Life Of Pi Orange Analysis

Samantha.bielecki Bielecki 1

Ms.Huff

ELA 30

November 23rd

Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a story based on the survival of a young boy named Pi. Throughout the novel there are symbols of hope and survival, symbols of hope and survival are represented in the color orange. This relates to the book because the main priority for Pi is for survival as well as the hope to once again be able to see his family. There are multiple hints of orange that help represent the survival of Pi as well as the hope that kept him going. These representations of the color orange would be Richard Parker (the orange cat), the life savers (the orange whistle), the Buoy (colored orange) and Orange Juice (the orangutan). These are all symbolic to how Pi had survived in the sinking of the tsimstum.

One distinct representation of survival in the novel would be at the beginning of the book when pi’s daughter, Usha comes in carrying an

orange cat. This small orange cat is a symbol of how Pi valued Richard Parker and how he was a key to his existence today. Richard Parker was the main key to Pi’s survival in his days at sea. Richard Parker is a symbol of survival because he helped Pi make it to land. Richard parker had helped Pi in the terms of survival because he had kept him occupied with finding food and water as well as finding even territory between each other.

Other significant parts of the color orange in the novel would be when the Chinese workers throw Pi overboard onto the boat. After they throw Pi into the lifeboat, they also throw Pi a life jacket with an orange whistle attached on the front. The whistle is a significant because the orange whistle is a call for help, it also significant because it has the hope that if someone is near they could possibly hear the whistle. This could lead to finding other survivors as well or someone finding to help him. The whistle does give Pi hope when they met the cargo ship and he starts to use the whistle in hope they would possibly notice him. They don’t end up noticing him but the whistle still gave Pi hope they would give recognition to him and the lifeboat being stranded.

More representation of survival and hope is the life buoy which was the color orange that gave hope and survival to Pi. When Pi is in the boat he notices an orange life buoy which he ends up make a life raft with. This is an ideal safe haven for Pi from Richard Parker but yet is stilled tied up to the boat for safety. That saved him for a while from Richard Parker because richard Parker didn’t have access to Pi and he wasn’t in the same boat as a vicious tiger, which he is in fear of. The life buoy is his hope that he can survive without being attacked from Richard Parker.

The last symbolic representation found was the Orangutan which was the color orange.

The Orangutan (Orange juice) is a symbol of emotional help in hope which leads to Pis survival . Orange juice is a symbol of hope because he symbolizes Pi’s mother. It gives a certain amount of emotional stability in Pi being able to keep going to in the hope he will be able to survive. When Orange juice is killed it shows Pi the dangers of trusting the deadly animals he is sharing a boat with and how he should keep his distance.

Life of Pi is about a young boy struggling to stay alive. Throughout the book there are hints of hope and survival through the use of symbols. The color orange being one of those symbols. There are various hints of orange, the hints of orange would be Richard Parker (the orange cat), the life savers (the orange whistle), the Buoy (colored orange) and Orange Juice (the orangutan). They are all important components to Pi and his hope to survive, as well as his survival, they kept him going on his

journey.