Life Of Pi Rhetorical Analysis

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Introduction: George
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Transition – Yann Martel is a Canadian author that has spent time in Europe, Asia, South America, and North America. Martel created a multi-cultural work that combines magical realism and survival fiction in his 2001 novel, Life of Pi. Life of Pi is the story of Pi Patel, an Indian boy with unique experiences with religion and animals, surviving 227 days as a castaway with animals after the cargo ship transporting Pi and the zoo creatures makes an unscheduled stop at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Martel uses a philosophical, reflective tone as he illustrates the monumental changes Pi undergoes as his time at sea increases.
CLAIM – In Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses symbolism to develop themes …show more content…

In his life prior to the sinking of the ship, he was a vegetarian. However, he knew that if he wanted to survive he would have to eat fish. He struggled with this at first, and felt as if he “was now as guilty as Cain”(Martel 183).
Quote ANALYSIS (what does it mean? Why was it used? How does it communicate the subtopic of the body paragraph?) This tells the reader how difficult it was to kill an animal at the start of his journey. It sets the stage for how Pi will change and develop as the conditions get rougher and he is challenged more and more by life’s force.
Evidence 2 - After this murder, he killed many more and it was no longer an issue for him. Pi reached the maximum levels of hunger when he tried the cannibalistic path at one point. At the end of chapter 90, Richard Parker kills a man who was also lost at sea. The tiger saves Pi from being strangled by the frenchman, and the two end up eating him. Pi claimed to have eaten only “some of his flesh” that “slipped into his mouth nearly …show more content…

Pi that arrives to the island is his good moral personality. Pi realizes that if he stays in the island he could be dead. This means that his violent personality is growing so much that his good personality could be killed eventually.
Body 3- Dylan
TOPIC statement- The Color Orange represents survival and the drive to push on.
EVIDENCE from the book – at least two specific quotes required- don’t forget to place the quote in context “It seems orange -such a nice Hindu colour- is the colour of survival because the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and life jackets and life buoy and the oars and most every other significant object aboard was orange” (Martel 138).
Quote ANALYSIS (what does it mean? Why was it used? How does it communicate the subtopic of the body paragraph?) This quote is used to directly state that the color orange is a symbol of survival. I says all of the most important objects that are needed for Pi to survive, are orange. This quote ties all further situations that have orange with survival.
Evidence 2
“Warmth came only when the sun, looking like an electrically lit orange…” (Martel

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