It must be frustrating to be a teacher sometimes. Clearly this girl has not read the book
For some backstory, the Life of Pi is a survivalist story of a boy who is trapped on a boat with a Tiger. The book is full of all sorts of inner conflict. Here's a still from the movie.
Now, here is a question from someone who clearly has not read the book, or she would know that there is no war in the Life of Pi. Sadly, this question was posted two months ago, so the internet missed its chance to see if it could convince her that the reference to the circus ring in the book was a reference to The War of the Ring