Finding himself as a castaway, Pi applies his understanding of faith and reason to an orangutan and tiger who accompanies him on a compact lifeboat. ... In the same way, Pi also looks at Richard Parker the royal Bengal tiger as a source of hope. ... In addition, considering the Bengal tiger as a "display of mighty art"" (151), Pi indirectly compares the Richard Parker to God, whose presence is "overwhelming, yet"" (151) gives Pi a sense of protection and hope. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" The Hungry Tide is set in the Sundarbans, an archipelago of hundreds of scattered islands, some densely populated while others completely uninhabited, at the mohona of several rivers in the Bay of Bengal. ... For hundreds of years, only the truly dispossessed braved the man-eating tigers, snakes and the crocodiles who rule these fragmented islands. ... The news was spread and people from Orissa, eastern Bengal and San-thal Parganas rushed to the tide country in search of free land. ...

• Word Count: 3979
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate