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The protagonist of the story. Piscine is the narrator for most of the novel,
and his account of his seven months at sea forms the bulk of the story. He
gets his unusual name from the French word for pool—and, more
specifically, from a pool in Paris in which a close family friend, Francis
Adirubasamy, loved to swim. A student of zoology and religion, Pi is
deeply intrigued by the habits and characteristics of animals and people. -
✔✔Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)
The Royal Bengal tiger with whom Pi shares his lifeboat. His captor,
Richard Parker, named him Thirsty, but a shipping clerk made a mistake
and reversed their names. From then on, at the Pondicherry Zoo, he was
known as Richard Parker. Weighing 450 pounds and about nine feet long,
he kills the hyena on the lifeboat and the blind cannibal. With Pi, however,
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, Richard Parker acts as an omega, or submissive, animal, respecting Pi's
dominance. - ✔✔Richard Parker
The narrator of the (fictitious) Author's Note, who inserts himself into the
narrative at several points throughout the text. Though the author who
pens the Author's Note never identifies himself by name, there are many
clues that indicate it is him, himself, thinly disguised: he lives in Canada,
has published two books, and was inspired to write Pi's life story during a
trip to India. - ✔✔The Author- Yann Martel
The elderly man who tells the author Pi's story during a chance meeting in
a Pondicherry coffee shop. He taught Pi to swim as a child and bestowed
upon him his unusual moniker. He arranges for the author to meet Pi in
person, so as to get a first-person account of his strange and compelling
tale. Pi calls him Mamaji, an Indian term that means respected uncle. -
✔✔Francis Adirubasamy
Pi's older brother. Ravi prefers sports to schoolwork and is quite popular.
He teases his younger brother mercilessly over his devotion to three
religions. - ✔✔Ravi
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The protagonist of the story. Piscine is the narrator for most of the novel,
and his account of his seven months at sea forms the bulk of the story. He
gets his unusual name from the French word for pool—and, more
specifically, from a pool in Paris in which a close family friend, Francis
Adirubasamy, loved to swim. A student of zoology and religion, Pi is
deeply intrigued by the habits and characteristics of animals and people. -
✔✔Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)
The Royal Bengal tiger with whom Pi shares his lifeboat. His captor,
Richard Parker, named him Thirsty, but a shipping clerk made a mistake
and reversed their names. From then on, at the Pondicherry Zoo, he was
known as Richard Parker. Weighing 450 pounds and about nine feet long,
he kills the hyena on the lifeboat and the blind cannibal. With Pi, however,
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, Richard Parker acts as an omega, or submissive, animal, respecting Pi's
dominance. - ✔✔Richard Parker
The narrator of the (fictitious) Author's Note, who inserts himself into the
narrative at several points throughout the text. Though the author who
pens the Author's Note never identifies himself by name, there are many
clues that indicate it is him, himself, thinly disguised: he lives in Canada,
has published two books, and was inspired to write Pi's life story during a
trip to India. - ✔✔The Author- Yann Martel
The elderly man who tells the author Pi's story during a chance meeting in
a Pondicherry coffee shop. He taught Pi to swim as a child and bestowed
upon him his unusual moniker. He arranges for the author to meet Pi in
person, so as to get a first-person account of his strange and compelling
tale. Pi calls him Mamaji, an Indian term that means respected uncle. -
✔✔Francis Adirubasamy
Pi's older brother. Ravi prefers sports to schoolwork and is quite popular.
He teases his younger brother mercilessly over his devotion to three
religions. - ✔✔Ravi
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