2. Author’s Note
is a traditional literary
device
The voice of the note is
NOT Yann Martel
The Author is a fictional
character who relates a
fictional experience.

3. Alternating View
Many stories, especially in literature, alternate between the first and third person. In this case, an author will move back and forth between a more omniscient third-person narrator to a more personal first-person narrator.

4. Chapter 1
Pi had endured much suffering, yet the reason is not revealed.

5. Chapter 2
The narrative briefly switches to the author’s point of view. The author gives a description of Pi.

6. Chapter 3
Pi’s narrative resumes!
Francis Adirubasamy

7. Chapter 4
Pondicherry Zoo
Animals prefer the consistency of the zoo just as man has accustomed himself to the rituals and abundance of modern society.

8. Chapter 5
St. Joseph School
Pi was bullied at school. Kids kept calling him “Pissing”.
Petit Seminaire
Pi hurried to the board with a piece of chalk in hand, and wrote Pi Patel.

9. Chapter 6
Author’s Point of View

10. Chapter 7
Mr. Satish Kumar
“Religion is darkness”
“Where is God? Where is God? Where is God?”
“God doesn’t exist”.