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Chapter 38
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Life of Pi, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Survival
Religion and Faith
Storytelling
Boundaries
Summary
Analysis
Pi falls forty feet and lands on a half-unrolled tarpaulin covering a lifeboat that is hanging from the side of the ship. Pi looks up and sees a Grant’s zebra jump gracefully after him. The zebra misses the tarpaulin and smashes into a bench on the lifeboat, crying out in distress. The lifeboat shakes at the impact and then falls into the water.
Pi’s luck in surviving begins immediately, as he falls a huge distance but happens to land unharmed on a soft surface. The zebra is not so lucky, but it too survives, showing the extremely potent desire of living things to keep on living.
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