Novel
Study ~ Quartering the text ~
Tori
Armstrong Quarter #2
Life
of Pi
Yann
Martel
1.Skeletal
plot (Point form only- keep this short but insightful)
a)
Pi and his family run into the pandit, priest and imam all at the
same time while on a walk at the beach
b)
Pi receives a prayer mat from his parents then is baptized with the
presence of his parents
c)
The author finds out Pi has a wife named Meena and two children named
Usha and Nikhil
d)
Pi tells the story of when both Mr. Kumars meet
e)
Pi's father decides to move the family to Canada and sold several zoo
animals but is shipping some over in a cargo ship
f)
The huge ship starts to sink and Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with
a tiger, zebra and hyena
g)
We find out the tigers name is Richard Parker
Conflict or
“tension” eg person vs person, or (internal) person vs self; Is
this important to the novel’s theme or purpose? Circle one and
explain:
yes
or No
The
tension in this part of the text is person vs person and person vs
self. Pi is battling all his thoughts while in the boat as well as
trying to survive with the animals in the lifeboat. He's faced with
constant conflict trying to find a way to survive.
2.Setting
(When
&
where
does
various parts of your novel take place-how are theses places
important to the character or the theme of your work?):
The
setting at this beginning of this quarter is still happening in
India, when they run into Pi's three religious leaders at the beach.
As well as when he got his prayer mat he would use it in their back
yard. The rest of the quarter is happening on the cargo ship where Pi
is faced with the struggle to survive. He searches the cargo ship for
a way out and ends up losing his family. When he finds himself stuck
in a tiny lifeboat with a hungry hyena and sharks swarming around his
character must change. He learns to change from a naive little boy
loving animals to trying to figure out how to survive. This is where
the theme of religion is tested.
3.
Characters (Know your character types and why this is important to
your novel! (Eg. Are they round/flat-why?/static/dynamic-why?) How
many
characters do you meet in this quarter or do you find more about
their personalities?
We
are continuously learning more about Pi as his love for religion
grows. He expands his love for God and is learning more and more
about each religion. In this quarter we do finally find out who
Richard Parker is, the Royal Bengal Tiger. Pi finds him to be calm
and safe when the hyena is so very dangerous, he sees Richard as
safety.
4.Point
Of View~ Circle one!: 1st
person
3rd person/limited omniscient or
omniscient
The
novel is viewed from first person while Pi is telling the story from
his view as a child and growing up. Pi telling all his feelings and
emotions during the distress of the ship sinking. But every now and
then a small chapter or paragraph is from the authors point of view
when he meets Pi. Telling what the inside of his house and what his
family is like.
5.Notables
on writer’s style
and structure!
a)
b)
“Animals were sedated, cages were loaded and secured, feed was
stored, bunks were assigned, lines were tossed and whistles were
blown.”
c)“It
made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp.”
d)
“Mother chuckled. 'Last week he finished a book called The
imitation of Christ.'
'The
imitation of Christ! I
say again, I wonder how far he'll go with these interests!' cried
father.
Themes:
Record words and topics related to themes contained and developed in
your novel:
Survival
Religion
Love
for animals
Personal
Response to this quarter: what you thought or felt, related to, did
not relate to; how universal is the experience that your protagonist
goes through?
I
couldn't relate to much in this quarter but I really enjoyed the
suspense while Pi is in the lifeboat. Mostly because he's grown up
all his life with animals in cages but now he's faced with them head
on. The experience he goes through is really not universal because it
is not even close to an ordinary day to day kind of thing to happen.
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