Art

Though art is never directly mentioned or incorporated into a theme of this novel the style in which Pi and the author describe the settings make one create detailed images.

“The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp. Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished. Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart. From the lifeboat I saw something in the water” (Martel 97).

With in depth descriptions like this Martel is able to create vivid images of Pi’s ordeal at sea. Whether it is his description of the boat sinking or Pi’s interaction with the wildlife in and out of the water. As see in the picture above the images one would imagine when reading this book could easily be turned into a painting or expressed in a variety of art mediums.