Life of Pi
Imagine walking through a zoo and seeing a 400 pound bengal tiger. Well now imagine being stranded in the middle of the Pacific ocean with that tiger named Richard Parker. This is what Piscine Patel had to do in the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Before he was stranded at sea, he had “training” that unexpectedly helped him survive.
`One thing that helped Pi at sea was his family. To illustrate Pi says “And what of my extended family-birds,beasts, and reptiles? They too have drowned. Every single thing I value in life has been destroyed. And I am allowed no explanation? I am to suffer hell without any account from heaven? In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker?”(2.37.98) This shows that Pi is suffering without his family and how everything he values has been destroyed. He wants an explanation of why this happened to him, but has none. “They were dead...To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share experience of growing old, …show more content…
“ Tigers are very dangerous, Father shouted. I want you to understand that you are never-under any circumstances-to touch a tiger, to pet a tiger, to put your hands through the bars of a cage, even to get close to a cage. Is that clear?”(1.8.34) This shows that, at a young age Pi learned how dangerous tigers were and to not mess with them. By having Pi’s father lecture him about tigers helped him on the boat by knowing what to do and what not to do with Richard Parker. “In my case, to protect myself from Richard Parker while I trained him, I made a shield with a turtle shell.” This shows that Pi figured out a way to train Richard Parker, and so he wouldn’t get attacked by him. Pi’s whistle was his “whip”, at the zoo they used whips to train the tigers. If Pi did not grow up on a zoo he might not have survived those day at sea with Richard Parker.
While Pi was at sea, staying faithful to his religions was one of the number one things that saved
Imagine walking through a zoo and seeing a 400 pound bengal tiger. Well now imagine being stranded in the middle of the Pacific ocean with that tiger named Richard Parker. This is what Piscine Patel had to do in the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Before he was stranded at sea, he had “training” that unexpectedly helped him survive.
`One thing that helped Pi at sea was his family. To illustrate Pi says “And what of my extended family-birds,beasts, and reptiles? They too have drowned. Every single thing I value in life has been destroyed. And I am allowed no explanation? I am to suffer hell without any account from heaven? In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker?”(2.37.98) This shows that Pi is suffering without his family and how everything he values has been destroyed. He wants an explanation of why this happened to him, but has none. “They were dead...To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share experience of growing old, …show more content…
“ Tigers are very dangerous, Father shouted. I want you to understand that you are never-under any circumstances-to touch a tiger, to pet a tiger, to put your hands through the bars of a cage, even to get close to a cage. Is that clear?”(1.8.34) This shows that, at a young age Pi learned how dangerous tigers were and to not mess with them. By having Pi’s father lecture him about tigers helped him on the boat by knowing what to do and what not to do with Richard Parker. “In my case, to protect myself from Richard Parker while I trained him, I made a shield with a turtle shell.” This shows that Pi figured out a way to train Richard Parker, and so he wouldn’t get attacked by him. Pi’s whistle was his “whip”, at the zoo they used whips to train the tigers. If Pi did not grow up on a zoo he might not have survived those day at sea with Richard Parker.
While Pi was at sea, staying faithful to his religions was one of the number one things that saved