Life of Pi & Magical Realism

The "Life of Pi" is a work of magical realism because a human would not be able to survive on a boat alone with a tiger for 227 days. The story also had supernatural activity happening along the whole plot. Pi was in three different religions and was participating with each thought the story. Another reason the "Life of Pi" is a work of magical realism is because in the movie the settings seemed very real as if they could happen but in reality it was just the people from the wrecked ship that were with him. Pi thought of the crew members as the animals of the zoo he knew. In the end, Martel was only trying to tell us that our lives have meaning and he showed this by placing Pi in though situations throughout the story.