The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Dramatic Plot
Rising Action
When Pi's family business
fails, they had hence decided
to move to Canada, where the
animals the family owns
would also be sold, they
embark on a sea voyage to
Canada to begin a new life.
1.
Exposition
In Canada, a writer visits the
Indian storyteller Pi Patel and
asks him to tell his life story. Pi
tells the story of his childhood
in Pondicherry, India, and the
origin of his nickname. One day,
his father, a zoo owner,
explains that the municipality is
no longer supporting the zoo.
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Climax
3.
2.
Falling Action
They are adrift in the Pacific
Ocean, with aggressive hyena
and Richard Parker getting
hungry. In a struggle to survive,
Pi and the tiger forge an
unexpected connection that
gives him daily motivation to
live.
One night aboard their Japanese cargo ship
in the middle of the ocean, a violent and
deadly storm hits and sinks nearly all that Pi
holds dear. Pi survives in a lifeboat with a
zebra, an orangutan, a hyena and a male
Bengal tiger nicknamed Richard Parker.
4.
5.
Resolution
The lifeboat eventually reaches the coast
of Mexico. Finally back on land, Richard
Parker stumbles away from Pi and stops
at the edge of the jungle. Pi expects that
the tiger will turn toward him and
acknowledge him, but instead he looks
into the jungle for a while and goes in. Pi,
too weak to follow, lies in the sand. He is
rescued by a group who carry him to
hospital, but he weeps that the tiger had
walked away without him.