The Basic Instinct of Survival in the Chrysalids and Life of Pi These two novels The Chrysalids by John Wyndham and Life of Pi by Yann Martel both have the theme of the basic instinct of survival. Both David and Pi use their basic instinct to stay alive due to the situation they are in. David and Pi are also using their basic instinct of survival in different ways. David for instance is not on a lifeboat with a tiger and Pi is not telepathic that knows other telepaths. Ultimately isolation is the key to survival which in turn warps the human mind. Towards the middle of each novel both characters start to learn to stay alive, Pi learns how to be on a lifeboat with a tiger and David learns to keep a secret from others. At the beginning of the chrysalids David finds out that he is telepathic, he also realizes that if he tells anyone he will be killed or sent to the fringes because he is a deviation. In part two of Life of Pi, Piscine has to learn how to survive on a lifeboat with a bengal tiger, while trying to stay hydrated and
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David and Pi are also using their basic instinct of survival in different ways. David for instance is not on a lifeboat with a tiger and pi is not telepathic. Ultimately isolation is the key to survival which over time can warp the human mind. In the start of the Chrysalids David finds out he is telepathic and discovers he can not tell anyone, Pi has to learn how to survive on a lifeboat with a bengal tiger. In the middle David finds out his sister also telepathetic and she is very strong and powerful, Pi is starting to find food in the boat and also fishing and is learning how to keep Richard Parker. At the end David and his group end up surviving due to the sealand woman who saves them for the war in waknuk, Pi survives by being saved by a rescue group and sent to the hospital in
David and Pi are also using their basic instinct of survival in different ways. David for instance is not on a lifeboat with a tiger and pi is not telepathic. Ultimately isolation is the key to survival which over time can warp the human mind. In the start of the Chrysalids David finds out he is telepathic and discovers he can not tell anyone, Pi has to learn how to survive on a lifeboat with a bengal tiger. In the middle David finds out his sister also telepathetic and she is very strong and powerful, Pi is starting to find food in the boat and also fishing and is learning how to keep Richard Parker. At the end David and his group end up surviving due to the sealand woman who saves them for the war in waknuk, Pi survives by being saved by a rescue group and sent to the hospital in