1. What does Yann Martel try to achieve by changing Pi's eating habits, making him eat meat although he has been a vegetarian his whole life?
2. How does the rapid change of Pi's respect towards animals, concerning his brutal killing methods, clarify his will to survive?
3. Why did the author decide to form this novel into an allegory?
4. What is the point of having the blind castaway participate in the story?
5. Why does the blind Frenchman try to commit cannibalism? What effect does the introduction of cannibalism have on the story?
6. Why did the author create a chapter that only consists of two words, "The story"?
7. Should Pi's various and conflicting stories make the reader question his reliability?
8. Why does Pi rarely talk about the loss of his entire family in the shipwreck?
9. Would Pi have survived withour fear? Could fear be seen in a positive way?
10. What is gained or lost by Pi tellig the story with animals instead of humans?
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