Martel utilizes the tiger to display discipline, courage, primitive instincts, and the vitality of companionship, all of which are traits that embody Pi, himself. A key factor in Piscine’s survival is the pure notion that Richard Parker’s company emits a ferocious and relentless ambiance. This eventually leads Pi to make decisions regarding his well-being, despite its rationality. Each day Pi is at sea, he becomes more cognizant and aware of his basic life necessities. Often Pi says things such as, “Alone or not, lost or not, I was thirsty and hungry” and “I was continuously hungry. I thought about food obsessively” (Martel 169, 211). So, in these moments he recognizes his appetite, and like a bengal tiger, Piscine begins to think of ways …show more content…
Man is afraid of tiger and tiger is afraid of man. They are one in the same. However, Pi feels the necessity to control Richard Parker. He is aware that tigers are highly unpredictable, therefore he must find a way to successfully train him in a manner where boundaries are established. Pi’s training proves difficult, given the nature of such a massive, territorial animal. Piscine must persevere, and his plan comes into full effect when he realizes that “Either he (I) tames (ed) him or dies(ed) the next day” (Martel 206). When Pi gains ample courage, his fifth turtle shell lasts the rest of his training after “Richard Parker made his point with him (me) four times” (Martel 207). Often Pi states that he would not be alive without Richard Parker’s presence and he thanks Richard Parker for saving his life. This may seem like a bizarre thing for him to say, but the tiger’s presence on the boat keeps Piscine somewhat sane. He speaks to Richard Parker and sometimes, not always, he nonverbally communicates in return. Pi says that once, Richard Parker “looked astonished and displeased” with him and that his face inquire a “Where’s my treat?” type of look (Martel
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.
The American Disease In A Raisin in The Sun, American Denial, and To Kill A Mockingbird, treatment of races can be synthesized to reveal the power of society’s public opinion, otherwise known as the American Creed. It has always been society’s way to go with the public opinion whether it be factually correct or not. Public opinion is the collection of views prevalent among the general public. This trend can be seen everywhere, and has been around for a long time.
The True Nature of Mankind Of Mice and Men by American author, John Steinbeck, is the story of a special companionship between two men, George and Lennie. It begins when they escape a lynch mob in search for a new place to work so they are able to achieve their dream of buying a ranch. They do not want just any ranch; a ranch with rabbits for Lennie to tend to, a ranch for George to grow all the food that they could possibly need, and a ranch with a beautiful big house and stove. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck conveys the struggles of the trying times through George, Lennie, and their fellows using many different rhetorical devices to prove that the true nature of mankind has the inability to accept their actions right, wrong, or indifferent.
At the farm, I was so busy, always busy. I was so young, and yet, I already hated the farm. I had needed a way to set myself free. After my mother died, I had heard of a New World so taking only my cat Tiger, I snuck on to Columbus’s boat, which was leaving for the other land. “Grr…”
This tiger can easily kill pi, but the way pi prevents this is he kills an innocent fish to feed the tiger so the it won 't kill him because it 's hungry. Pi made this choice because he wanted to survive, you might argue saying he could of done something else but he didn 't have anything else to do. In these kind of situation we all want to survive just like pi did, he did what he had to do. He shouldn 't be held accountable for what he has done because at the end of the day it 's all
Every day, people are forced to face many challenges, physically, mentally, and socially. Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a key example of the challenges a character must face in order to survive in the vast ocean with no food, water, or company. Yann Martel’s masterful use of tone creates a character whose struggles for survival are not only physical, but also psychological. In Life of Pi, the author, Yann Martel uses humorous and reflective tones to further describe the main character, Pi’s primary method of coping with the challenges he faces throughout his life.
Amir bewedded to an Afghan woman, Soraya, but before marriage there was concern about her past. When she was younger she ran away with a man without her father's approval, which to the afghan culture was just unheard of. Soraya came back but she had brought shame to her parents for what she had done. Baba says to Amir “It may be unfair, but what happened in a few days, sometimes even in a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime…” (Hosseini 142).
Throughout Steinbeck’s naturalistic novel, Of Mice and Men, He portrays two distinctively different men struggling to persevere and survive in an otherwise cruel world. Two migrant workers, George and Lennie thrive off the company of one another and the impossible dream that one day, they will acquire land and make a contented life for themselves. Through their friendship and constant hope for a better life, George and Lennie learn how to survive and cling to aspiration during the harsh Depression era. Steinbeck uses symbolism, irony, and characterization in his classic novel to illustrate the undying hope found in a desperate situation. Steinbeck uses symbolism to portray how people find hope in the direst situations.
In the essay, “The Death of the Moth”, Virginia Woolf uses metaphor to convey that the relationship between life and death is one that is strange and fragile. Woolf tells the story of the life and death of a moth, one that is petite and insignificant. The moth is full of life, and lives life as if merry days and warm summers are the only things the moth knows. However, as the moth enters it’s last moments, it realizes that death is stronger than any other force. As the moth knew life seconds before, it has now deteriorated into death.
In “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, the author uses diction like abstract diction and details by explaining what he exactly wants in life to demonstrate Walter and his dream. To begin, Hansberry uses diction to demonstrate Walter and his dream by using abstract diction. She does this by explaining how he will give Travis anything for his seventeenth birthday and that he will “hand you the world!” (2.2). This shows that he wants to make his sons life as good as possible.
William Golding’s Use of Rhetorical Strategies to Illustrate Society in “Lord of the Flies” Written in the 1950’s by William Golding, Lord of the Flies is a novel that follows a group of young boys who are stranded on an island with no contact to an adult world. Throughout the novel Golding shows how savage humans can be when there is no authority controlling them, and Golding’s use of thematic vocabulary conveys how power and corruption can lead to a dismantling of order. This disruption in society in turn causes people to reveal their true savage human nature. In chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, William Golding employs repetition, diction and symbolism to convey the theme that civilization has become a shield that conceals humanity 's natural wildness and savagery.
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? (79)”, this quote is from the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
This idea may be based off of the fact that he had to kill the fish in order to survive, and to keep Richard Parker (the tiger) alive as well. Following the time of killing the flying fish (which Pi uses as bait) he catches a dorado, and explains that the food he is catching is for Richard Parker. Pi states, “It was for Richard Parker and he would have dispatched it with expert ease” (Martel 89). Through a religious aspect, it can be seen that Pi did not necessarily change is values, but had to go against his morals because of the specific scenario of survival. This may be true; however, Pi directly mentions that he is changed from the time of killing the flying fish to taking the life away from a beautiful dorado.
Pi encounters a French castaway; the castaway foolishly enters Pi’s lifeboat and is eaten by Richard Parker. After Richard Parker kills the French castaway, Pi starts using the leftover flesh for his own uses, such as fishing: “I will confess that I caught one of his arms with the gaff and used his flesh as bait” (322). In his isolated state, he thinks of nothing but survival and how he will receive his next meal. Soon after, Pi even goes to the extremity of eating the flesh of the mangled dead castaway. This deed of cannibalism barely registers in his mind as he admits, “... I ate some of his flesh.
In essence, for everyday survival, it 's often better to maintain the important boundary between animals and humans, but through Pi 's story and relationship with Richard Parker, Martel shows us that staying open to what connects humans and animals, and all creatures, can provide an equally important key for staying alive. The Life of Pi, emphasizes the intensity of a predator-prey relationship, and it also reminds humans of their inner animal: we can all be dangerous to our fellow creatures. However, despite this, all animals have the potential and even a desire to connect beyond mere survival, looking for companionship and empathy across species