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The Author

The narrator, whose voice frames the
story as he interviews Pi Patel. The
Author is a Canadian living in India
when he hears about Pi’s story and
journeys to interview him. By the end
of his talks with Pi, he considers Pi a
friend and retells Pi’s story.

Mr. Adirubasamy

An elderly man whom The Author meets in the Indian Coffee House in India. He is
the first person to tell Pi’s story, which compels The Author to go to Toronto to
meet Pi Patel. His pitch to The Author is that Pi’s story will make him “believe in
God.” A champion competitive swimmer who teaches Pi how to swim, he is also
the source of Pi’s full name, Piscine Molitor, the name of a glorious swimming pool
in France.

Richard Parker (aka Thirsty)

A full-grown tiger, originally housed in the Pondicherry Zoo run by the Patel family.
He was brought there with his mother by a man named Richard Parker. The tiger
cub was originally named Thirsty, but
because of a clerical error on the official
form, he became known as Richard
Parker. When the ship he, Pi, and Pi’s
family are traveling on sinks, Pi rescues
him and keeps him alive. Toward the
end of the novel, he runs into the wilds
of Mexico, never to be seen again.
However domesticated and docile he may have become while in captivity, his
nature is completely that of a wild animal.

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