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Discussion Questions. Life of Pi Chapters 37-55. In your current group…. In Part Two, the author/narrator’s voice disappears; all of the chapters are told in Pi’s voice. In terms of the structure of the novel, why does Martel do this?. All #1s Move Clockwise.

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  1. Discussion Questions Life of Pi Chapters 37-55

  2. In your current group… • In Part Two, the author/narrator’s voice disappears; all of the chapters are told in Pi’s voice. In terms of the structure of the novel, why does Martel do this?

  3. All #1s Move Clockwise • At what point does the reader clearly conclude that Richard Parker is the name of a tiger and not a person? (Find a page reference.) How does Martel use language to perpetuate ambiguity about Richard Parker right up until that point?

  4. All #1s and #2s Move Clockwise • Though most of the narration of these chapters is intense and serious, Pi’s character also has a humorous, maybe even sarcastic, voice in places. Find examples and discuss how Martel’s use of language contributes to the humorous tone.

  5. All #2s and #3s Move Clockwise • How has Martel used lightness and darkness / day and night in Part Two, and to what effect?

  6. All #3s and #4s Move Clockwise • Why might Martel have chosen to give the tiger a human-sounding name? Think of the earlier chapters about the zoo animals. Also think about what Richard Parker might mean to Pi.

  7. All #1s and #4s Move Clockwise • Why does Pi deem Plan Number Four to be a “clever, suicidal plan”?

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