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Pi And Richard Parker's Relationships

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Relationships between humans can already be extremely complicated, therefore when it comes to a relationship between humans and animals can be so different. Pi and Richard Parker’s relationship had its ups and downs but throughout the text there was prominent love and compassion for each other from each other. Pi and Richard Parker only had each other’s company on that raft for about 227 days and if they had to survive it could only be done by both of them co-operating and understanding each other. “I had to tame him. It was at that moment that I realized this necessity. It was not a question of him or me, but of him and me. Most likely the worst would happen: the simple passage of time, in which his animal toughness would easily outlast my frailty” This quote shows how Pi was forced to train Richard Parker as it was a crucial for survival. Thq quote includes the themes Survival, Suffering and Mortality. Pi’s tone is fearful but with a lot of knowledge and understanding. The reader can understand from this quote that how Pi managed to survive on …show more content…

In this quote, Pi expresses his love for Richard Parker and gives Richard Parker confidence that they will reach the shore and go back home. '' 'I love you!' The words burst out pure and unfettered, infinite. The feeling flooded my chest. ‘ I love you, Richard Parker...Don't give up, Richard Parker, don't give up. I'll get you to land, I promise, I promise.' '' The stylistic devices seen in this quote is repetition. This quote also revolves around the themes of Survival and Love and Pi’s tone is benevolent and compassionate. This gives the reader a thought that you might not be of the same species, love is everywhere and when it comes to a view of survival, no matter what both of them wouldn’t have survived if they did not have the support, love and company of each

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Exp1: During Pi’s and Richard Parkers struggle after huge storm they went through, the both suffered through hunger, blindness, and more painful protection. However, they both survived in the movie and in the book because Richard Parker inspired Pi by not be afraid, and to go against his fears. Pi inspired Richard Parker by surviving with him and doing what is right not by killing Pi.

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"...to remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all..." The Holocaust killed over 6-7 million people. Jews were forced to live in specific areas of the city called ghettos after the beginning of World War ll. In the larger ghettos, up to 1,000 people a day were picked up and brought by train to concentration camps or death camps. Elie Wiesel was a survivor in the Holocaust.

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Explain: Pi knows that he can’t live without Richard Parker and Richard Parker cannot live without Pi. In order to live, Pi must tame the tiger so Richard Parker doesn’t cause danger to Pi. Evaluate: The quote is significant because it shows that Pi is willing to do anything to survive even if it means conquering his fear of the Bengal tiger. Pi claiming dominance over Richard Parker is a way for Pi to continue to keep

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Which he experienced directly and during which he lost his family and many friends. Life of Pi is the story of a man who survives a harrowing shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a big tiger named Richard Parker. The beginning of the novel covers Pi's childhood and youth. The second half is him trying to fight to the end to and fend himself against the large tiger that he was stuck with on the boat. At the end of the story he was questions about if his story was

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Pi was able to escape onto a lifeboat, but had to learn how to adapt to his new and scary circumstances. Instead of freaking out and feeling sorry for himself, Pi learned that if he wanted to survive this horrific accident, he needed to change his wants and needs of his life. He needed to change his lifestyle, his views on religion, his eating habits, and what he

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It was at that moment I realized this necessity. It was not a question of him or me, but of him and me. We were, literally and figuratively, in the same boat. We would live - or we would die - together.” For Pi to tame Richard Parker would be to manage his uncontrollable fear of being stranded at sea alone on the lifeboat.

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Most would think one was crazy if one thought there was a bengal tiger lying dormant in a lifeboat. In fact, one would probably think oneself was crazy for the very same claim! Either way, the threat was real, and the two dangers, Richard Parker and al-Qaeda, are both incredibly deadly. When Pi and his brother were younger, their father had decided to show them the true dangers of the zoo they owned. The pure aggressiveness and predatory nature of many of the animals in the zoo absolutely shocked Pi, who lived a pacifist, vegetarian life.

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We can see Pi’s id be interpreted as his need for keeping Richard Parker alive. At the beginning of the novel, Pi rescues Richard Parker from drowning after the Tsimtsum had sunked. There is irony in this young Indian man inviting a dangerous animal into his own territory. However, for Pi, this was not the case as he acknowledges and credits Richard Parker for him being able to survive out on the sea “without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell my story” (Martel,164). This is because, for Pi, Richard Parker gave him a reason for him to find

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Pi faced many obstacles through his journey, but came out stronger than ever. “God, I give myself to you. I am your vessel. whatever comes, I want to know, show me” this shows the strength pi had because he dealt with the problem not by killing himself or giving up, but by putting his faith in god and trusting he would be brought out of dark times. Courage is strength in facing pain or lose.

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The portrayal of his character as being highly moral and religious in the beginning of the story were destroyed in his search of satisfying his basic physiological needs by turning into savagery. At many points in the story, Pi sees himself no different to Richard Parker as we are all animals looking to survive. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the story of The Life of Pi, demonstrates that our minds are controlled in stages, in which one set of needs must be satisfied before reaching the satisfaction of another. To understand the psychology of the human mind which allows us to reach the highest of stages of achievement, one must realize the darkest depths a mind can turn to in order to

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He routinely feeds and cleans up for Richard Parker. Pi says “A part of me did not want Richard parker to die at all, because if he died I would be left alone with despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger. If I still had the will to live, it was thanks to Richard Parker.” By creating work and being zookeeper for Richard Parker, Pi is supplied with meaning in his life to continue his

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There is one moment in the story where all his developed instincts were challenged. He was met with a school of flying fish that would jump out of the water and into the lifeboat. He had wrapped one fish in a blanket and intended to kill it with a hatchet. He could not bring himself to kill this fish with a hatchet, but ultimately cannot go through with it. Pi ends

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Not everyone can stand eating or drinking unpleasant substances, survive while being blind, and live next to carnivorous creatures. Pi on the other hand withstands all this misfortune for nearly a year. Additionally, another theme that comes to mind is that survival instincts result in some

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