6 help him. Then the mystical floa
ting appears as one of the God‟s ways to save him.
4. Floating
Based on Merriam Webster Encyclopedic 2001, floating is defined as something which continually moving or changing position.
The word “floating” between the title of this study means that something floating on the island not
settled in a definite place. The mystical floating island in the story is told that it has no soil and it is floating on the ocean which means that it is floating and can
move to the other directions.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In analyzing the symbols and metaphors of the mystical floating island, the researcher uses some related theories to discuss this study. There are two main
parts of this chapter. The first part is a review of related theories and the second part is a theoretical framework. In the review of related theories, the researcher
discusses the theory of psychological approach, the theory of metaphor, the theory of symbols and the relationship among myth, religion, and faith. In the theoretical
framework, the contribution of the theories to answer questions in the problem formulations of the study will be explained.
A. Review of Related Theories
Life of Pi is a story of a young boy with his long journey after a shipwreck
in the Pacific Ocean. The main character in the novel is named Pi Patel. In the novel, he is described as a religious boy. Pi does not only believe in one religion,
but several. Pi was born as a Hindu and then he meets new religions in his life. Pi practices his religions with strong faith, not only for the first religion,
but also for the others. The story of the main character in Life of Pi is described as someone who has strong faith while struggling with his catastrophe. As the main
character in the novel, Pi has several dominant characteristics. There are some undergraduate theses that focus on Life of Pi. One of them
is Prabowo 2010 who focuses on Pi‟s psychology like in his study The
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