The Life of Pi
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English
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11th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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11 Slides • 31 Questions
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Pi suggests that “When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling.” (chapter one) Explain what he means.
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Pi compares peoples’ problems with zoos with their problems with religion and suggests that “Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.” (chapter four) What might he mean?
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Pi explains “in that elusive, irrational number with which scientists try to understand the universe, I found refuge.” (chapter 5) How does this explain Pi’s character and nature?
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Pi sees atheists and agnostics very differently (chapter 7). Why is this?
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Pi suggests that “many people seem to lose God along life’s way.” (chapter 17) Why is this the case? Is this true of our community/ society?
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‘Life of Pi’ was first published in Canada on September 11 2001. (chapter 11)
What contribution might the book make towards interreligious discourse in a post 9/11 world?
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Chapter 22 holds a key statement in the novel – if we lack imagination (faith), we miss the better story. Explain what is meant by the phrase "better story."
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Pi says “Bapu Gandhi said ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.” (chapter 23) Why are the religious men so bothered by Pi’s practice of all three faiths simultaneously?
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What position does Pi’s mother and father take to his beliefs? (chapter 27)
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What is significant about the four photos that Pi has left of his life before the Pacific Ocean? (chapter 33)
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Pi questions the purpose of reason. (chapter 37)
Why does he struggle with this?
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Pi reflects “I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me.” (chapter 40) Why doesn’t Pi simply give up?
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Pi says that having “lost all hope” he “perked up and felt much better”. Explain this apparent contradiction. (chapter 49)
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Discuss Pi's feelings related to fear. (chapter 56) Include your response to his feelings as well.
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What does viewing the ocean at night teach Pi about his predicament? (chapter 60)
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Pi says that he “descended to a level of savagery [he] never thought possible”. (chapter 66) What does this suggest about the human instinct for survival?
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Pi longs to have “a long book with a never-ending story”. (chapter 73) What might be his reasons and what does this add to Martel’s message about the nature of stories?
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What significance does Richard Parker’s presence take on after the encounter with the ship? (chapter 85)
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Why has Martel chosen to make the wasted condition of Pi and Richard Parker coincide with the pen running out of ink? (chapter 89)
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What is the significance of the cookies in chapter 98?
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Why does the novel end with the insurance report?
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First Statement Response
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Fourth Statement Response
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