one perspective is outlined. Yann Martel wrote Life is Pi in first-person, causing readers to view the book through the perspective of the narrator, Piscine Patel. Yann Martel does this to cause readers to speculate between the animal story, that involves clues of unreliable narration, and the human story. Pi becomes an unreliable narrator through the trauma he faces, use of a dream rag, and his experience with events that distorted his memory. Pi experiences enough trauma for him to “reach a
Yann Martel never tells us that one story is better than the other in Life of Pi until the end; however, he implied it through the entire novel. The first story is the better story; it requires a leap of faith. The animal story is magical, it’s colorful, and unusual. It teaches us the lesson of theism and belief in the supernatural. Its not childish or dumb to believe in God; it is sublime. Once you start to truly believe you will realize that this whole world is a miracle, a miracle made by God
Loving God In his novel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel presents readers with the seemingly unbelievable story of Piscine Patel, a young Indian boy on a journey toward spiritual enlightenment. In his own words, his end goal is to “just love God” (Martel 69). He ends up adrift in the middle of the great Pacific Ocean with a Royal Bengal Tiger for 227 days and miraculously manages to survive. Through his use of irrationalities and a range of religious elements from different religious faiths, including symbols