Vocab
relating to hell
infernal
The Bengal Tiger that accompanies Pi on his trip
Richard Parker
Pi's home city in Southern India. Home of the _______ zoo
Pondicherry
Reason for Richard Parker's name.
Clerical Error
A safe haven, some form of home.
The lifeboat
extremely angry; furious
apoplectic
Pi's mother and protector. In the second story she is Orange Juice.
Gita Patel
What Pi floats on for the majority of the story.
Pacific Ocean (Pacific Equatorial counter current)
Religion Pi does not respect.
Agnosticism
Symbolizes hope and survival.
The color orange
laziness; avoidance of activity or exertion
indolence
A plain featured Muslim mystic with the same name as Pi's biology teacher. He works in a bakery. Teaches pi religion.
Satish kumar (Muslim)
It's eastwards Toronto. Where Pi now lives.
Scarborough, Canada
Pi uses to enter a dream-like state.
A wet rag
Represents an easy, shallow-like faith.
The algae island
impatient; whiny; easily irritated or annoyed
petulant
Pi's wife, the author meets her briefly.
Meena Patel
The place the two Japanese men accidentally went to instead of Tomatlán.
Tomatán
What the cook was paralleled to in Pi's second story.
The hyena
Characters used in place of certain people.
The animals (ex: hyena, orangutan, zebra, etc.)
bloodthirsty; bloody
sanguinary
An official from the Maritime Department of the Japanese Ministry of Transport, who is investigating the sinking of the Japanese Tsimtsum. Along with his assistant, Atsuro Chiba, Okamoto interviews Pi for three hours and is highly skeptical of his first account.
Tomohiro Okamoto
Where Pi stays after being found on the shores of Mexico.
Benito Juárez Infirmary, Tomatlán, Mexico
Commonly referred to as the most dangerous animal in a zoo.
Humans
Representation of fear, grief, a growing animalistic side of people.