Character IDs: TFA
I am an influential clan leader in Umuofia. I am terrified of looking weak like my father, so I behave rashly, bringing a great deal of trouble and sorrow upon myself and my family.
Okonkwo
I am the Royal Bengal tiger with whom the main character shares his lifeboat. My captor named me Thirsty, but a shipping clerk made a mistake and reversed our names.
Richard Parker
I am my father’s favorite child. My father wishes that I were a boy because I would have been the perfect son.
Ezinma
I am the narrator for most of the novel, and my account of my months at sea forms the bulk of the story.
Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)
I am Okonkwo’s second wife and once the village beauty. I ran away from my first husband to live with Okonkwo. I have had nine children pass away in infancy.
Ekwefi
I am a boy given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village. He kills me as a sacrifice to settle the dispute with the neighboring village despite the fact that I call him “father.”
Ikemefuna
I am the main character’s older brother. I tease my younger brother over his devotion to three religions.
Ravi
I am my father’s oldest son, whom he believes is weak and lazy. Eventually I convert to Christianity, an act that my father criticizes.
Nwoye
I am the maternal orangutan that floats to the lifeboat on a raft of bananas. I suffer almost humanlike bouts of loneliness and seasickness.
Orange Juice
I am an authority figure in the white colonial government in Nigeria. I think that I understand everything about native African customs and cultures and I have no respect for them.
The District Commissioner
I am Okonkwo’s father. I never took a title in my life, I borrowed money from my clansmen, and I rarely repaid my debts.
Unoka
I am the main character’s biology teacher at Petit Séminaire, a secondary school in Pondicherry. My devotion to the power of scientific inquiry and explanation inspires the main character to study zoology in college.
I work in a bakery. I have a strong effect on the main character’s academic plans to study religion at college.
Satish Kumar
I am the first white missionary to travel to Umuofia. I institute a policy of compromise, understanding, and non-aggression between my people and the clan. I even become friends with prominent clansmen.
Mr. Brown
I taught Pi to swim as a child and bestowed upon him his name. The main character calls him Mamaji, an Indian term that means respected uncle.
Francis Adirubasamy
What is Postcolonial Theory?
A body of thought primarily concerned with accounting for the political, aesthetic, economic, historical, and social impact of European colonial rule around the world in the 18th through the 20th century
I am Okonwo’s close friend. I ended up selling Okonkwo’s yams to ensure that he won’t suffer financial ruin while in exile and I comfort Okonkwo when he is depressed.
Obierika
I am the main character’s wife, whom the author meets briefly in Toronto.
Meena Patel
I am the younger brother of Okonkwo’s mother. I receive Okonkwo and his family when they travel to Mbanta, and I advise Okonkwo to be grateful for the comfort that his motherland offers him.
Uchendu
I am the main character’s father. I teach my sons not only to care for and control wild animals, but to fear them.
Santosh Patel
What is Zoology?
The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals
I am the other white missionary but I am uncompromising and strict. I demand that my converts reject all of their indigenous beliefs, and I show no respect for indigenous customs or culture.
Reverend James Smith
I am the narrator who inserts himself into the narrative at several points throughout the text. I live in Canada, have published two books, and was inspired to write the main character’s life story during a trip to India.
The Author
I am a fanatical convert to the Christian church in Umuofia. My disrespectful act of ripping the mask off an egwugwu during an annual ceremony to honor the Earth deity leads to the climactic clash between the indigenous and colonial justice systems.
Enoch
I am the main character’s beloved mother and protector. I am a book lover, and I encourage the main character to read widely.
Gita Patel
What 3 religions does Pi practice?
Hinduism, Christianity and the Muslim faith