“The difference between the brain of the human and the higher animal obviously lies in the degree, not the difference on the essence” (Charles Darwin). The purpose of the quote is to express the feeling that the animal and human is similar, they have the human-like qualities. In Life of Pi written by Yann Martel, Pi uses animal imagery to show that animals that can be mad, suffer, and sad which are all human qualities. In the Life of Pi, animals have the human-like emotions. They will be mad when others do something harmful to their friends. After the ship sank, there are some animals survived on “Pi’s Ark”: a zebra, a hyena, an ape and a tiger; however, the hyena is hurting the zebra. The ape: “But with her giant arms, lift in the air, she looked impressive. Their span was greater than her height-one hand hung over the water, the other reached across the width of the lifeboat nearly to the opposite side. She pulled back her lips, showing off enormous canines, and began to roar. It was a deep, powerful, huffing roar, amazing for animal normally as silent as a giraffe” (Martel p158). When the hyena was hurting the zebra, “Orange Juice”, the female ape didn’t only stare at this happening, she roared and revolted to make hyena move away from zebra. She used roar to show her anger at the hyena. This is the way how animals and human is similar. Animals used their action to show their emotion and how their characteristics. They have the same emotion like human; therefore, they
