There's an interesting divide between man and the natural world in “Life of Pi”. Human characteristics are becoming more animalistic and animals are becoming more human. For example Pi doing anything to survive like eating raw fish and being uncomfortable in his surroundings is more animal than human. The novel warns against projecting human values onto the animal world. However, the novel also admits it's impossible to experience anything without a way-of-being. Animals in the zoo, while essentially retaining their instincts, take on certain domestic, human-like traits. Human beings in the wild, while still retaining a few human traits, become more animalistic. Through this exchange human beings learn a spiritual truth or two about themselves