Self Discovery In Life Of Pi

Discovery is an integral part of the human progress which is habitually confronting and provocative. The journey of discovery can lead us to new worlds and values, stimulate new ideas, and enable us to speculate about future possibilities. Discoveries and discovering can offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of ourselves and others. In Ang Lee’s film, Life of Pi, the protagonist embarks on a journey of self discovery that results in significant personal growth. Similarly in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonists each face an internal struggle of delving into adulthood leading to a fresh renewal on their perception of themselves and others, and the heightened awareness and transformative nature of individuals values.

This article effectively depicts the struggles to overcome the challenges that are faced throughout strenuous experiences as they can impel to ongoing effects of new found inner fortitude and values of others and selves. The story reveals the mothers discovery of resilience in her statement “I can’t die tonight my son needs me”. The high emotive language depicts her newly revealed inner strength and greater need of survival through her renewed purpose in life, to nurture and mother her son. additionally, the mother is opened to a new perception of the cruelty of others as depicted through her expression “What a monster”. The explicit use of diction Exemplifies the new lenses that she has now seen him through, and discovering his horrid unloyalty towards her and her son, thus gaining a new perception of others and obtained a greater appreciation for those who are truly genuine in her life, thus leading to a renewed perception of others and their impact in her

Through Pi’s strenuous experiences, He gains an understanding to balance his differing interests and learns that with both he is one. Pi is introduced to his inner strength as a result of the orangutan suffering. A close-up shot accentuates Pi’s change of facial expression to unwavering anger. The low angle shot reveals cloudy detecting pathetic fallacy as it resembles Pi’s empowerment and vexation. Pi’s battle between his morals and instincts are successfully demonstrated When Pi points a spear at Richard Parker with the accompaniment of a high angle shot. This shot successfully show Pi’s dominance in his changed behaviour toward Richard Parker, representative of Pi’s inner power for survival. This exemplifies Pi’s internal struggle to balance both his morals and primal instincts, in the process of discovering his holistic persona. Pi begins to gain an understanding of the tiger’s behaviour in a training scene between the two conflicting characters. the scene begins with high and low angle shots to depict the struggle and fight for power between Pi’s moral and his survival instincts. Eye level shots of both characters emphasise Pi’s discovery that he should not be in hostility with his own instincts but rather accepts it is apart of his being, thus discovering the truth of himself and his own