How Did Yann Martel Survive The Tragic Incident In Life Of Pi

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The Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a fantasy adventure novel. The main character of this book is Pi Patel, a 16 year old South Indian boy who survived at sea with a Tiger for 227 days. He was originally Islam, but then practiced Christianity and Islam. His father runs the Pondicherry zoo. Right when Pi turned 16 his family decided to close the zoo and move to Canada. His whole family boarded the Tsimtsum with all the zoo animals, in the process of being sold. The Tsimtsum ship sank from an unexpected event. This all happened while everyone was asleep. However, Pi was not asleep at that time and tried to wake his parents up, but it was all too late. He was the only survivor of the entire ship. Very few zoo animals had survived the tragic incident.

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