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* [[The Aloner]]
* [[Anvilicious]]: [[In-Universe]]: Santosh Patel's lesson to Pi and Ravi about how dangerous animals are.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Santosh Patel's lesson on the savagery of animals goes through a thorough list -- andlist—and ends with guinea pigs. Which are genuinely domesticated.
* [[A Boy and His X]]: A Boy And His Tiger.
* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]]}}: {{spoiler|Pi survived the voyage, but lost everything except his last shred of humanity. Even his partner, Richard Parker, disappeared into the Mexican jungle without any meaningful closure}}.
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* [[Go Mad From the Isolation]]
* [[Hope Spot]]: Pi and Richard Parker recover and live happily for a time on the floating island, {{spoiler|until Pi discovers that it's a [[Garden of Evil]].}}
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Played with in full force if {{spoiler|you believe Pi's alternate story replacing the animals with humans}}.
* [[Interfaith Smoothie]]: Pi is a Hindu, a Christian, and a Muslim, and takes advice from clergy in all three faiths.
* [[It Gets Easier]]: Pi is introduced as devoutly religious, intelligent and a vegetarian. But when he has to survive, he abandons all morals. Killing becomes easier, and soon he is doing things like sucking fluid from fish eyeballs and eating feces {{spoiler|and human flesh}}.