Respuesta :
In the line "This book was born as I was hungry.", it meant that he was hungry for enlightenment and inspiration. As a writer, he was definitely stuck with bad reviews on his books before, and he was looking for a new way to make his stories shine. It was in India, that he was inspired to write "Life of Pi" that played with a lot of religious statements that put his path to enlightenment complete.
Answer:
Yann Martel's philosophical novel "The Life of Pi" explores the issues of spirituality and metaphysics that one experiences in their life. The protagonist Pi Patel leads us through his journey, shipwrecked and stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, which also serves as a way of the author addressing what is real or not.
Explanation:
In his introductory note of the novel, the author Yann Martel wrote that "this book was born as I was hungry". In this case, it does not necessarily mean the literal hunger for food or anything to eat. It may also mean the hunger for success, for any fulfillment in his profession, the hunger for anything to help him write, an inspiration or enlightenment etc. Thus, the emotional contentment, nourishment that he got was the novel, the writing of this story, the discovery of the life story of Pi Patel. The encounter with an Indian man who told him the story from which his novel was based, was also what made him appreciate the emotional fulfillment he got personally. This was enough for him, feeding his hunger and getting a story that is both magnificently beautiful as well as life- changing, even to the extent of making someone believe in God.
Further Explanation:
Yann Martel exclaims that the book "The Life of Pi" was a result of his hunger, with the exact quote going as "This book was born as I was hungry". Now, he did not mean the hunger for food or something to eat. Instead, he was rather commenting in his need to be inspired and enlightened so that he might be able to produce a full and fitting story to be shown or given to the world. This story was a result of his 'hunger' for contentment, for fulfillment.
Before he encountered the Indian man who would later tell him about a story that will enable him to believe in god, he (Yann Martel) had been on the lookout for any possible true story that will feed his hunger. So, this completion, this 'food' that the Indian man's story provided him was nothing sort of an emotional fulfillment. The thrill that he got from the publication of this story gave him a genuine feeling of feeling full, a feeling he was looking for and far better than he had previously expected.
"The Story of Pi" has the ability to affect the very core of human spirit, even leading the author to renew his belief in the power of art and more importantly, the power of a truly good story. Discussing the importance of this story even to his personal life, Martel indirectly referred to those times in his professional career where he was left with nothing and no productive work coming out from him. But, this failure which he termed "hunger" was also what led him to bring about the most fulfilling work of his. The success also made him understand the art of story telling and the inspirations that are proofs of the importance of imagination.
Keywords:
Yann Martel, The Life of Pi, Pi Patel, inspiration, story-telling, fulfilling, hunger, inspiration.
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