Life of Pi - Character names

Question 1

Pondicherry

Answer 1

Pi’s hometown in india, and where the zoo is located

Question 2

Ravi Patel

Answer 2

Pi’s older brother, always teases him because of his beleifs

Question 3

Father Martin

Answer 3

The catholic priest who teaches Pi about christianity(stories, practices, etc)

Question 4

Meena Patel

Answer 4

Pi’s wife(the author only saw her for a moment)

Question 5

Francis Adirubasamy

Answer 5

Also known as Mamaji(uncle), responsible for pi’s name, teaches pi how to swim, they aren’t actually related but pi calls him uncle out of respect

Question 6

Santosh Patel

Answer 6

Pi’s father, atheist, doesn’t fully support his son believing in three different religions

Question 7

Richard parker

Answer 7

A bengal tiger, considered dangerous, but ends up with pi on a boat

Question 8

Nakhil(nick)

Answer 8

Pi’s son(plays baseball)

Question 9

Usha

Answer 9

Pi’s daughter, she is 4 years old, holding an orange cat

Question 10

Tata

Answer 10

Pi’s dog

Question 11

Piscine molitor patel

Answer 11

Named after mamaji’s favorite Olympic swimming pool in Paris called the Piscine Molitor.

Question 12

Satish Kumar Muslim Baker

Answer 12

He is a muslim, encouraged and caused pi to study religion in college

Question 13

Satish Kumar Biology Teacher

Answer 13

He is an atheist(believes in science), and inspires pi to take zoology in college, Pi respects atheists for choosing a certain worldview (one without a God), but he dislikes agnostics, as they must live in a constant state of doubt or indifference.

Question 14

TsimTsum

Answer 14

They departed on June 21st, 1977, and the ship that skin’s everyone including pi’s family

Question 15

Bengal tiger

Answer 15

The tiger the father used an example of to show how dangerous animals are.

Question 16

zoomorphism

Answer 16

when animals see humans or members of another species as one of their own kind