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Life of Pi

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-10 17:17:55 UTC

1.1. I still smart a little at the slight. When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling. My life is like a memento mori painting from European art: there is always a grinning skull at my side to remind me of the folly of human ambition. I mock this skull. I look at it and I say, "You've got the wrong fellow. You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on!" (p5)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-10 17:20:13 UTC

2. Richard Parker has stayed with me. I've never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams. They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even once. That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart. (p6)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-10 17:21:44 UTC

3. To me, it was paradise on earth. I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo. I lived the life of a prince. What maharaja's son had such vast, luxuriant grounds to play about? What palace had such a menagerie? My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions. They were no Swiss clocks, but the lions could be counted upon to roar their heads off between five-thirty and six every morning.(p9)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-10 17:22:01 UTC

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:40:35 UTC

4. Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured. What is the meaning of freedom in such a context? ( P10)

5. One might even argue that if an animal could choose with intelligence, it would opt for living in a zoo, since the major difference between a zoo and the wild is the absence of parasites and enemies and the abundance of food in the first, and their respective abundance and scarcity in the second.(p11)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:40:56 UTC

6. I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both. (P12)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:42:51 UTC

7. I notice something else: his cupboards are jam-packed. Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages. A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad. (p15)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:44:09 UTC

8. "I come here all the time. One might say it's my temple. This is interesting..." He was indicating the pit. "If we had politicians like these goats and rhinos we'd have fewer problems in our country. Unfortunately we have a prime minister who has the armour plating of a rhinoceros without any of its good sense." (P16)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:45:53 UTC

9. He spoke again. "Some people say God died during the Partition in 1947. He may have died in 1971 during the war. Or he may have died yesterday here in Pondicherry in an orphanage. That's what some people say, Pi. When I was your age, I lived in bed, racked with polio. I asked myself every day, 'Where is God? Where is God? Where is God?' God never came. It wasn't God who saved me-it was medicine. Reason is my prophet and it tells me that as a watch stops, so we die. It's the end. If the watch doesn't work properly, it must be fixed here and now by us. One day we will take hold of the means of production and there will be justice on earth." (p16)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:47:32 UTC

10. I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. (p17)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:48:41 UTC

11. We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. In a general way we mean how our species' excessive predatoriness has made the entire planet our prey. (p17)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:50:45 UTC

12. The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists. (P18)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:51:45 UTC

13. It is not so much a question of constructing an imitation of conditions in the wild as of getting to the essence of these conditions. Everything in an enclosure must be just right-in other words, within the limits of the animal's capacity to adapt. A plague upon bad zoos with bad enclosures! They bring all zoos into disrepute.(P24)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:52:22 UTC

14. Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don't escape to somewhere but from something. Something within their territory has frightened them-the intrusion of an enemy, the assault of a dominant animal, a startling noise-and set off a flight reaction. (p25)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:53:19 UTC

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2018-10-11 16:54:57 UTC

People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will yield nothing, that what they build up in one year will be torm down in one day by others (P46).

HANS ANG
The passage is in direct relation to how Pi’s family struggles financially in India, as their zoo business is “not big enough...to be above the law...nor small enough to survive by its own margins.” In response, Pi’s parents decide to move to Canada; the passage describes how Pi perceives his parents’ mentality and deeper reasoning to moving. Furthermore, the passage describes how many individuals living in a power/economically-imbalanced area possesses fears of impermanence and survival due to systematic inequity. In relation to the novel’s theme of freedom, the passage illustrates how lack of sustainability to an individual’s work and survival restricts their freedom - prompting them to seek better opportunities elsewhere. To Pi, the abandonment of his home marks the beginning of his struggles of isolation. It is also a paradox: working hard should not “yield nothing” but upon closer examination, under authoritative or restrictive conditions, it does. Finally, despite Pi’s eventual conflicts that what he “builds up...will be torn down in one day”, his insigshtful reflections as a narrator demonstrates his grown maturity and resistance to adversity.

1. In this story "Life of Pi", Pi suffers a great deal in life as he is stranded with a tiger on a boat, he says that each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling, saying that if you have already been hit with pain anything extra is irrelevant, and could be hard to overcome.

2018-10-11 16:55:44 UTC

-A momento is an object such as skull, which relates to the meaning of death.
-Pi says his life reminds him of a momento mori painting form european art showing that all events in his life remind him of death.
-Even though his life is so tragic, he does not believe in death and keeps going.

15. At times he gets agitated. It's nothing I say (I say very little). It's his own story that does it. Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface. I worry that he'll want to stop. But he wants to tell me his story. He goes on. After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind. (p25)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:55:55 UTC

16. The animal in front of you must know where it stands, whether above you or below you. Social rank is central to how it leads its life. Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on.(p25)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:59:32 UTC

17. A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. It has never stopped growing since that day.( P26)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 16:59:47 UTC

18. The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the Bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.(p28)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:00:06 UTC

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:00:26 UTC

19. I couldn't get Him out of my head. Still can't. I spent three solid days thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less I could forget Him. And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave Him.(p 32)

20. I described Mr. Kumar's place as a hovel. Yet no mosque, church or temple ever felt so sacred to me. I sometimes came out of that bakery feeling heavy with glory(p35)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:00:46 UTC

21. The presence of God is the finest of rewards.(p35)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:01:01 UTC

22. Teenagers always hide a few things from their parents, isn't that so? (p36)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:01:22 UTC

23. These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. Meanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defence, not God's, that the self-righteous should rush.(p40)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:01:41 UTC

24. Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread-these are two laws of nature. If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood!(P43)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:01:56 UTC

- Represents how escaping does not mean running away from a place or situation, but coming to conclusion with the situation and making peace with it

