Life of Pi- An Introduction

Life of Pi- An Introduction

Yann Martel wrote Life of Pi . In Life of Pi an anonymous writer plans to write a novel. In the novel of the anonymous writer, the central character Pi presents two stories and among the two one is real. At the time of writing the novel, Pi, the central character is in his advance age. In the story as narrated by the Pi the action moves back and forth in time. The character Pi is the real one as claimed by the anonymous author. The author presents the story in Pi’s perspective in first person narration. The story is the result of the anonymous author’s conversation with Francis Adirubasamy in a coffee house in Pondicherry. The anonymous author also meets Pi.

The story involves a shipwreck. The main action of the story involves the struggle of a young boy and a tiger for life in the lifeboat for 227 days in the deep waters of Pacific Ocean. Then, the boy was rescued in the Mexican waters. In the story the shipwreck is real but the authenticity of the existence of tiger is left to speculation.

The novel is divided in to three parts. The first part deals with the early life and belief of Pi. The second part deals with Pi’s adventure with Richard Parker, the royal Bengal Tiger. The third part deals with the rescue and rehabilitation of Pi in Mexico.