Actually, animals represented people: zebra was a sailor, hyena was cook, orangutan was Pi's mother and tiger was Pi. Animal symbolisms is significant in “Life ...

In the story Life of Pi the zebra symbolizes the sailor. In real life the zebra symbolizes the suffering and cruelty that is in this world. Hyena. In the story ...

In Martel's novel, Pi discusses the temptations and dangers of thinking about animals in humanized terms. He references mentally unstable people who believe ...

Dec 11, 2012 · In the end, we're told that the Zebra symbolizes the sailor, the Orangutan his mother, the Hyena is the brutish cook and Richard Parker the ...

Shmoop guide to Animals = Humans in Life of Pi. Animals = Humans analysis by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford, Harvard, and Berkeley.

Mar 11, 2008 · The orangutan symbolizes comfort and security - she is protective and motherly and can be understood as Pi's mother. Lastly, the zebra ...

Apr 22, 2016 · It represents death, desolation, grief, and ultimately the growing animal instinct in Pi. It brings to life the haunt of living alone on a ship, ...

Jul 21, 2021 · Life of Pi is one such novel that has animal symbols to the core in unleashing the life cycle, human psychology and human philosophy.