2018-10-11 17:01:57 UTC

- Also this relates to how we interact with animals. Animals are never dangerous or mad if they are left in peace. The act of humans controlling and harming animals is what disturbs them emotionally which causes them to be distressed

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25. The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life (p45)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:02:14 UTC

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:02:32 UTC

26. A zoo is a cultural institution. Like a public library, like a museum, it is at the service of popular education and science. And by this token, not much of a money-making venture, for the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims, much to Father's chagrin(p46)

27. People move because of the wear and tear of anxiety. Because of the gnawing feeling that no matter how hard they work their efforts will yield nothing, that what they build up in one year will be torn down in one day by others.(P46)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:02:50 UTC

28. "The worst of it," he says, "is that I can hardly remember what my mother looks like any more. I can see her in my mind, but it's fleeting. As soon as I try to have a good look at her, she fades. It's the same with her voice. If I saw her again in the street, it would all come back. But that's not likely to happen. It's very sad not to remember what your mother looks like." (P52)

devalina_mitra1 — 2018-10-11 17:03:08 UTC

2018-10-11 17:06:51 UTC

6. I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

2018-10-11 17:07:41 UTC

This quote is saying that bothers zoos and religion take away freedom. Zoos are a place where wild animals are tamed and controlled, and religion, when practiced, is something that humans must abide by. When you practice a specific religion it takes away your freedom in a way. This quote connects to Pi because he is directly in contact with both of these things. His two majors in university are Zoology and religion studies, as well as the fact that he is a very religious man. Another interesting point about this a quote is that when Pi is alone on the life boat all he has is a tiger (which came from the zoo) and his faith in god.

-Nicholas

2018-10-11 17:08:16 UTC

2. Richard Parker has stayed with me. I’ve never forgotten him. Dare I say I miss him? I do. I miss him. I still see him in my dreams, They are nightmares mostly, but nightmares tinged with love. Such is the strangeness of the human heart. I still cannot understand how he could abandon me so unceremoniously, without any sort of goodbye, without any sort of goodbye, without looking back even once. That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart. (p6)

17. A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. It has never stopped growing since that day.

2018-10-11 17:08:45 UTC

This quote explains how Pi embraces all aspects of the world. For Pi the germ represents multiple religions. He can’t get enough of one faith so he discovers and learns about other ones( Christianity and Islam). This spiritual quote is a metaphor that describes how important religion is to Pi. Like a seed, his knowledge continues to grow. The two most important things in Pi’s life are his beliefs and his love for animals. He explains the importance of religion in his life, his views on religion and how they affect his life. Most of the story is based on his journey and how he uses his spiritual and religious beliefs to adapt to different situations along with helping him overcome issues.
Haeeda R

26. A zoo is a cultural institution. Like a public library, like a museum, it is at the service of popular education and science. And by this token, not much of a money-making venture, for the Greater Good and the Greater Profit are not compatible aims, much to Father's chagrin(p46)

2018-10-11 17:09:25 UTC

The literal meaning of the quote is that zoos are institutions mainly for popular education and science, and thus they are not very profitable in monetary terms. Pi states that zoos are cultural institutions, institutions that are usually charitable or public. Zoos are not a good business for people who want a large profit. They are a service to the public, and those interested in popular sciences. Pi does not care much about this, but his father, who runs the zoo, is dissatisfied. Obviously, if someone is running a risky business like a zoo, they want security of getting decent profits from all the time and effort they put into it.
Taha Shaikh

11. We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man. In a general way we mean how our species' excessive predatoriness has made the entire planet our prey. (p17)

2018-10-11 17:09:26 UTC

Humans prey on animals not only for food but also for their land. Humans do this as a want, and animals do it for the need for survival. "Survival of the fittest"

5.) “One might even argue that if an animal chose with intelligence, it would opt for living in a zoo, since the major difference between a zoo and the wild is the absence of parasites and enemies and the abundance of food in the first, and their respective abundance and scarcity in the second.” (p11)

2018-10-11 17:09:46 UTC

This quote means that if animals chose between a zoo or the wild they’d choose the zoo because there’s an abundance of food and absence of parasites and enemies compared to the wild where there’s the presence of enemies and the limitation of food options.

Raysaan Farah

9. "Some people say God died during the Partition in 1947. He may have died in 1971 during the war. Or he may have died yesterday here in Pondicherry in an orphanage. That's what some people say, Pi. When I was your age, I lived in bed, racked with polio. I asked myself every day, 'Where is God? Where is God? Where is God?' God never came. It wasn't God who saved me-it was medicine. Reason is my prophet and it tells me that as a watch stops, so we die. It's the end. If the watch doesn't work properly, it must be fixed here and now by us. One day we will take hold of the means of production and there will be justice on earth."

2018-10-11 17:10:15 UTC

1. literal meaning: he believes that God died in THR partition in 1947 and the only way he was saved was through the help of medicine. God had no role in saving him
2. Analyze: Mr.Kumar has a strong belief in science over god as he thinks god failed him. Although, Pi keeps a strong belief in god. 1947 was also when India became independent.
3. Relate to theme and character: it related to Pi’s character as he keeps a strong faith regardless of what Mr.Kumar says. It related to the theme as he stays connected spiritually to his beliefs.
4. Literary devise: symbolism was used in the line “If the watch doesn’t work properly, it must be fixed here and now by us”. The broken watch must be fixed as it represents problems.
5. Infer: they are looking for justice, and will go through several lengths to achieve it.
Manahil Q

22. Teenagers always hide a few things from their parents, isn't that so? (p36)

2018-10-11 17:12:06 UTC

LM: teenagers always lie about some things
A+I: as if he is asking himself and Perhaps could mean in his world that he’s not aloud to have more than one religion
C+T: shows that he is a diverse person interested in exploring all views of life. Also relating to Man (him) vs society

Question 12, Page 18, Christian Scaini.1. Zoologists and theologians put themselves at the Centre of everything.2. The quotes meaning presents the reader with how zoologists and theologians appear to themselves as the center of everything and how this is the one mistake they make.3. Pi is a zoologist and he talks from experience on how believing they are the centre is a problem. 4. The line, “At the center of everything” is a idiom.5. I infer that this quote is Pi’s position on the topic of zoologists and theologians..

