“Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.” –Jamais Cascio. Survival requires you to have aspiration even if something goes in the wrong direction and intelligence by creating useless items into useful items. In the excerpt Life of Pi by Yann Martel, it explains how Pi struggles to survive on a lifeboat with a large Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean after a horrific shipwreck. In the short story, “Story of Keesh” by Jack London it describes how Keesh believes that the meat provided to the village in the North Pole wasn’t apportioned fairly causing him to successfully hunt alone for meat using a clever tactic. These
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In the beginning of the rising action of Life of Pi, Pi realizes “You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better. We see that in sports all the time don't we? The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he be comes relaxed again, insouciant, daring” (Martel 80). Pi compares his aspiration level to a tennis challenger’s as the game comes to an ending since he has nothing else to lose, he settles down and takes risks that may assist his chances of survival. During the rising action, Pi finally notices, “My estimation of captains and ship chandlers wavered. My hopes for survival flickered. My thirst remained” (Martel 85). Pi has acknowledged that waiting to be rescued was unreliable, deteriorating his aspiration to an extent where it is still rapidly thriving as he will rely on himself to survive. The ending of the exposition of “Story of Keesh,” Keesh endures, “Jeers and scornful laughter followed him out of the igloo, but his jaw was set and he went his way, looking neither to right nor left” (London 64). Keesh’s total of high aspiration is constant after villagers criticizing his opinion on meat being apportioned and him going to hunt for meat alone. He believes greatly that he will triumphantly hunt to …show more content…
As the falling action progresses in Life of Pi, Pi “That meant I had food rations to last me-31 x 3-93 days! The instructions also suggested survivors restrict themselves to half a liter of water every twenty-four hours” (Martel 91). Pi’s academic skills will positively affect his survival in the future. Without that, it will prevent conservation of those key items from being misused and wasted. At the resolution, Pi, “I looked at Richard Parker. My panic was gone, My fear was dominated. Survival was at hand. And so it came to be: Plan Number Seven: Keep Him Alive” (Martel 93). Pi made a reasonable and wise choice not to kill Richard Parker but help him regardless of how cruel he emerges to be. Richard needed help to find food before it would have to lead to Pi being eaten and he was his companion, as well. In the turning point of “Story of Keesh,” Keesh, “The bear swallows the little round ball, the blubber melts, the whalebone with its sharp ends, stands out straight, the bear gets sick, when the bear is very sick, why, you kill him with a spear. It is quite simple” (London 73). Keesh applied prior knowledge and experiences to create a ball that may look harmless on the outside however is actually dangerous when consumed. He was well informed on whale blubber and bones based on this creation. Through the exposition, Keesh, “It is true that the meat to be apportioned me
In the beginning of the rising action of Life of Pi, Pi realizes “You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better. We see that in sports all the time don't we? The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he be comes relaxed again, insouciant, daring” (Martel 80). Pi compares his aspiration level to a tennis challenger’s as the game comes to an ending since he has nothing else to lose, he settles down and takes risks that may assist his chances of survival. During the rising action, Pi finally notices, “My estimation of captains and ship chandlers wavered. My hopes for survival flickered. My thirst remained” (Martel 85). Pi has acknowledged that waiting to be rescued was unreliable, deteriorating his aspiration to an extent where it is still rapidly thriving as he will rely on himself to survive. The ending of the exposition of “Story of Keesh,” Keesh endures, “Jeers and scornful laughter followed him out of the igloo, but his jaw was set and he went his way, looking neither to right nor left” (London 64). Keesh’s total of high aspiration is constant after villagers criticizing his opinion on meat being apportioned and him going to hunt for meat alone. He believes greatly that he will triumphantly hunt to …show more content…
As the falling action progresses in Life of Pi, Pi “That meant I had food rations to last me-31 x 3-93 days! The instructions also suggested survivors restrict themselves to half a liter of water every twenty-four hours” (Martel 91). Pi’s academic skills will positively affect his survival in the future. Without that, it will prevent conservation of those key items from being misused and wasted. At the resolution, Pi, “I looked at Richard Parker. My panic was gone, My fear was dominated. Survival was at hand. And so it came to be: Plan Number Seven: Keep Him Alive” (Martel 93). Pi made a reasonable and wise choice not to kill Richard Parker but help him regardless of how cruel he emerges to be. Richard needed help to find food before it would have to lead to Pi being eaten and he was his companion, as well. In the turning point of “Story of Keesh,” Keesh, “The bear swallows the little round ball, the blubber melts, the whalebone with its sharp ends, stands out straight, the bear gets sick, when the bear is very sick, why, you kill him with a spear. It is quite simple” (London 73). Keesh applied prior knowledge and experiences to create a ball that may look harmless on the outside however is actually dangerous when consumed. He was well informed on whale blubber and bones based on this creation. Through the exposition, Keesh, “It is true that the meat to be apportioned me