3。2 the Implied Meaning of the Name of Pi 9

3。3 the Implied Meaning of the Name of the Bengal Tiger 11

IV。 Relationships between Noumena and Metaphorical Objects in Life of Pi 13

4。1 Pi’s Mother and Lotus 13

4。2 Metaphorical Meaning Embodied in Life and Death 14

4。3 Barbarity and Divinity Contained in the Novel 15

V。 Conclusion 18

Bibliography 20

A Study of the Metaphors in Life of Pi

A Study of the Metaphors in Life of Pi

I。 Introduction

1。1 Background of the Author

Yann Martel, a Canada writer, was famous for his novel Life of Pi, which has captured widespread attention since it was published。 He was creative, which could be contributed to his abundant experience。 In 1963, Yann Martel, the son of diplomats, was born in Spain。 When he was young, he traveled Costa Rica, Canada, France, Mexico, Alaska and lived there for a period of time as well。 He lived in Iran, Turkey and India when he grew up。 Yann Martel graduated from Philosophy major of Trent University and then he went to India for 13 months。 He had visited masjids, churches, temples, zoos。 What’s more, he had read religious lections and stories about abandoned babies for two years。 So his good cognition about religion and India faultlessly helped himself to complete the novel Life of Pi。论文网

Yann Martel’s composition was inspirited by Dante Alighieri, Franz Kafka, Joseph Conrad, Nikolai cogol, Sinclair Lewis, Moacyr Sciar, Tomas Hardy and many other writers。 He had admitted in public for several times that Commedia Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri was the most impressive work for him。 Referring to the books in his childhood, he chose Alphonse Daudet’s Le Petit which broke his heart and he couldn’t help crying when he first read it at the age of ten。

1。2 A Brief Introduction of the Novel

The story happened in Montreal。 A writer who was finding inspiration heard about a legend story of Pi Patel by accident。 Little Pi is a boy who was born in India and believed Christianity, Islam and Hinduism at the same time。 He had his own idea of human nature and animal habit because of his special living environment that his father ran a zoo。 The beginning of the novel was seemingly unattractive and seemed like a life experience of a youth who held many religious beliefs。 But when Pi Patel was at the age of 17, his parents decided to move to Canada to live a well-off life。 By the time reading this, the story started to unfold inherent aesthetic resilience and profound social significance。

His father wanted to get a high price through the animals, so they need to take all the animals with them。 In the period of their movement, they met a French chef with a cold heart on the board。 However, the ship sank like Titanic on the way。 At that time, Pi Patel and a lifeboat were bumped into the sea by zebra and Pi Patel dropped on the cloth of the lifeboat fortunately。 Therefore, he began his 227-day drift in the sea。 There was a zebra with one leg injured, a hyaena, an orangutan who was coming by a floating banana and a grown Bengal tiger as well。 At the first three days, the hyaena ate the living zebra and then bit the orangutan to death, but thereafter it was killed by the orangutan。 In this regard, Pi Patel of seven years old began his drift with the Bengal tiger on the boat。 At first, they saw each other as enemy and wanted to kill each other。 However, with time going on, the thought that they wanted to kill each other changed to rely on each other and the Bengal tiger became mental strength that pushes Pi Patel to go on living。 After 227 days, Pi Patel and the Bengal tiger suffered many difficulties and finally got on the land。文献综述