Hunger In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

Imagine being lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger that’s starving of hunger and having to figure out a way not to get eaten by it. Or having to train a really dangerous tiger knowing that it might attack because it’s hungry. Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, describes one full story of a kid who’s lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger, and a kid whose family passed away when they were on a boat on their way to Canada for better job opportunities. The story with animals is more believable because it talks about Richard Parker eating a hyena and a French castaway, Pi eating sea animals, and Pi having to train Richard Parker. Richard Parker eats a hyena and a French castaway in the boat because he hadn’t eaten in a really long time since the last time Pi got him something to eat, he also ate them because he was dying of hunger. Richard Parker ate a hyena than a couple days after he ate a French castaway who tried to eat Pi. Pi said: “The hyena died neither whining nor whimpering, and …show more content…
Throughout the journey Pi had decided that it will be a really good idea to train Richard Parker by letting him know who the alpha is in the boat, also that it´ll be better if Pi himself maintained the really dangerous tiger alive for companion just so he wouldn't feel alone while he was on the boat. Pi said ¨I started training Richard Parker so he knew who the alpha was in the boat so he wouldn't ever attack him throughout the journey¨ (Martel 178). This basically means that Pi had made a final decision in order for him to actually be able to survive on a boat with a really extremely dangerous animal. In order for someone to actually survive in the same place together, they must train them and basically let them know who the alpha is there. A story where a human survives with a tiger in it is by training that animal and fighting them for a