Life of Pi Flashcards
Its pits
Its pits are filled in, the cages torn down. I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory
Then the
then the elderly man said, “I have a story that will make you believe in God.”
I know
I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.
Like me
Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them – and then they leap.
We commonly
We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.
So you
So you see, if you fall into a lion’s pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it’s hungry – be assured, zoo animals are amply fed – or because it’s bloodthirsty, but because you’ve invaded its territory.
Possibly a
“Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain,” and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.
“But he
“But he can’t be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim. It’s impossible. He must choose…”
Bapu Gandh
Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God,” I blurted out
I felt
I felt shock. I felt a great emptiness within me, which then filled with silence.
When your.
When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.
To be
To be afraid of this ridiculous dog when there was a tiger about was like being afraid of splinters when trees are falling down
Yes, so
Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.”
We were
We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. We would live – or die – together…
I descended
I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible
context: He isnt a strict vegetarian
Themes [4]
1) Story telling
2) Survival
3) Religion
4) boundaries vs freedom
I preferred
I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island.
Which is
Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?”
The lower
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
The symbolism of the algae island [2]
1) The allusion to the Garden of Eden to represent the temptation to lose faith during times of suffering or to settle for a simplified sense of spirituality.
2) Represents Pi’s spiritual journey, instead of staying on the island and succumbing to spiritual darkness, Pi leaves in search for his truth through his trial
