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The Early Life of Pi
Symbolism
Wildlife
Survival
I Read it for the Plot
100
Pi's two majors: They represent his personality.
What are Religious Studies and Zoology?
100
The man Pi finds at sea has this same characteristic as Pi.
What is blindness?
100
The animal Pi is with on the boat for the most time in the novel and its name.
Who is a tiger named Richard Parker?
100
Pi has this guide on getting him through his journey that was in the boat when he got on it.
What is a survival manual?
100
The country Pi ends up in at the end of his journey on the lifeboat.
What is Mexico?
200
The country Pi starts and the city he attempts to move to.
What is India and Winnipeg, Canada?
200
The material that the island Pi found was made of.
What is algae?
200
The thing Pi was before his time on the boat, and the reason the first time he killed an animal was such a difficult thing for him to do.
What is a Vegetarian and a Pacifist.
200
The things Pi uses to try to catch the attention of ships in the distance.
What are flares?
200
The name of the ship that Pi was on and sank.
What is the Tsimtsum?
300
The two men with the same last name, but different personalities (say their occupations too).
Who are the baker and teacher Kumars?
300
This important stop in Pi's journey allows him to rest and recover, but it hides a treacherous secret. (Explain the secret.)
What is the Carnivorous Island?
300
A water source on the island that the creatures of the island swim in.
What is a pond?
300
One of the most useful animals Pi eats and does other things with. The British seem to love them at sea.
What are turtles?
300
The small, organized animals Pi finds on the island.
What are meerkats?
400
Pi's full name: a pool the gods would have been delighted to swim in.
Who is Piscine Molitor Patel?
400
Right when Pi really needed a solution to his and Richard Parker's hunger, these fish came and saved the day. They symbolize when you have a problem and then a solution come and hits you in the face, literally with these fish.
What are flying fish?
400
The name of the orangutan on the lifeboat, who's seasick appearance cheers Pi up and allows him to claim his territory on the boat.
What is Orange Juice?
400
The process of purifying a liquid by evaporating, then condensing water. Pi's "solar 'stills" made this process easy.
What is distillation?
400
The number of days Pi was lost at sea.
What is 227 days?
500
The brother of Pi along with how he is the opposite of Pi.
Who is Ravi the big cricket star?
500
In Pi's second story that is told to Mr. Okamoto this person is the orangutan from the first story.
Who is Pi's mother?
500
This rainbow-colored, succulent fish was a part of the infrequent storms of fish that would bombard Pi's boat.
What is Dorado?
500
The way Pi trains Richard Parker to fear him and his whistle.
What is turning the boat to make Richard Parker seasick while blowing the whistle, so that whenever Richard Parker hears the whistle, Richard Parker thinks of the seasickness and gets away?
500
The animal that is eaten by the tiger when Pi's dad shows Pi the dangers of tigers.
What is a goat?