2018-10-11 17:12:17 UTC

18. The paths to liberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same, the bank of Karma, where the liberation account of each of us is credited or debited depending on our actions.(p28)

2018-10-11 17:12:47 UTC

The literal meaning of this quote is that inorder to clear/cleanse ones mind they must do/continue doing good deeds, the more they do the better karma they store and the more they store the better they will be rewarded in cleansing ones mind. The path to liberation are numerous means that there are many different paths leading to one main path to clearing the mind, the bank of karma is the amount of stored up good or bad karma they have created would change/affect the process of clearing the mind. This quote relates to the theme and character by representing on whata the character has/is/needs to do inorder to clear his mind as well as the theme of how the nature of religious beliefs affects ones lifestyle and or how they act/change, this quote allows me to understand on why he does things and how it should be done, this quote uses metaphor to give examples to eplain the concept.(p28) daniel.n

2018-10-11 17:13:45 UTC

8."I come here all the time. One might say it's my temple. This is interesting..." He was indicating the pit. "If we had politicians like these goats and rhinos we'd have fewer problems in our country. Unfortunately we have a prime minister who has the armour plating of a rhinoceros without any of its good sense."(P16)

The quote literally talks about how Mr.Kumar comes to the zoo often because he finds the animals interesting. He considers the zoo his sanctuary, a place free of everyday problems. He also believes the animals are brighter than the people of power in his country. We can infer that he does not agree with the government and prefers the simplistic lives of the animals. We can also infer that he is not religious because he states that the zoo is equivalent to place of worship for him. The quote relates to the religious beliefs of the character because he talks about the zoo being his temple. This shows that he believes a temple is a peaceful place. The quote also shows Mr.Kumar’s beliefs on society. He believes that the people of power in his society are the cause of the conflicts in his country. Symbolism is shown in the text. The zoo symbolizes a temple and the animals symbolize his ideal society.
-Kaviya

24. “Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread – these are two laws of nature. If you don’t let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood!” (SUZANNE URAIQAT)

2018-10-11 17:18:56 UTC

You should let technology help you so you can progress and not turn to dinosaurhood.
This quote shows Pi’s dad’s perspective on technological advancements. He believes that as the world progresses, one should progress with it. He remains his point by saying that progress is unstoppable and one should not try to fight it, rather you should let it aid you and your society. He also mentions that the resistance of technology and good ideas leads to dinosaurhood, meaning the people who do so are holding themselves back and will lead themselves to extinction.
This quote emphasizes the them of change in the story as it shows how Pi’s family is open to change, and modern ways. This explains Pi’s character in how he rises above his unfortunate circumstances and grows stronger, rather than hold himself back and lead to his death and demise(dinosaurhood).
Metaphor: Progress is a drumbeat to which we all must march. He compares progress to a drumbeat without using like it as. Symbolism: Dinosaur/dinosaurhood = extinction, old, and not modern.
Pi’s family is open to change, and goes by the rule/statement of “desperate times call for desperate measures.” During the emergency in India at that time, Prime Minister Indira Ghandi gave herself complete power and her opponents were jailed, abused, and tortured. She made India and its economy unstable, and was setting them back in time rather than progressing into the future and change. Pi’s family needed to move as they could no longer keep the zoo and were going to live unstable lives if they had stayed. The desperate measure in this case is them moving to Canada and risking their lives. Pi faces another situation like this in which he exudes similarity to his parents as he eats meat and does many other thing unusual to himself in order to survive.

2018-10-11 17:20:17 UTC

3. To me, it was paradise on earth. I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo. I lived the life of a prince. What maharaja's son had such vast, luxuriant grounds to play about? What palace had such a menagerie? My alarm clock during my childhood was a pride of lions. They were no Swiss clocks, but the lions could be counted upon to roar their heads off between five-thirty and six every morning.(p9)

1.Literal meaning
The quote simply explains how he viewed the zoo as a wonderful place and even compared it to heaven on earth. He also speaks of how he views himself, status wise , in the zoo
2.Analyze and Infer
I think that he saw the zoo as paradise as it was also where he was more comfortable compared to his school and other public places where he was bullied for his uniqie name. He felt inferior and in charge there.

3. I think that the quote relates more with that of the character, than that of the theme. It shows how he felt growing up, how he felt about the zoo being his home and how he felt living there.
4. The literary devices in the quote are imagery when describing the grounds of the zoo and also analogy when he compared the zoo to paradise on earth.
- Monique Manning

“I notice something else: his cupboards are jam-packed. Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages. A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad.”

2018-10-11 17:21:12 UTC

1) Literal Meaning:
- He has enough food in his cupboards for approximately 900 days (the siege of Leningrad lasted 900 days)

2) Analyze and Infer:

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Alayna Zaidi

2018-10-11 17:24:36 UTC

15. At times he gets agitated. It's nothing I say (I say very little). It's his own story that does it. Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface. I worry that he'll want to stop. But he wants to tell me his story. He goes on. After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind. (p25)

The literal meaning behind this quote leads to Piscines feeling, and mental state when it comes to telling his story. He is still deeply affected by the events that took place at sea, and still has a deep connection with richard Parker. When saying his story, he sometimes becomes conflicted with himself because of the disrupt memories he has. The memories are forever stuck with him. Even if telling the story brings back bad thoughts, feelings, and memories; he still wants his story heard.
After analyzing this quote, it is seen that it’s hard for Pi to talk about the traumatizing events that took place. It shows that it changed him, and still creeps into his emotions. He stays persistent in wanting to tell his story, no matter how hard it is for him. He will always remember Richard Parker, due to the huge impact the tiger had on him.
The theme of Life of Pi is that “life is a story.” This quote is important to the theme because the story that Pi is telling, shaped him to be the person that he is. It was one of the hardest trials in Pi’s life. This quote also related to Pi’s character because it acknowledges how the events transformed him into a new person.
“Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface.” (Metaphor)
From this quote, I can infer that Pi is deeply disturbed by his past, but also accepts what happened because it changed him as a person. He wants his story to be heard.

