Quotes From Life Of Pi

Unlike humans animals have an instinct for survival that overcomes any other emotions or situations but when put in a dangerous situation that is life or death humans will revert back to these primal instincts.Life of pi describes the dangerous journey of a young boy who must rely on those natural instincts to survive. Pi patel was a young boy from India who lived with his father, mother, and brother in a zoo. Pi’s was deeply fascinated with animals but his other fascination was religion and it would be his faith that got him through his hardship as when the family decides to head to canada their ship sinks on the way there. Pi must survive on the seas with a bengal tiger and learn to work together with it. By the end of his journey Pi learns

I climbed to the middle bridge. There was no one on the starboard side. I ran to the port side. I saw three men, crew members. I fell. I got up." Page 134. Pi was so distressed with the sinking of the ship that he kept falling over and then began to think about his family and how he would likely not see them again. “The ship sank” page 97. Pi is now stuck with the fact that the ship is gone and he is now all alone without his family and how his life now the fate of his life will be up to him and his will to survive. After the sinking of the ship Pi got stuck on a lifeboat with a tiger, a hyena, an orangutan, and a zebra which would cause him many

"Just before throwing myself upon the hyena, to collect myself before the final struggle, I looked down. Between my feet, under the bench, I beheld Richard Parker's head. It was gigantic." In this quote Pi realizes the true size of Richard Parker and how much of a threat he could be and because of this he must find ways to survive with the tiger. Pi is now alone with Richard parker who he once thought was an enemy but now he must make into an ally to