Life of Pi

What is a zoomorphism? Give a few examples.

Chapters 27-36

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Zoomorphism is the attribution of animal like qualities to human beings.

"All sit in the drawing room. They “looked less like human beings. They were reverted to more bestial types.” Wargrave is “a wary old tortoise.” Blore is “a slow padding animal…a beast at bay ready to charge its pursuers.” Lombard is a “lithe and graceful” animal with “lips curling back from his long white teeth.” Vera Claythorne is a small, terrified animal, afraid to move."

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