Life of Pi

Question 1

Its pits

Answer 1

Its pits are filled in, the cages torn down. I explore it now in the only place left for it, my memory

Question 1

Then the

Answer 1

then the elderly man said, “I have a story that will make you believe in God.”

Question 2

I know

Answer 2

I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.

Question 3

Like me

Answer 3

Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry them – and then they leap.

Question 4

We commonly

Answer 4

We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man.

Question 5

So you

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Possibly a

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“Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain,” and, to the very end, lack imagination and miss the better story.

Question 7

“But he

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“But he can’t be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim. It’s impossible. He must choose…”

Question 8

Bapu Gandh

Answer 8

Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God,” I blurted out

Question 9

I felt

Answer 9

I felt shock. I felt a great emptiness within me, which then filled with silence.

Question 10

When your.

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When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

Question 11

To be

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To be afraid of this ridiculous dog when there was a tiger about was like being afraid of splinters when trees are falling down

Question 12

Yes, so

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Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen.”

Question 13

We were

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We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. We would live – or die – together…

Question 14

I descended

Answer 14

I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible
context: He isnt a strict vegetarian

Question 15

Themes [4]

Answer 15

1) Story telling
2) Survival
3) Religion
4) boundaries vs freedom

Question 16

I preferred

Answer 16

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.

Question 17

Which is

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Which is the better story, the story with animals or the story without animals?”

Question 18

The lower

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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.

Question 19

The symbolism of the algae island [2]

Answer 19

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