Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, the protagonist of Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, manages to survive an astonishing 227 days on an aimless life boat with the company of a 450 pound bengal tiger named Richard Parker. To survive alone with limited supplies, one must find new ways to live as well as adapt to their new surroundings. Physical health is the most important aspect of survival. Next, would be psychological (mental) health and finally spiritual wellness. These are three main aspects that would help anyone to survive.
To begin, physical health is the most important aspect of survival, especially for Pi as the elements such as sun, and heat pose a large threat to him. As well as the thing that scares him the most; Richard Parker. He needs to find a way to prevent himself from dying of hunger or thirst. It became so bad that he said “I have never known a worse physical hell than this putrid taste and pasty feeling in the mouth. This unbearable pleasure at the back of …show more content…
It was gigantic. It looked the size of planet jupiter to my dazed senses. His paws were like volumes of encyclopedia Britannica. I made my way back to the bow and collapsed. I kept thinking I had slept and was awaken after dreaming of a tiger”(Martel 146). This shows how much Richard Parker is on his mind because of what he is capable of doing. It impacts Pi in different ways and things he does about it affect his survival. “And so I pushed aside all thoughts of Richard Parker and fearlessly went exploring for fresh water”(Martel 150). “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear”(Ambrose Redmoon). That is exactly what is going through Pi’s mind at this point. Fresh water is more important than his fear of Richard Parker. If someone lets something get to their head too much it could cost them their
To begin, physical health is the most important aspect of survival, especially for Pi as the elements such as sun, and heat pose a large threat to him. As well as the thing that scares him the most; Richard Parker. He needs to find a way to prevent himself from dying of hunger or thirst. It became so bad that he said “I have never known a worse physical hell than this putrid taste and pasty feeling in the mouth. This unbearable pleasure at the back of …show more content…
It was gigantic. It looked the size of planet jupiter to my dazed senses. His paws were like volumes of encyclopedia Britannica. I made my way back to the bow and collapsed. I kept thinking I had slept and was awaken after dreaming of a tiger”(Martel 146). This shows how much Richard Parker is on his mind because of what he is capable of doing. It impacts Pi in different ways and things he does about it affect his survival. “And so I pushed aside all thoughts of Richard Parker and fearlessly went exploring for fresh water”(Martel 150). “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear”(Ambrose Redmoon). That is exactly what is going through Pi’s mind at this point. Fresh water is more important than his fear of Richard Parker. If someone lets something get to their head too much it could cost them their