Introduction:

Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure. The protagonist of this is Piscine Molitor Pi Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry. He survived 227 days after a ship wreck. He was stranded on a life boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

The storm:

The story begins with Pi’s family in a ship named Tsimtsum transporting animals from their zoo. Suddenly the ship encounters a violent storm and sinks. Pi manages to escapes in a small life boat. He was alone and orphaned.

Pathetic condition of Pi:

In the middle of the Pacific, he found himself hanging on to an oar, an adult Bengal tiger, a hyena in front of him, sharks beneath him with a storm raging around him. He looked around for anything that might bring him hope. But only the rain, rough waves and darkness surround him.

The life boat:

The life boat was 26 feet long and most of the things in the life boat were orange. It was designed to accommodate a maximum of 32 people. Pi was too weak and he was exposed to scorching sunlight and the saltiness of the wave. This led him to asphyxiation (deficient supply of oxygen to the body).

The elixir of life:

The words thirst, drinking water came to his mind. His search for water took him dangerously close to Richard Parker. But nothing could stop him. A little later he succeeded in his search. When he found a stock of drinking water cans, Pi came back to life after drinking the elixir of life.

The stark truth:

Finally, Pi realizes the truth that it was Richard Parker who had saved him. Pi was thankful to Richard Parker as it did not allow him to think about the sad plight of his family and their death. The stark truth is without Richard Parker, Pi would not be alive now. The great beast pushed him to live on for 227 days by remaining a silent companion to Pi.

Conclusion:

At the end, Pi left Richard Parker at a jungle in Maxico and is never seen again. Pi was rescued by a ship and he was reunited with his family.

Moral: Miracles are possible when all the struggles are grasped.