Perspectives In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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Throughout history human kind has possessed an intrinsic ability that no other animal has. It has helped us learn grow, conquer and succeed. This faculty is the ability to understand perspectives. In the novel Life of Pi Martel uses many examples for framing this idea. Through the use of Mr. and Mr. Kumar meeting together in chapter thirty-one, Martel illuminates that humans' greatest faculty is their ability to understand other perspectives even if human beings’ do not agree or experience it for themselves.
When Mr. and Mr. Kumar meet, although different, they share similar perspectives. For example they both find joy in a zebra, “Mr. and Mr. Kumar looked delighted. ‘A zebra, you say?’ said Mr. Kumar. ‘That’s right’, [...] ‘The Rolls-Royce of equids,’ said Mr. Kumar. ‘What a wondrous creature,’ said Mr. Kumar. This one’s a Grant’s zebra, I said. Mr. Kumar said, ‘Equus burchelli boehmi.’ Mr. Kumar said, ‘Allahu …show more content…
and Mr. Kumar taught Pi to better understand perspectives. For instance, when Richard Parker is sea sick, Pi can understand his seasickness. “He looked up anxiously- the exposure to so much light and open space did not please him either. And the rolling motion of the boat continued to unsettle him" (Martel 192). This ability becomes crucial for Pi’s survival because without relating to Richard Parker, Pi would not have had the motivation from Richard to keep pressing forward.
Furthermore, Pi’s optimism throughout his survival is also due to them. For instance, the two Mr. Kumars at the zoo both taught Pi to find the joy in life whether that joy is from religion or from a pondering of nature. This Perspective was not put there coincidentally. Yann Martel wants the reader to see their perspectives and how they both find joy so that the reader may then take their experiences for understanding the origin of part Pi’s optimism comes from. This is why the two Mr. Kumars example represent humans' ability to understand without
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