Life of Pi and The Story of Keesh
Survival in an extreme environment requires intelligence, ingenuity and resilience. In the story “The Story of Keesh” Jack London portrays the fundamental character Keesh, who use wit and resourcefulness to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic, and in the story “Life of Pi” Yann Martel depicts how the main character Pi use ingenuity and resilience to survive alone in the middle of the Pacific ocean with an adult tiger. “The Story of Keesh” centers on Keesh, who had to hunt, despite the fact that it was abnormal for individuals of his age. Keesh invents his new hunting technique, which was a mystery to the villagers and the councilmen because they told him that “He is no man that he should talk to men and greybeards” (Page-62). Keesh’s utilization of head craft amazed the councilmen because he used only small chunks of blubber …show more content…
Pi lost his family after a fierce storm and “was alone band orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar” (Page: 79). Nevertheless, he recovers quickly and begins concentrating on how he is going to survive. For instance, according the text, Pi said “I had to tame him”. In other words, Pi forgot about the tragedy and reaches a decision about how to deal with the tiger. Pi utilizes wit to survive. For instance, Pi had cans with water, however he didn’t have a can opener, therefore, he kneeled on the bench and leaned over, and holding the can with both of his hands, he forcefully brought it up against a hook. After repeating the trick for few times “a pearl of water appeared” (Page: 87). Furthermore, Pi used arithmetic to find out that he would survive 124 days on the lifeboat with only using the supplies he had accessible, which brought smiles to his
Survival in an extreme environment requires intelligence, ingenuity and resilience. In the story “The Story of Keesh” Jack London portrays the fundamental character Keesh, who use wit and resourcefulness to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic, and in the story “Life of Pi” Yann Martel depicts how the main character Pi use ingenuity and resilience to survive alone in the middle of the Pacific ocean with an adult tiger. “The Story of Keesh” centers on Keesh, who had to hunt, despite the fact that it was abnormal for individuals of his age. Keesh invents his new hunting technique, which was a mystery to the villagers and the councilmen because they told him that “He is no man that he should talk to men and greybeards” (Page-62). Keesh’s utilization of head craft amazed the councilmen because he used only small chunks of blubber …show more content…
Pi lost his family after a fierce storm and “was alone band orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging on to an oar” (Page: 79). Nevertheless, he recovers quickly and begins concentrating on how he is going to survive. For instance, according the text, Pi said “I had to tame him”. In other words, Pi forgot about the tragedy and reaches a decision about how to deal with the tiger. Pi utilizes wit to survive. For instance, Pi had cans with water, however he didn’t have a can opener, therefore, he kneeled on the bench and leaned over, and holding the can with both of his hands, he forcefully brought it up against a hook. After repeating the trick for few times “a pearl of water appeared” (Page: 87). Furthermore, Pi used arithmetic to find out that he would survive 124 days on the lifeboat with only using the supplies he had accessible, which brought smiles to his