Life of Pi Characters

From the book I have chosen five characters that really stood out to me.

Life of Pi: Characters

  1.  Piscine Molitor Patel

Pi is a sixteen year old Indian boy who is lost at sea when the ship, Tsimtsum, he was travelling on to Canada, sunk. Pi is the main character in this book, he is the one narrating the story.

  2.  Richard Parker

Richard Parker is a 450lb Bengal tiger. He was also travelling on the Tsimtsum when it sank, and ends up being Pi’s only travelling companion.

3.  Santosh Patel (Pi’s father)

Santosh is a zoo keeper. He is the reason he and his family are travelling to Canada on the Tsimtsum. He taught Pi and his brother Ravi to care for, control and fear wild animals.

4.  Satish Kumar (teacher)

Satish is Pi's biology teacher at Petit Seminarie. He is Pi's favorite teacher, and the first vowed atheist that Pi ever meets. He is also a great fan of the zoo; he sees it as his temple.

5.   Satish Kumar (baker)

Satish is a Muslim mystic, who works in a bakery in India and is Pi’s inspiration to study religion in college.