11+-+Life+of+Pi+Themes+&+Motifs

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**THEMES**


 * **Theme #1**: sometimes when we are in distress, we tell ourselves stories to cope (the necessity to use personally constructed narratives as a coping mechanisms (Mr. Go)
 * **Theme #2**: the capacity of survival is present in all of us (TTsui)
 * **Theme #3**: In times of distress, human beings can adopt animalistic characteristics. (A.Y)
 * **Theme #4**:
 * **Theme #5**: Survival of the Fittest(to survive you must be the top being, as seen during the boat with the hyena, orange juice, and richard parker.) (Lyndon Snake)


 * MOTIFS **
 * **Motif #1**: **water** (pools, the piscines of Mamaji, later the ocean waters)
 * **Motif #2**: **pi** ("piscine", 3.14 - neverending value; indomitable, unqunechable spirit)
 * **Motif #3**: **the colour orange**
 * ** Motif #4: ** Animals
 * ** Motif #5: ** Religion/Spirituality