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Life of Pi

Yann Martel

21 pages42 min

After an aspiring author meets Pi Patel, he recounts his incredible life. Growing up in Pondicherry, India, Pi, the son of a zookeeper, embraces multiple religions and holds unique views on animals. His family immigrates to Canada, but their cargo ship sinks, leaving Pi stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, Richard Parker. For 227 days, Pi battles the elements, starvation, and the constant threat of the tiger, ingeniously taming it for survival. Upon rescue in Mexico, Richard Parker vanishes. Later, Japanese investigators, disbelieving Pi’s animal-filled tale, are offered a brutal, human-centric alternative. Pi challenges them to choose the "better story," linking it to faith, and highlighting the power of narrative in understanding truth and God.