ENGL 146 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Prayer Rug, Cannibalism, Yann Martel

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 146
• Professor: Burgar Sheila

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In life of pi, piscine (pi) grows up the son of a zookeeper in india. When his father sells the zoo, they embark on a voyage to canada, but the ship sinks, and pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and a tiger. In life of pi, piscene, or pi, grows up in india as the son of a zookeeper. Pi"s father sells the zoo and the family embarks on a sea voyage to canada along with a selection of animals. The ship sinks, taking pi"s family along with it. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and a tiger named richard parker. The hyena kills and eats the zebra and the orangutan. The tiger then kills the hyena and saves pi from becoming the hyena"s next victim. Pi survives in the lifeboat for 227 days by taming the tiger and overcoming hunger, thirst, heat, and loneliness.