Pi is taken to a hospital by a police car the next day. There, he considers his story ends with gratitude to the villagers who saves him.
I was overwhelmed by the generosity of those who rescued me. Poor people gave me clothes and food.
Doctors and nurses cared for me as if I were a premature baby. Mexican and Canadian officials
opened all doors for me so that from the beach in Mexico to the home of my foster mother to the
classrooms of the University of Toronto, there was only one long, easy corridor I had to walk down. To all these
people I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks.
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In Part Three, Pi also reflects the conversation with the two officials from Maritime Department in the Japanese Ministry of Transport who are trying
to get the information about the Tsimtsum shipwreck. Pi relates the story of his 227 days journey in the Pacific Ocean along with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan,
and a Bengal tiger, Richard Parker that killed each other and left Pi with the tiger at the end. However, they didn’t believe Pi’s fantastic tale of surviving with a
Bengal tiger.
3.5 Dénouement
Therefore, Pi relays to them a second story, this time replacing the animals with humans: a ravenous cook instead of hyena, a sailor instead of a
zebra, and his mother instead of the orangutan. The officials note that the two stories match and that the second is far more likely to happen.
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Mr. Okamoto: “Yes that’s it. Let’s go. Well, Mr. Patel, I think we have all we need. We thank you very much
for your cooperation. You’ve been very, very helpful.”
“You’re welcome. But before you go, I’d like to ask you something.”
“Yes?” “The Tsimtsum sank on July 2
nd
, 1977.” “Yes.”
“And I arrived on the coast of Mexico, the sole human survivor of the Tsimtsum, on February 14
th
, 1978.” “That’s right.”
“I told you two stories that account for the 227 days in between.”
“Yes, you did.” “Neither explains the sinking of the Tsimtsum.”
“That’s right.” “Neither makes a factual difference to you.”
“That’s true” “You can’t prove which story us true and which is not.
You must take my word for it. “Yes, that’s true.”
“So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can’t prove the question either way, which
story do you prefer? Which is the better story with animals or the story without animals?
Mr. Okamoto: “That’s an interesting question…” Mr. Chiba: “The story with animals.”
Mr. Okamoto: “Yes. The story with animals is the better story.”
Pi Patel: “Thank you. And so it goes with God.” Martel, 2010: 316-317
Then Pi’s story is written in a report that the Japanese officials release and they commend Pi for living so long with a tiger in the Pacific Ocean.
The author found that in this part, every conflict in the story has been untied according to Pi’s point of view and reached to a complete end.
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CHAPTER IV CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1 Conclusions
After doing the analysis of this novel, the writer concludes that the novel Life of Pi uses foreshadowing as the plot technique. In the beginning of the novel,
the author keeps on making references to some tragic episode in Pi’s life without actually naming it. The story frequently jumps from the author’s point of view to
Pi’s at another time. Moreover, the story can be classified into each of the plot elements or parts to which the writer concludes:
1. Exposition – Introduces an anonymous author finds an
