Marine Survival
Being stuck on a boat in the middle of the ocean with people you don’t really know is hard to survive. When one deals with this situation and doesn’t have any background knowledge on anything, there's a high chance your survival rate will go down . But in the novel “The Life of Pi”, Pi was able to survive on the lifeboat because of his background knowledge on marine biology and the help of the symbolic nature of animal. The shark whales, flying fish and sea turtles played an important role when Pi was stuck on the boat. Each animal represented a valuable role that did Pi a favor. And the background knowledge of marine biology was helpful for many reasons, one being that it helped him get water when he was in need of it.
The sharks and whales were able to help Pi and richard survive the wild life and continue living. “I saw a triangle slicing the water fifteen feet away. It was a shark's fin. An awful tingle, cold and liquid, went up and down my spine. I …show more content…
he reason is because Pi was able to collect fresh water from the sea “I cupped a little water in my hand and brought it to my mouth. I took a sip.It was fresh water. This explained how the fish had died-for, of course, place a saltwater fish in fresh water and it will quickly become bloated and die” The quote talks about how Pi was able to undesrtand why theres fresh water which was because of the dead fish. Without the knowledge he had, he wouldn’t have survived because water is an essential resource especially in the condition Pi and Richard Parker were in. An example is found in chapter 68 where he sees the flying fish explained in paragraph 3. Pi used his knowledge on animals to train Richard Parker with the turtle. The background knowledge he used was based on animal dominance. The evidence on this is found in page 245 where Pi is training the tiger, Richard
Being stuck on a boat in the middle of the ocean with people you don’t really know is hard to survive. When one deals with this situation and doesn’t have any background knowledge on anything, there's a high chance your survival rate will go down . But in the novel “The Life of Pi”, Pi was able to survive on the lifeboat because of his background knowledge on marine biology and the help of the symbolic nature of animal. The shark whales, flying fish and sea turtles played an important role when Pi was stuck on the boat. Each animal represented a valuable role that did Pi a favor. And the background knowledge of marine biology was helpful for many reasons, one being that it helped him get water when he was in need of it.
The sharks and whales were able to help Pi and richard survive the wild life and continue living. “I saw a triangle slicing the water fifteen feet away. It was a shark's fin. An awful tingle, cold and liquid, went up and down my spine. I …show more content…
he reason is because Pi was able to collect fresh water from the sea “I cupped a little water in my hand and brought it to my mouth. I took a sip.It was fresh water. This explained how the fish had died-for, of course, place a saltwater fish in fresh water and it will quickly become bloated and die” The quote talks about how Pi was able to undesrtand why theres fresh water which was because of the dead fish. Without the knowledge he had, he wouldn’t have survived because water is an essential resource especially in the condition Pi and Richard Parker were in. An example is found in chapter 68 where he sees the flying fish explained in paragraph 3. Pi used his knowledge on animals to train Richard Parker with the turtle. The background knowledge he used was based on animal dominance. The evidence on this is found in page 245 where Pi is training the tiger, Richard