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Abstract

TREATMENT OF FAITH AND SURVIVAL IN YANN MARTEL’S LIFE OF PI

Dr Deepak Upadhyay

Volume: 4 Issue: 1 2014

Abstract:

Yann Martel, through his novel, Life of Pi chooses to tell the story of a survivor young boy floating on a lifeboat with a Royal Bengal tiger and with some other animals in the Pacific Ocean. He not only fights with animals on the board for his survival, but he has to confront fear, loneliness, boredom and hunger which might prove even more threatening. His struggle attains greater heights when he develops a bond with the tiger and with the passage of time both of them renounce their hostility in their larger interests. Tiger was dependent on Pi for food whereas he saved Pi not only by killing the Frenchman, but more than that, he gives Pi a company so that he can overcome his boredom and his sense of desolation. Pi’s non-religious kind of faith proves to be of much support and guidance for him in the midst of crisis and his struggle for life. It all the more rescues Pi when he finds himself in extreme agony and anguish. This short research paper proposes to study how Pi’s journey across the ocean makes a powerful story of faith and survival when he is left alone on the board with only a tiger for his company. It will also take in to consideration how Pi confronts on the psychological level in order to overthrow his loneliness and restiveness which could have made his struggle even more challenging and strenuous.

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