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
One day there is a thunderstorm and lightning strikes the water near the lifeboat. Pi grows ecstatic at the sight and praises God for this “miracle,” but Richard Parker cowers trembling on the floor of the boat. Pi remembers this storm and his feeling of exalted wonder as one of his happiest moments at sea.
