At the commencement of my study of the term `reinvention', my understanding was very limited. To a post-modern ear, such as mine, the concept doesn't appear to have much depth or scope. I believed it only meant any sort of `alteration'. However with the recent study of certain various texts relating to `Reinventions,' one discovers that the term has deeper resonances than initially expected.

I now understand that the term `reinvention,' is an extremely broad, encompassing a range of prospects, and can be used to refer to a number of things. This essay will be a discussion of a number of the forms of `reinvention,'namely reinvention of beliefs, values and perspectives, physical reinvention, and a reinvention of self, as well as their relation to a number of selected texts, including Life of Pi by Yann Martel.

A very common form of `reinvention' is reinvention of...