Life of Pi (Unabridged) by Yann Martel Essay -- Life of Pi Unabridge

The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic noesis of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is sixteen, his family emigrates from India to join America aboard a Japanese cargo ship, a capacious with their zoo animals bound for new homes. The ship sinks. Pi finds himself alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded zebra, and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Soon the tiger has dispatched all but Pi, whose fear, knowledge, and cunning allow him to coexist with Richard Parker for 227 days while missed at sea. When they finally reach the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker flees to the jungle, never to be seen again. The Japanese authorities that interrogate Pi refuse to believe his story and press him to articulate them "the truth." After hours of coercion, Pi tells a second story, a story much less fantastical, much more conventional but is it more true?Pi, condensed for Piscine Molitor Patel, is a young Indian boy growing up in South India in the 1970s. His father owns a zoo and, with increasing political unrest in India, decides to sell up and emigrate to Canada. They accompany the wild animals on board the ship on their journey to the new zoos in North America. The ship sinks and Pi finds himself the only human survivor onboard a life raft that contains, rather remarkably, a zebra, a large motherly orangutan, a manic hyena and a 450-pound Bengal tiger. Of course, the law of nature eventually rules and Pi ends up as the tigers last remaining occupant. He must use all his knowledge of zoology and animal behavior to create boundaries and survive. Which he does for 227 days.In Pondicherry, India, Piscine Pi Patel enjoys his childhood as the son of the local zookeeper means plenty of playing period things to do. In that role, Pi learns a great deal about the wild beasts that his father keeps. Though a Hindu, Pi also finds pleasure in encyclopedism about Christianity and Islam and willingl y practices the three belief systems over the objections of his family and religious leaders.Now sixteen, Pis father decides to relocate to Canada. His dad sells most of the animals, but takes a few with them on their sea voyage. However, disaster strikes with the ship sinking. Pi accompanied by a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and Richard Parker the 450-pound Bengal share a raft. Richard eliminates the other animals leav... ...mingly endless sea. Soon after, at long last, he reaches land. He attains Enlightenment. The tiger bounds off into the jungle-- Pis suffering is released completely. He is nursed back to health and lives a relative normal life, with the distinction that his visualize has fully awakened him. He walks as a true adult among the many opinionual children of the world. He still has the normal problems, challenges, and disappointments of life Enlightenment does non mean everything is perfect. But Pi can bring forth what is needed in each moment, and does not suffe r from the pains, failures, and sorrows of being human. He lives through them without get caught in them. (Similarly, he is fully awake for all the wonderful pleasures and intimacies of life. And in all occurrences, he brings a deep compassion and love for all beings). The beat part of the story is the end. (Stop reading if you dont want to know). This is a true story. It doesnt need all the longwinded interpretation you skillful read. It stands on its own as truth. Maybe its just a story of a boy and a tiger on a boat. Either way, Pi Patel shows us the compelling power of the human spirit in the face of deep suffering.