Kenya Shreve(250

860253 — 2018-10-11 17:41:00 UTC

"The answer is the same the world over: people move in the hope of a better life" (pg45)
1. This quote discusses the survival instincts of both animals and humans. When humans know they could have a safer, easier, or healthier life somewhere else they are drawn to it naturally. Some one living in a developing country would envy someone living in Canada (or a more developed country) because of the hope that their overall life, or the lives of their family members would be improved.
2. Using the word hope in this quote shows that Pi's family knows that even if they do move to Canada, a better life is not promised. Pi's father, who is upset with the current Indian government decided to move his family to Canada based on the hope it would provide them with a better government and life for his children. I think this line hints at a future conflict with Pi's family. I believe this because even though they hope, on the voyage over or when they get their, the family will most likely run into problems.
3. This line tells us about Pi's outlook on life; that he has hope for a better life, yet he is realistic and knows that it will not come easy or fast. I also believe it infers that there will be a theme of hope throughout the story. I would say this because of the length and the trip and the fact that it is on a boat, makes me suspect a situation where Pi or his family will have to overcome an obstacle while also keeping their hopes high.
4. There are no literary devices in this line.

Macy Manzo

2018-10-11 17:44:41 UTC

"These people fail to realize that it is the inside that god must defend, not the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart. Meanwhile, the lot of windows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to there defence, not gods, that the self righteous should rush." (p40)

The literal meaning of this quote is that people should direct their anger at themselves instead of others. When people let their anger out it causes problems for others around them, if you take anger out on others its a bigger mess you've made where as taking it out on yourself is only the mess of making yourself feel better.
NOT SURE WHAT TO DO
This quote relates to the theme of the story by involving god in the quote. The theme is faith and belief, two things that involve god.

Hayden (15)

2018-10-11 17:46:01 UTC

Luke (pg35 on PDF, pg 41 in book)

2018-10-11 17:49:04 UTC

“I described Mr. Kumar’s place as a hovel. Yet no mosque, church or temple ever felt so sacred to me. I sometimes came out of the bakery feeling heavy with glory.”

1) The literal meaning of the quote is that, according to Pi, Mr. Kumar’s residence/bakery is a run down building, close to a hovel. Pi feels a large spiritual connection to the bakery, however, because Pi is taught by Mr. Kumar about Islam.

2) Pi has written this during a spell about religion, and greatly contributes Pi’s love of religion to Mr. Kumar. After Pi leaves the bakery he feels enlightened about Islam and feels like he can use his enlightenment to pedal home.

3) Pi says he is a very religious person, so these encounters with Mr. Kumar greatly influenced Pi’s future self. The theme of of the book, having a great will to live and prosper, through faith, comes very directly from Pi’s experiences with Mr. Kumar and Islam. Without Pi’s days in the bakery, studying Islam and the Qur’an, Pi may not have had the faith and belief to survive on the open ocean.

4) There are no literary devices in this quote.

Mohammad Ashfaq Quote 21. “The presence of God is the finest of awards”.(p 35)

2018-10-11 17:49:34 UTC

1) The literal meaning of this quote is that, having someone to believe in or hope about is a reward that, everyone who believes in an all powerful deity or possesses that knowledge should appreciate.
2) This quote is said after Pi recalls memories of what he considered close encounters with a god. One such story was when he was walking and he could see the sea to his left and many other beautiful things in nature and he felt peaceful because he believed he was in heaven and near Allah. Another incident was when he was walking in the snow and he saw the Virgin Mary smiling at him which gave him a better mood and made him feel warm. Pi mentions this quote after 2 chapters of him practicing different religions. As Pi mentioned he was lonely while in Canada so he found comfort in believing in these many gods.
3) This quote relates to the character Pi because it shows how open minded he is as he is ready to practice all religions. It also gives the reader a little incite on his personality as he is a kind person never showing any hate towards the many religions and feeling comfort in the “... presence of God ... finest of rewards”. This quote also represents one of the themes of the story which is the nature of religious beliefs. This quote expands on one of the main reasons people believe in god which is for the hope and hoping for rewards.
4) NA.

Sam Scheufler

2018-10-11 17:52:25 UTC

Quote 13 "it is not a question of constructing an imitation of conditions in the wild as of getting to the essence of these conditions. Everything in an enclosure must be just-right in other words, within the limits of the animal's capacity to adapt. A plague upon bad zoos with bad enclosures! They bring all zoos into Disrepute" (P44).
The literal meaning of this quote is that zoo enclosures shouldn't fully replicate the animal's environment. They should be built with the animal's basic necessities in mind (e.g. food, water, shelter, environmental tolerances [temperature, aridity]). if the enclosure is built to these standards the animal is able to adapt with little to no repercussions.
This quote touches on something that all animals (including humans) have to deal with when their environment is suddenly changed. all animals have an ability to adapt, as long as their basic necessities are met. Even if the animal is an entirely different environment.
This quote touches on the themes of survival and freedom of the book. as it discusses what all animals require to survive. how, in order for an animal to survive, the ecologies of its native environment and its current environment must be delicately balance in order to ensure the survival of the animal. It also touches upon Freedom as this quote is backing the point that animals will not attempt to flee their environment as long as they feel safe and have their needs taken care of. if its needs are not met, then the animal will to all in its power to escape to a more suitable environment.

