In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, the main character is a young teen who must endure the pain of loss and learn to survive alone. This young teen is named Piscine, but nicknamed Pi. In the second part of the book, Pi narrates his life on a boat alone with four distinct animals. He describes his feelings and thoughts on learning to survive day and night with only the company of animals. His voyage gets harsh and frightful as everyday passes by. He says, “When you’ve suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling” (6). Through Pi’s words he emphasizes the importance of struggles in life and after each struggle the next one aches even more. After leaving India, Pi ended up lost at sea with animals that can devour him in seconds, and his life became a horror of pains. This quote can also mean, that …show more content…
This statement holds true to my entire life. The very first time I felt I really was struggling through life, was when I was barely ten years old. I suffered a lot of emotional pain because of many family problems I had to witness. As a child I never knew how my parents problems can affect me so much. It hurt to see my parents fight, the yelling, the words, it all consumed me in pain. I used to be a very sweet and kind child, but after I endured such pain every other pain that continued shattered me. As I struggled through life, I found out my older sister was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome last year. When I found out my sister was sick, I broke down into a deep cycle of depression. Being a teenager and having to know your own parents share no love and your sister was sick, impacted the way I viewed life. I saw my life as a chained box of pains that I could never get out of. As time passed by, the pain I once felt became insignificant to me. Pain hurts for a long time, but I realized how with time the pain