![]() The episodes between Pi and Richard Parker will be analysed so as to identify the presence of such anthropomorphism underlying in the narrative, if any. Just like Colonisation of a country being as much psychological as political/social, the ‘othering’ of animals are found to be equally anthropomorphic as much as physical. This paper is an attempt to analyse Life of Pi from a vantage point where both the forms of ‘othering’ meet. The Western intellectual history has always been keen on ‘othering’ the animals and using the animal imagery as a mode for ‘othering’ humans. What we know about them is an index of our power, and thus an index of what separates us from them” (Berger 14). They are the objects of our ever-extending knowledge. The fact that they can observe us has lost all significance. The paper will – by analysing arbitrary, cultural and personal symbolisms and significances, mostly through psychoanalytical lens – unravel covert meanings and messages in cultural, religious and environmental contexts whilst simultaneously showing how these are pivotal to understanding major themes in the novel. Using qualitative descriptive case study, this paper aims to provide specific content knowledge by examining the literary use of symbols, symbolisms and significance in Yann Martel‟s „Life of Pi‟, which has been prescribed as a set book for Grade 12 school-exiting learners in South Africa, for the year 2017 onwards. However, as its interpretations are context-bound, it causes anxieties for the under-proficient language teacher who, firstmost, requires deep specific content knowledge to drive instruction and enhance cognition amongst learners. ![]() ![]() Abstract Symbols and symbolisms across literary genres are powerful rhetoric devices used to enhance not only writers‟ style, but to convey richness in meaning that transcends narrative descriptions. ![]()
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