Life of Pi - Nazanina Maroof quote #5

2018-10-11 17:53:03 UTC

“One might even argue that if an animal could choose with intelligence, it would opt for living in a zoo, since the major difference between a zoo and the wild is the absence of parasites and enemies and the abundance of food in the first, and their respective abundance and scarcity in the second.”

1) The literal meaning of this quote is that if the animals were given the choice on whether to live in a zoo or the wild, they would choose the zoo. Unlike the wild, the zoo has an absence of parasites and enemies and does not have a shortage to food supply.

2) This quote shows the contrast between animals in the wild and animals in the zoo. People normally think that zoos constrain animals from freedom because of their cages, but Pi is a defender of the zoo and sees animals in a different way. This train of thought draws the reader in and grows suspense about his ordeal that is unknown in the story so far and shows Pi’s knowledge on animals as a zoologist. There are many instances in the story where Pi talks about how animals might feel in certain situations and seems to care deeply about them. This gives the reader a hint of what he went through and possibly had something to do with animals or an animal.

3) This quote relates to the theme of fear. Pi talks about how if animals were given the choice, they would pick the zoo in terms of survival. In the wild, there is more danger, fear of predators, scarcity of food and enemies whereas in the zoo, the animals are well fed and kept from harms way.

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7.

2018-10-11 17:54:33 UTC

1.) The literal meaning of the quote given is that, in his kitchen there is an extremely large organized supply of food that will last him about 900 days as the seige of Leningrad lasted that long.

2.) During WW2 the city of Leningrad was surrounded and the seige began. Food supply was limited becuase the citizens refused to surrender and admit defeat. From this analysis of the seige and the given context, I infer that Mr. Patel due to past experiences and his overstocked pile of food will be a source of refuge and safety to Pi as the city of lenningrad was a refuge for its people.

3.) relate to theme and character
4.) literary devices

Maleeha Taimur

2018-10-11 17:57:50 UTC

6. “I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.”

1) The literal meaning behind this quote is that zoos and religions in general face similar problems. Pi is saying that freedom is an illusion and that people and zoo animals both are caught up in that illusion and believe that they don’t have freedom because zoos and religions restrict them.

2) People believe that both religions and zoos take away freedom. In the case of religion, it takes away freedom from people as they have to follow the principles and values of the religion and follow certain restrictions. In the same way, zoos take away freedom from animals as they are made to live in a closed and controlled environment. I can infer from this that religion and zoos play a major part in his life and that he deeply cares about them. I can also take away from this that he related these two thoughts to his own personal beliefs.

3) It relates to the theme as one of the major themes in the story is about belief and faith in god and religion and the quote talks about religion and how it takes away the freedom from people, so it shows how his views on religion changes and evolves throughout the story. It also relates to the character as religion and zoo animals play a major part in his life and he values them a lot.

4) None

Alice Montes - Quote 11

2018-10-11 18:01:44 UTC

1) Humanity is the top predator on earth, even if the animals in a zoo seem more dangerous.
2) Mankind is greedy and selfish, making us more dangerous than any animal that exists on earth. A tiger and a man in an enclosure would make most individuals worry for the man initially, but as Life of Pi shows later, a man can be out of harms way even in that situation. With man-made weaponary, humans are even more vicious and unstoppable compared to simple minded animals.
3) This quote relates most to the theme of fear. The fear theme is connected to societys' large and misplaced fear of dangerous animals, when they should be fearing themselves and eachother more.
4) The saying in the first sentance, "We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo in Man," is an idiom.

Hussam Abuaisha - Quote14

2018-10-11 18:07:38 UTC

" Whatever the reason for wanting to escape, sane or insane, zoo detractors should realize that animals don't escape to somewhere but from something. Something within their territory has frightened them-the intrusion of an enemy, the assault of a dominant animal, a startling noise-and set off a flight reaction."
1.) The literal meaning in this quote is that animals are scared of us humans, more than we are scared of them.
2.) This quote means that humans are not always aware of the fear they cause. The hurt they induce onto other animals is not something they think of because of our fears of these animals.
3.) The quote relates to the theme and character since it mentions animals feeling out of place and lost. This relates to the character because in the book pie talks about himself as being "lost" and like an outsider, which is sated in this quote as the animals feeling threatened and lost.
4.) The literary device in this quote is foreshadowing. This is because in the quote it mentions the animals running "from" what threatens them, and later in the book Pi the main character, is trapped on a boat with a tiger and he wants to flee from the tiger but he is unable to since he is trapped on a boat in the middle of the ocean.

Andrew Khoury #8

2018-10-11 18:08:36 UTC

1. Mr. Khumar is saying that the goats and rhinos in the Zoo are able to work together unlike the politicians of Canada.

2. Mr. Khumar believes that if politicians would work together with the people of Canada and not act like they are above everyone else then life for everyone would be better. He relates it to the unlikely mutual relationship that occurs between the goat and rhino, two very different animals that are able to work out their differences and work together.

3. Mr. Khumar's way of thinking is very similar to Pi because they both have a passion for animals and Khumar's compassion for animals makes Pi have a deeper understanding of these animals.

4. This quote is an analogy comparing the goat's and rhino's relationship to that of the politicians and the Prime Minister.

A$AD KHAN

2018-10-11 18:08:50 UTC

Quote #4

1. The literal meaning is to question if animals actually have freedom in the harsh wild

2. Freedom is having complete control over one's being, in the wild we imagine that animals have no rules or classes such as we do, therefore they should be the most free, however, they have a vicious social hierarchy similar to ours and a rash did supply to survive, which means their freedom should be questioned.

3. Fear: A big motivator in the animal kingdom is the fear of death. The will to survive is what pushes animals to do whatever it takes to live.

