Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Life of Pi, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Survival
Religion and Faith
Storytelling
Boundaries
Summary
Analysis
After this episode Pi’s brother Ravi would tease him mercilessly for his religious activities, suggesting that Pi also become Jewish so he could have more days of the week off for religious holidays.
Martel steps back to place Pi within the “real world,” which takes a dim view of his religious activities, but Pi still seems to exist in his own “magical realist” universe.
Themes
