Step 1: What is the island?
- Look at the descriptions of the island.
- What is it?
- How is it described? Look for quotes.
Step 2: What happens on the island?
- What is the plot of this chapter?
- What does Pi do?
- What does Pi think?
- How do Pi’s views of the island change?
- What happens to Richard Parker?
Step 3: What is the purpose of the island?
- ‘To question and to doubt, Pi learns during his stay on the island, is the key to survival.’ Is this the purpose of the island?
- How does the island serve as a test of faith for Pi?
- ‘When Pi stops believing blindly in the island as a source of sustenance and begins to explore and question it, he sees the island for exactly what it is.’ What does Pi learn while on the island?
- How does Pi’s experiences on the island explore the concepts of faith and belief?
- How does Pi’s experiences on the island explore the idea of survival?
