Themes In Life Of Pi

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The Life of Pi has many essential themes. The themes in the movie and book the Life of Pi help the audience identify the figurative meaning of the story. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi explores the will to live effectively. He does this by using specific diction and sentences to depict the main character’s ambition to survive.
One of the many themes Yann Martel explores in the Life of Pi is the will to live. The will to live plays a major role in the movie because Piscine Patel faces an internal battle between giving up hope of rescue or to remain fighting for his survival. This is first demonstrated during one of the first scenes on the lifeboat. Pi had to suffer and watch while the hyena attacked and ate the zebra plus the monkey. Eventually, the carnivore tried to strike Piscine and his will to live was first shown as he fought to survive (Life of Pi). The animal attacks revealed Pi’s initial survival instinct and also how much he was willing to fight to stay alive. Martel decided to display this idea to his audience
The will to live is a significant theme in the movie because of the main character, Piscine Patel faces his own battle of if he has enough strength and will to continue to survive. This is first demonstrated during one of the first scenes on the lifeboat. Pi had to suffer and watch while the hyena attacked and ate the zebra plus the monkey. Eventually, the carnivore tried to strike Piscine and his will to live was first shown as he fought to survive (Life of Pi). The animal attacks revealed Pi’s initial survival instinct and also how much he was willing to fight to stay alive. Martel decided to display this idea to his audience because it depicted how the attacks were almost too much for Pi and his innocent conscious. Also, it’s obvious to the audience that Pi has realized how the natural world is by flashing back to his childhood when he witnessed a different animal

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