Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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Life of Pi by Yann Martel, tells a story of a boy who is stuck on a lifeboat and is maddened. Pi and his family own a zoo in India, and are moving, along with most of the animals, to Canada. The ship goes down leaving Pi and a few animals on the boat with him as survivors. Eventually, all of the animals die, besides Pi and a bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi looks for supplies and comes up with ways on how to survive in the same boat as a tiger; he eventually decides not to kill Richard Parker and to instead care for the tiger. He encounters many internal and external conflicts such as internal suffering, and reaching a carnivorous island. Eventually he washes up on land at Mexico, and tells his story; he presents an alternate storyline,