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Published: 26.04.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Life of Pi by Yann Martel', 1.
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<Tab/>Life of Pi by Yann Martel is an adventure book. It is about Pi Patel, a very religious boy, who gets shipwrecked. He was on his way to Canada from India when his ship starts filling with water. He is stuck all alone on a lifeboat with four animals: a zebra, hyena, orangutan, and a 450-pound tiger. Pi struggles to understand why these hungry predators don't eat him, and why no one is coming to his rescuer. He also struggles to fight the forces of nature.
<Tab/>The setting of the book starts in Pondicherry, India. This is Pi's homeland and where he was born.…

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