Zaina Hibah

2018-10-11 18:12:21 UTC

1) In this quote Pi is expressing how much he misses Richard Parker, who is a tiger. He speaks of how he sees Richard in his dreams, and how most of those dreams are actually nightmares. He shows how much he misses Richard to such a great extent.

2)Richard must be someone he meets later in the book. Richard must also be someone he misses to the extent of missing a person. In this quote Pi makes it sound like Richard is a person rather than an animal. The way he speaks of his nightmares must also show that he must still have long lasting affects from the struggles he has been through.

3)It is clear that Richard must have really affected Pi’s character throughout his journey and struggles. The quote shows how Pi preserves animals as people, and how he connects well with them. As well as people do with one another. Pie also talked about his dreams being nightmares “tinged with love.” This relates to the theme as it shows how the struggles and suffering he went through has affected him for the rest of his life. He has gained a new fear, that roams in his nightmares, and the theme is mainly about human fear and faith.

4)There is also a simile used at the end of the quote, that describes the extent of the pain he felt when Richard left him. This simile uses literal pain, which helps to show that he missed Richard, as much a person would miss there family.

Quote 2

Charlotte Day

2018-10-11 18:13:27 UTC

Quote 12: The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the base not only of theologians but also of zoologists

1. The literal meaning of the quote is zoologists and theologian should always put themselves at the centre of everything.
2. The meaning of the quote is how a zoologist and theologian’s one mistake is believing that they are the centre of all.
3. This quote relates to the characters of the story because Pi is a zoologist and theologist thus he is speaking from experience when he says “putting ourselves at the centre of everything”. It also relates to the theme of the story as one of the themes is belief and religion, in religion it is believed that Gods are at the centre of everything.
4. In the quote “putting ourselves at the centre of everything” is an idiom.

Life of Pi quote by simon #18 p28 The paths to lerberation are numerous, but the bank along the way is always the same...

2018-10-11 18:15:49 UTC

-The meaning of this quote is that there are many ways to freedom, but nomatter what way a person choose , the things he ore she have done along the way, nomatter good or bad, will save up and change everything one day.
-The idea of karma is among many relagous groups, the idea is; the more good things a person does the more freedon and a better future this person will have. However, the more bad things a person have done, these things will save up and one day unish this person.
-Metaphore was used in this quote to refering the ways to live as paths and the bad things a person have done as a bank.

Arron Vargas -16

2018-10-11 18:16:56 UTC

"The animal in front of you must know where it stands, whether above you or below you. Social rank is central to how it leads it's life. Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on. (P25)
1) The literal meaning of the quote is that an animal must know it's social rank to determine what it can do.
2) The quote informs the reader about the importance of establishing dominance to be safe around dangerous animals. It shows that humans are also like animals. Humanity is not outside of the social hierarchy of the animal kingdom, but is instead part of it. To be safe around animals, one must be able to think like an animal and know what the animals need.
3) This quote relates to the theme of personal growth and survival. It foreshadows how Pink must grow to become the alpha to continue surviving on a lifeboat with a hyena, orangutan, zebra, and a tiger.
4) By repeating the phrase, "where it can," the author uses the literary device alliteration.

A$AD KHAN

2018-10-11 18:21:50 UTC

Quote #4

1. The literal meaning is to question if animals actually have freedom in the harsh wild

2. Freedom is having complete control over one's being, in the wild we imagine that animals have no rules or classes such as we do, therefore they should be the most free, however, they have a vicious social hierarchy similar to ours and a rash did system to survive, which means they're freedom should be questioned.

3. Fear: The main motivator of survival in the wild. Every animal would be willing to do whatever it takes in the wild to survive.

Quotes 3, page 15

2018-10-11 18:33:11 UTC

T o me it was paradise in earth. I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo. I lived the life of a prince. What maharaja's son had such vast luxuriant ground to play about? What palace had such a menagerie? My alarm clock during my childhood upon to roar their head off between five -thirty and six every morning

1. the quotes is about Pi's experience at the zoo and his love for it. It talks about how PI views the zoo.
2. This quotes shows Pi's love for the zoo, and how it impacted his childhood. The quotes states that in the zoo he felt as through he is a prince. This show that Pi values the. The quote also talks about how all of his fondest memories occurred in the zoo. Such as being woken up by the roars of lions. This shows how the zoo was a huge part of his childhood. The reader is able to infer that the zoo is extremely important to Pi and that he will do anything to save it.
3. The quotes relates to the character more than the theme. It shows pi's love for the zoo. It also shows that pi is proud of his father's zoo and that the zoo is extremely important to him
4. The are many literary devices. One literary device is metaphor. The quotes compare the zoo to a paradise and it also compares Pi to a prince. There is also imagery, when he quotes describes the lions roar and the vast luxuriant ground. Iqra sultan

Abigail Denney Quote #2 Pg

2018-10-11 18:33:55 UTC

1. The literal meaning of this quote is that Pi feels annoyed at not getting the award, especially after going through so much trauma. Since he has experienced so much suffering, this small amount of suffering, feeling disappointed at not getting the award, is unbearable on top of everything else he has experienced.

2. By analyzing the quote, it can be inferred that when he imagines the skull, he is imagining death, and how death looks down upon life. The grinning skull is mocking life, and so Pi, who believes in life, mocks the skull. As Pi survived a very dangerous experience that could have killed him, he values life and sees meaning in life, and does not believe that life is meaningless because it will end in death. He tells death to “move on” because he has defied death once already and will not allow death to continue to bring him down and ruin his life after he has beaten death by surviving.

3. This quote relates to the theme because Pi references how he “does not believe in death”. After Pi survived being isolated in the middle of the ocean, he became very religious and came to believe in a higher power. He now has faith and believes in life, rather than fearing death. This quote relates to the main character, Pi, because it shows how Pi was changed by the experiences he went through, and how he is now resilient and feels able to face death.

