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
Pi gathers extra water from rain and the solar stills in bags, and he worries constantly that the bags will break. He adds seawater to Richard Parker’s water, but even so they both barely survive. Whenever Pi catches food he always gives the tiger most of it. In his hunger Pi starts eating his food while it is still alive, and one day he notices that he is wolfing down the meat in the same manner as Richard Parker.
