Characters

Piscine Patel (Pi) is the main character in the story. He narrates it. He is a teenage Indian boy and he wants to be part of three religions: Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. This image is one of Dev Patel, because is very alike to Pi, and besides that, he is a Hindu and they have the same last names.

Richard Parker is a Bengal tiger that accompanies Pi when they are in the Pacific ocean. It is interesting how he eats all the animals that are in the boat except for Pi.

 Pi’s father is a zookeeper. He has strong political views and he wants to teach his son all that he can about animals and their psychology. He dies when the Tsimtsum sunk.

Father Martin is the one who introduces Pi to Jesus and to the Catholic religion.
Pi and Father Martin talk a lot and he says to Pi he can be part of multiple faiths.

Tomohiro Okamoto and Asturo Chiba are two Japanese men of the Ministry of Transport. They ask Pi about his survival story of the Tsimtsum sinking. They don’t believe him but they tape the interview and write it for their report.