In “The Life of Pi”, Pi had to abandon his principles and “decided to try (his) hand at fishing, for the first time in (his) life” (“The Life of Pi” paragraph 2). Even though this went against what he believed in he made a quick-witted decision to do what took to survive. The most important thing to have in a survival situation is mental strength, Pi demonstrated having mental strength while stranded on a small boat in the middle of the ocean, he survived because he “couldn’t allow (himself) another mistake” (“The Life of Pi” paragraph 21). When you are in a position like this one, you can’t really focus on anything else but to stay alive. If you allow yourself keep making errors, that can cause your chance of survival to
In “The Life of Pi”, Pi had to abandon his principles and “decided to try (his) hand at fishing, for the first time in (his) life” (“The Life of Pi” paragraph 2). Even though this went against what he believed in he made a quick-witted decision to do what took to survive. The most important thing to have in a survival situation is mental strength, Pi demonstrated having mental strength while stranded on a small boat in the middle of the ocean, he survived because he “couldn’t allow (himself) another mistake” (“The Life of Pi” paragraph 21). When you are in a position like this one, you can’t really focus on anything else but to stay alive. If you allow yourself keep making errors, that can cause your chance of survival to