4. The grinning skull Pi imagines at his side throughout his life represents death, and how he has come so close to death. This is also personification, as Pi imagines death as a grinning skull that does not believe in life.

28. "The worst of it," he says, "is that I can hardly remember what my mother looks like any more. I can see her in my mind, but it's fleeting. As soon as I try to have a good look at her, she fades. It's the same with her voice. If I saw her again in the street, it would all come back. But that's not likely to happen. It's very sad not to remember what your mother looks like." (P52)

2018-10-11 21:05:16 UTC

This quote explains how he—Mamaji—can no longer remember the face of the voice of his own mother. Mamaji mentions that if he saw his mother again, memories would flourish. However, he says seeing her again is unlikely, implying that his mother is far away from him, or his mother had passed away. The fact that Mamaji is admitting that he is slowly forgetting his mother, means that it must have been a long time since the two have met. It is quite disappointing for the son since the mother figure plays a major role for one's beliefs, morals, and overall character. Forgetting such an important person that has impacted one's life may affect them emotionally. - Sonya Truong

Katarina Duric 24."Progress is unstoppable. It is a drumbeat to which we must all march. Technology helps and good ideas spread-these are two laws of nature. If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood!" (P43)

2018-10-11 22:40:38 UTC

1. The literal meaning of this quote is that you must confide in technology and let it help you for the better. You need to be able to progress otherwise you will be stuck in dinosaurhood( the old times).
2. This quote shows Pi's dads perspective on how he views technological advances and progress. This quote is kind of like survival of the fittest, if everyone else is progressing then you should be as well otherwise you will be stuck in "dinosaurhood" which is most likely another way of saying the olden times or even extinction. If people resist progress good things will not come of it. You should just accept it.
3. This quotes shows that Pi and his family are willing to change if needed and also if needed to change to modern ways so they keep progressing with society and technology. If Pi and his family do not adapt, even though he has had a lower upbringing due to his class, his family must progress, his family is open to change which is one of the main themes
4. Some of the literary devices is this quote are metaphors and symbolism. The metaphor in this story is when he says " progress is a drumbeat to which we all must march". We know this is a metaphor because is does not use the words like or as. There is also symbolism in this quote, it is the dinosaurhood which can be interpreted as old, ancient, extinct or in other words not modern times and olden ages

Hayden Kralik

2018-10-11 23:08:44 UTC

“At times he gets agitated. It’s nothing I say (I say very little). Its his own story that does it. Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface. I worry that he’ll want to stop. But he wants to tell me his story. He goes on. After all these years, Richard Parker still preys on his mind”

1. The literal meaning behind this quote is how Piscine feels about Richard Parker and his story. It shows that Piscine still remembers Richard Parker and the story with him “after all these years” and that he still constantly thinks about him. He wants his story to be heard despite the negativity, bad thoughts, and memories that it brings to him and the mental/physical connection he had with Richard Parker.
2. Analyzing this quote shows that Pi still struggles with telling his story about what happened and giving detail on events that occurred. This quote shows that the events have changed him in a way and that the thoughts and memories seem to make there way into his thoughts whether he wants them to or not. As a result of these events, he will now always have Richard Parker as part of his life simply because of the mental and emotional impact the tiger has imprinted.
3. With the theme of the story being a story of life associated with fear and faith, this quote has great significance. This quote talks about the story of Pi and how it has impacted his life and how it's shaped him to the person he is after these events took place. This quote basically caps up his hardest and most challeging experiences of life in a few short sentences with which the whole journey itself relates to the theme directly.
4. The library device used in this quote is metaphor. Metaphor is demonstrated through the part of the quote that reads " Memory is an ocean and he bobs on its surface". This talks about Richard Parker bobbing on the top of the ocean which is Pi's memory and constantly pops up in his mind.

Ava Cook

2018-10-11 23:32:36 UTC

10. I'll be honest about it. It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also permitted doubt. But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. "

1. The literal quote is Pi explaining that people who are agnostic (don’t believe in god or science, and have no stance on it) bother him. He thinks they live their lives stagnant.

3. It shows Pi’s deep love for faith and the importance in believing in something is to his life. As a person who is deeply rooted in faith and science; equally believing in both he has an intricate belief system that is essential to who he is as a person. For an “agnostic” to continually doubt he believes that is more foolish and will stop them from leading a full life by Pi’s standards.

4. Literary terms- Garden of Gethsemane is allusion because its reference to the bible the place where Jesus doubted gods plans for him before he was about to be crucified.

Massimo Brasca

2018-10-12 00:03:30 UTC

17. "A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate. It has never stopped growing since that day."

1. The literal meaning behind the quote is Pi’s love and passion for religion. When he mentions how it was a small seed he is talking about how this passion is not a recent development. The “seed” represents his original interest in the different religions and germination are the other characters explaining their respective religions.

2. The quote shows that Pi is very passionate about religion, for example, using the word exaltation to show his extreme happiness. Using the seed metaphor shows his willingness to grow and learn about different cultures and religions, much like a seed grows into a flower after its germinated. Like a plant his passion for religion has many branches such as his interest the different religions for example his interest in becoming Christian and becoming a Muslim. Inference can be drawn that much like some plants Pi's passion and interest will stop growing and he may find something new.

3. The quote relates to the theme faith because it shows that religion is very a heavy part of Pi’s life and thus having faith in religion. It also relates to the theme because Pi believes that it is important to have something to believe in or something to have faith in that is greater than yourself. He also seems to have faith that his passion and interest for religion will continue to grow each day because it hasn't stopped thus far. Characters play an important role because they sparked his interest in religion. An example of two characters that sparked pies interest in religion are Father Martin and Mr. Satish Kumar who introduced him to Christianity and Islam.

