His brother dared him to try and drink the holy water in the church. He then met a Muslim baker.
Pi grew up Hindu; what attracts him to Christianity and to Islam?
100
"The story" is a story itself. Just those two words already means there was an adventure, a challenge, losses, and an ending.
Why does chapter 97 only have two words?
100
The names on the document were switched around, this crediting Thirsty None Given as the hunter, and Richard Parker as the Bengal Tiger.
How did Richard Parker get his name?
100
The death of his family
What great loss does Pi many time lament?
100
Hunger, survival.
What does orange come to represent?
200
Mr. Kumar's(baker) Islamism, and Mr. Kumar's(teacher) atheism
Facts/evidence and fantasy
His majors were religion and zoology(science).
What examples in the book contrast reality from religion?
200
He ate part of the blindman in the story. He kills everything he manages to get his hands on... He even tries to eat Richard Parker's feces, just like how a hyena tries to eat metal.
The other story says the Hyena = the cook.
However, in what way does Pi resemble the hyena as well?
200
Fantasy tales can sometimes spark “divine curiosity.”
What is your alternate universe?
200
Pi is becoming like an animal, like Richard Parker
How has trying to survive changed Pi?
200
When few pieces are alive, you do anything to survive. The game becomes simple, but the stakes are high. The pawns are expendable, and you must adapt to survive.
What does Chess represent?
300
His whole family was killed. The zebra had to suffer while being eaten inside out. Orange juice stood no chance. Lost the life raft and all the food and supplies. The fact that he had to suffer so much. pg 232
What events made Pi feel despair and question god?
300
Pi had learned to show dominance to earn Richard Parker's respect and the ability to train him.
By taming/mastering Richard Parker, does Pi himself change too?
300
"Where an animal takes a human being or another animal to be one of its kind."
What is zoomorphism?
300
His will to keep Richard Parker alive.
How does Pi continue to survive?
300
He is lonely and desolate. He becomes flat like how the ocean meets the horizon. He becomes crazy like the storm. etc. etc.
How does the environment accentuates and reflects Pi's feelings during his Pacific journey?
400
Near the brink of death, there was always something that keeps him alive. Ex. The flying fish, the botanical island, etc.
How does Pi manage to keep his faith in God despite unremitting hardships?
400
Pi goes on forever. There is no ending...
It also foreshadows how Pi's journey has yet to end.
After more than seven months, Pi reaches land. Richard Parker disappears into the forest immediately. Why no goodbyes?
400
"Without religion and imagination, it is a dry and yeastless faculty.”
Why does fantasy make the better story?
400
Makes him feel bad. The End.
What effect did killing the dorado have on Pi?
400
When there is no rain, you dry out and die. If there is too much you drown...
The middle of everything is optimal.
What examples of elemental dualism is shown in the book?
500
Religion is something that can set some people free while it imprisons others. It can make you see the world in a different way, or it can narrow your view on this. It can make you see the light or it can swallow you in darkness.
"Religion is darkness"...Does this foreshadow anything!?
500
22/7 = 3.14...
Why 227 days?
500
Having a tiger on the same boat as you for 227 days is very believable.
Why do the Japanese guys not believe Pi's 1st story?
500
Fear is the only thing that can defeat life, the only thing that can defeat you. It is devious and sneaky. It attacks when you are most vulnerable.
Why does Pi think fear is "life's only true opponent?"
500
NUMBERS! 3.1415926535...
Symbol of unity to body mind and spirit