Transformative way of thinking occurs in chapter 8. Stories of what possibly happens to Pi the character are also irrational and It is an irrational number it cannot beĮxpressed by any combination of rational numbers. Molitor Patel, known to all as Pi Patel ‘π = 3.14.’” The number pi is full ofĬontradictions and transformations. Pi goes from class to class writing, but not saying, “My name is Piscine The pronunciation of his real name changes, too, from Piscine to “pissing,” and so it is changedĪgain. Transformation, changing from the name of a swimming pool in France to the name Even before Pi gets his nickname, his formal name has undergone a Pi’s birth name, Piscine Molitor Patel, is transformed into Pi Name means and how a person accepts his or her reality. Seemingly mutually exclusive interests expands into a discussion of what a person’s Pi’s slow and lengthy explanation of these The first hint of this theme is Pi’s choice to pursueīoth religious studies and zoology. This first section introduces the theme of transformative andĬonflicting realities. Relationship between science and faith, which are usually thought of asĭiametrically opposed ways of thinking and being. His influence on Pi is not insignificant and for Pi cements a These early chapters introduce the first, a biology teacher who is an atheistĪnd a communist.
Pi is mentored by two men with the same name: Satish Kumar. Pi’s experience informs his dual majors of religious The existence, morality, reality, and consequences of zoos areĭiscussed at length. But the most dangerous animals, Pi’s father believes, are Pi’s father feeds a goat to a tiger to illustrate howĬompletely wild the zoo’s animals truly are and that they are not to be thought Pi speaks at great length about the relationship between Pi Patel was born Piscine Molitor Patel, but because Piscine sounds like “pissing” and he was teased and humiliated at school, he changed his name to Pi. The novel’s first fifteen chapters relate Pi’s various transformations-the most important being Pi’s name itself.
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