4. The main literary device that is used is metaphor. The metaphor in this quote is the use of seeds as a vehicle for describing growth.

2018-10-12 00:05:01 UTC

Sandy Li

The literal meaning behind this quote is how Richard left Pi leaving him alone without an explanation of his absence. He misses and experiences dreams about him, mainly nightmares with the involvement of love. He is quite upset that he left without a goodbye and he cannot seem to forget about him.
Seems to be very upset at the fact that Richard left. Emotionally and mentally hurt , he has nightmares “tinged with love.” As it seems like he’s too emotionally attached, and can’t let go of the fact that he left, with no goodbye, and not looking back.

3. As Richard left, he seemed to struggle to forget the absence of Richard. Pi is not able to be function without him and cannot adapt to the changes in his life. His emotions impact him as an individual and accept the fact that Richard has left.

Character —> Emotionally impacted by Richard leaving. There love connection between the two. As he mentioned , he sees him in his dreams.

4. Smilie + Metaphor

“That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart.”

"I notice something else:his cupboards are jam packed. Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages. A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad.

2018-10-12 00:15:15 UTC

Sarah O'Neil

1) The literal meaning behind this quote is that the person Pi is referring to has enough food to last him approx 900 days (the siege lasted 900 days)

2) The siege lasted about 3 years. It was important in two ways. One being it was named after the founder of the Russian Revolution and it barred passage to Moscow. There were not enough supplied sent to Leningrad during this time and many people starved to death. Food is necessary to survival and Pi's suffering must have had something to do with the lack of food, since he hoards it so internally. It is indeed a reserve of food to be used in emergencies. This comes from Pi's experiences. The significance can be that the stacks of food are to prevent an event similar to the siege from happening to himself. It is a safety net, a reassurance that everything is okay, and if it is not he will be able to cope.

3) This quote related to the theme of fear, since the person Pi is talking about is fearful that something like the siege might happen again and therefore, is prepared if it does.

4) In the quote, the literary device of allusion is used when referring to the Siege of Leningrad that took place in what is currently named Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) from September 8th, 1941 to January 27th, 1944, during WWII.

5) One possibility i s that the man being described is Mamaji, and is being described by Pi himself. However, this would have been in Pi's childhood because he moved to Canada when he was in college, maybe even high school.

Suzan Abdelkarim (Quote 16)

2018-10-12 01:25:44 UTC

"The animal in front of you must know where it stands, whether above you or below you. Social rank is central to how it leads its life. Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on."

Literal meaning: Animals live their lives based on their status in their territory. If they are an alpha animal, they live a superior life, as they dominate their territory. However, if they are a beta animal, they live an inferior live and follow their alpha.

Theme: This quote relates to the theme of power. Animals who are controlled by an alpha animal have limited freedom. Their lives are controlled and they constantly receive orders from their leader. For instance, the circus trainer invades the lion’s privacy and pressures it to perform tricks for the audience. The feeling of being controlled changes their behaviours and become offensive.

Literary devices.

Foreshadowing: Later in the chapter, Pi uses the trainer's techniques to handle the lion when he gets stranded in a boat with the lion.
Symbolism: The dominance of the lion’s territory symbolizes Britain's dominance of India

Analyze and Infer.

Animals live their lives based on their social rank. In the 20th Century, people in society were treated based on their social status. Privileged families received exalted respect compared to working class families. As a result, some working-class families confined themselves from the community to avoid interacting with other people. For instance, the animals developed aggressive behaviour due to social isolation and insecurity.

Olivia McConnell (quote 4 )

2018-10-12 01:33:54 UTC

"Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured. What is the meaning of freedom in such a context?"

The literal meaning of the quote explains the lack of freedom wild animals experience within an “unforgiving social hierarchy” due to an indomitable will to live.

2. The unforgiving social hierarchy animals live in, otherwise known as the food chain, is the statistical ranking of survival of the fittest and is determined by who hunts who. The high supply of fear and low supply of food refers to an animal’s position in the food chain being both prey and predator, living in inescapable fear of the superior, while hunting the inferior. This overpowering mentality restricts animals from experiencing feelings of freedom.

3. The theme of fear is evident in this quote. The quote describes an animal’s uncontrollable instinct to survive and the fear that feeds it.

4. N/A

Sarah Mohammed Faeq

2018-10-12 11:27:28 UTC

#19

"I couldn’t get Him out of my head. Still can not. I spent three solid days thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less I could forget him. And the more I learned about him, the less I wanted to leave him. "

1)For the first time, Pi connects fragility, pain, and need with love.

2)That quote is saying how Pi is getting interested by this Lord and his story the more and more he tries to figure out why.

”Love”That answer struct Pi because of the fact that a god would go to people and let them kill him out of Love. He just couldn't wrap his head around that fact, which made him want to learn more and become Christian.

3)He relates how at age 14 he goes on a family vacation to Munnar and finds a Christian church. He's amazed by the church's beauty but confused by the notion of sacrifice associated with Christianity. Also related to the theme of love and when he speaks with his father.

7. Zoha

2018-10-12 16:38:37 UTC

The literal meaning of the given quote is that Mr.Patel has a sufficient supply of food that will last him for 900 days as the siege of Leningrad lasted that long.
Further analysis of the given quote tells the story of how WW2 caused the city of Leningrad,Russia to be surrounded and the siege began. Due to the siege, food supplies were distraught because the civilians of Leningrad refused to surrender. From this analysis an inference can be made about how Mr.Patel has become a source of safety and food for Pi.
Mr.Patels character shines through this quote.Through analysis and based on the context of his traumatic experiences, his character is prepared and ready for the worst. The theme of fear is evident through this quote as he has a strong fear of not being able to survive or not fitting the category “ survival of the fittest” and that is why he is seen stocking up on food.