Life of Pi Padlet by Gabrielle Gonzales https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr The Power of Storytelling en-us 2023-03-14 05:16:13 UTC 2023-03-14 14:11:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Main Claim gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2515531801 Through Yaan Martel's use of touching descriptions and comparative narration between Pi and Richard Parker, both characters blend and the reader sees how their differences are limited; this impacts the effectiveness of the story and how human nature is not necessarily humane nature.]]> 2023-03-14 05:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2515531801 At their core, animals are violent, inhumane creatures that often don't show regard for human life. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516072044  “All that was found of her was a tiny hand with a henna pattern on the palm and a few plastic bangles. She was the seventh person killed in two months by the marauder” (132).

]]> 2023-03-14 13:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516072044 The tiger, a traditional beast, was turned into an innocent creature through Yaan Martel's storytelling. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516076104 "The cub was found in a bush close by, meowing with fear” (133).]]> 2023-03-14 13:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516076104 The greatest difference between Richard Parker and Pi is the biological one. Besides their physical appearance, both characters are similar and manage to fuse together through Yaan Martel's storytelling and comparative narratives. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516081167 “I wish I could describe what happened next, not as I saw it, which I might manage, but as I felt it. I beheld Richard Parker from the angle that showed him off to the greatest effect: from the back, half-raised, with his head turned” (151).]]> 2023-03-14 13:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516081167 The boat leads the reader to understand Richard Parker and Pi are one. The boat allows Pi to explore and express himself through Richard Parker and the line between human and animal and humane and inhumane blurs. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516083697  “We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat” (164).]]> 2023-03-14 13:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516083697 Pi, now eating animals in a savage way, is far from the vegetarian he once was. The boat influences his thought and makes survival, over morals and humane-nature, his number one priority. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516091418 “I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible” (197). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516091418 Here, Yaan Martel invites the reader to momentarily step back to understand how storytelling plays a significant role in the meaning and significance of the characters: Is the story true? Is Richard Parker real? gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516100045 "I know my survival is hard to believe. When I think back, I can hardly believe it myself” (223). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516100045 Richard Parker and Pi are closer to one being. Pi acts less traditionally human; he is not humane and civil in his actions. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516103144 “It came as an unmistakable indication to me of how low I had sunk the day I noticed, with a pinching of the heart, that I ate like an animal, that this noisy, frantic unchewing wolfing-down of mine was exactly the way Richard Parker ate” (225). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516103144 Compared to before, Pi doesn't think twice or question his killing and devouring of an animal. Although he is human, Pi no longer is humane. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516106901 “I broke its neck by leveraging its head backwards, one hand pushing up the beak, the other holding the nek. The feathers were so well attached that when I started pulling them out, skin came off– I was not plucking the bird; I was tearing it apart” (231). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516106901 To understand Life of Pi, readers must go beyond believability. Yaan Martel's writing allows the reader to do this and not question ideas that are already far from reality. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516111763 “If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for” (297).]]> 2023-03-14 13:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516111763 People want things that are believable, things that aren't out of their comfort zones. They don't want to be challenged. Yaan Martel's storytelling, manipulation, power to influence the reader changes this and allows the reader to believe ideas they normally wouldn't. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516116453  “I know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality” (302). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516116453 Pi has achieved the highest level on inhumanity: cannibalism. The line between human and animal and humane and inhumane is heavily blurred. Although Pi's actions are animal-like, he is still human. Humans have the capacity to display both inhumane and humane actions and feelings. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516121247 “I stabbed him in the stomach … I pulled the knife out and stabbed him again … I stabbed him repeatedly. His blood soothed my chapped hands. His heart was a struggle – all those tubes that connected it. I managed to get it out. It tasted delicious, far better than turtle.I ate his liver. I cut off great pieces of his flesh” (310-311).]]> 2023-03-14 13:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516121247 Every action can be justified. In Pi's fit of anger and violence, the reader sees his reason. He is humanized and the line between human and animal further disappears. Humans and animals are not only beings, but actions, characteristics, and emotions that are shared between the two. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516127327 “He was such an evil man. Worse still, he met evil in me –selfishness, anger, ruthlessness. I must live with that” (311). ]]> 2023-03-14 13:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516127327 BEST ANALYSIS EVER: The Japanese investigators connect both narratives and realize Pi "is the tiger" (311). Yaan Martel and Pi's storytelling ability make this possible: their use of Richard Parker as a symbol of Pi's survival and the exploration of humane and inhumane natures, makes the story come to life. Martel's storytelling, (appositive phrase) the glue between both narratives, includes descriptions and interactions between Pi and Richard Parker which allows the reader to understand they are one. Humans and animals are physically different, but they share many similarities; (2 related sentences)Life of Pi displays how humane nature and inhumane nature do not exclusively apply to humans and animals. (absolute phrase) Showing human and animal nature, Life of Pi exhibits the complexity of life and broadens the human experience. gonzalesg4219 https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516176046 “So the Taiwanese sailor is the zebra, his mother is the orang-utan, the cook is … the hyena which means he is the tiger” (311).]]> 2023-03-14 14:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gonzalesg4219/azdw2b5cvffwuqvr/wish/2516176046