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Similarities Between Max And Life Of Pi

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The short story Max and the Cats by Moacyr Scliar and the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel have many plot points in common, the societies depicted in both stories are also very similar in terms of their problems. In “Max and the Cats” the society in Germany is one in which aggression is associated with strength, while femininity and quietness are associated with vulnerability. In order to survive you must become aggressive and forsake all the feminine parts of yourself. In Life of Pi the society’s main problem is the compartmentalization of yourself into different sections, those sections being the animal, spiritual and logical sides. In both stories you are given the impression that you have to chose a side, but in reality you must work with
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