his seemingly inevitable death flood Pi's mind.

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“I could hardly see through the tears in my eyes. I was no longer crying because of my family or because of my impending death. I was far too nub to consider either” (131).

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Pi is entrapped by is prolonging fear of Richard Parker.

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Pi is entrapped by is prolonging fear of Richard Parker.

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“I had a chance so long as [Richard Parker] did not sense me. If he did, he would kill me right away” (108).

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The ocean is a dark, endless pit of sorrow, sadness, and emptiness. 

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The ocean is a dark, endless pit of sorrow, sadness, and emptiness. 

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“I looked out at the empty horizon. There was so much water. And I was all alone. All alone. I burst into hot tears. I buried my face in my crossed arms and sobbed. My situation was patently hopeless” (169).

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Pi realizes that he can endure serious pain and trauma and still proceed with his journey.

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Pi realizes that he can endure serious pain and trauma and still proceed with his journey.

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“I was horrified. I had no idea a living being could sustain so much injury and go on living” (128).

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Richard Parker and Pi develop a special relationship.

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Richard Parker and Pi develop a special relationship.

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“I part of me did not want Richard Parker to die at all, because if he died I would be left alone with despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger” (164).

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Richard Parker made Pi's loneliness not so lonely.

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Richard Parker made Pi's loneliness not so lonely.

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“It was Richard Parker who calmed me down. It was the irony of this story that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, I dare say even wholeness” (162).

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“No! No! No! My suffering does matter. I want to live!” (177).

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Richard Parker is like a light in Pi’s life, they give each other a reason to live. 

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Richard Parker is like a light in Pi’s life, they give each other a reason to live. 

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“If I still had the will to live, it was thanks to Richard Parker. He kept me from thinking too much about my family and my tragic circumstances” (164).

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Pi jokes around even during his unfortunate situation.

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Pi jokes around even during his unfortunate situation.

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“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, without further ado, it is with my pleasure and honour to present to you: THE PI PATEL, INDO-AMERICAN, TRANS-PACIFIC, FLOATING CIRCUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!” (165).

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Pi and Richard Parker became family...and then Richard Parker left without a goodbye.

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Pi and Richard Parker became family...and then Richard Parker left without a goodbye.

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“I wept like a child. It was not because I was overcome at having survived my ordeal, though I was. Nor was it the presence of my brothers and sisters…I was weeping because Richard Parker had left me so unceremoniously” (285).

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Richard Parker changed Pi's life significantly.

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Richard Parker changed Pi's life significantly.

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“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards” (20).

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Pi and Richard Parker embark on a journey, starting from fear, sadness, and anger. Throughout Pi’s journey across the Pacific, abandoned in the abyss, an endless field of emptiness, (appositive) challenges his will to survive. He endures the pain of losing his family and the anger toward a tiger that traumatized his childhood. As Pi floats along the edge of death, escaping it like Indiana Jones in the Lost Tomb, (participle) he learns that “a living being could sustain so much injury and go on living” (128). Pi still proceeds with his journey bouncing back from harsh weather, being lost at sea, sharing a boat with a tiger, and a carnivorous island. His resilience is what allows him to overcome these challenges; determination makes him survive. (Two related)