Life of Pi essay - yann martel

In literature, the extent of the characters circumstances or external forces can compel the character to confront his or hers moral beliefs. Ones who are forced upon to challenge his or hers moral beliefs due to the circumstances or external forces, would need to reconsider whether to continue listening to their beliefs, or to push it aside for the time being. In Yann Martel's Life of Pi , Pi Patel, the narrator, does confront his moral belief in order to survive through the journey of the pacific ocean. At the beginning of this long journey, Pi's first confrontation was to set a side his…