Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

Words: 297
Pages: 2

The protagonist of the novel, Life of Pi is Piscine Molitor Patel. The characteristics that will allow Piscine to achieve his goal is his belief in God and faith, and his ability to understand animal behaviour. Despite his family being an atheist, Pi not only believes in and loves God, but has faith in three different religions, which are Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Also, Pi understands the way animals behave and react to different situations. Pi talks about how an animal will change the way it reacts due to a small shift. For example, a zookeeper leaving a hose out in a tiger enclosure will cause it to behave differently compared to how it will on a daily basis. When Pi is on the lifeboat with Richard Parker, he is afraid of him, but