Reinvention is a change people make, mostly in the hope of a positive result that takes them to a better place than before. It is a complex process which takes place naturally through personal development. Reinvention can also be seen as defining yourself - not to be like your parents, and not to be like your friends, but to be yourself. We all must at one point reinvent some aspect of our lives, building on from the circumstance that we are put in to begin with. The text `Life of Pi' has shaped my understanding of reinventions and it has come to include the reinventing of perspectives, identity and narratives. The concept of reinventing narratives is again explored through the short story "The Prince and the Magician" by John Fowles, and the notion of reinventing a new identity is demonstrated in the song "Something was missing" from the...