Characters
He's the protagonist of the story, stranded on a lifeboat
The sinking of the ship during Pi's voyage
What was the tsimtsum sinking?
Pi's struggle to survive
What's will to live?
What religion Pi practices alongside Hinduism and Christianity
What's Islam?
The ocean Pi crosses after the ship sinks
What's the Pacific Ocean?
Pi's dad, who owns a zoo in India
Who's Santosh Patel?
The country Pi's family moves from to Canada
What's India?
What the lifeboat symbolizes
What's isolation?
What's syncretism?
The reason the island Pi lands on is unusual
What's carnivorous?
The French castaway Pi meets in the story's ending
Who's the narrator's interviewer
The story alternates between Pi's life and these
What are flashbacks?
What the tiger represents
What's Pi's fear?
The ocean predators that threaten the lifeboat at one point
What are the sharks?
The country Pi was travelling to when the ship sank
What's Canada?
The tiger who shares the lifeboat with Pi
Who's Richard Parker?
The object Pi uses to train the tiger and establish dominance
What's the whistle?
What the story explores Pi's relationship with
What's God?
The personal experience which you learn about God through
What's faith?
The city in which the zoo in Pi's hometown's located in
What's Pondicherry, India?
Pi's mom, who loves him deeply
Who's Gita Patel?
Pi learns how to survive at sea by catching fish and collecting water
What are the survival skills Pi learns on the boat?
The reason Pi tells two stories, forcing the readers to question it
What Pi believes all religions lead to
What's divine truth?
The coast of the country Pi lands on at the end of his journey
What's Mexico?