Human’s Wisdom from Environment

Human’s wisdom from environment

The relationship between the Bangal tiger Richard parker and Pi Patel is the main focus in the novel ‘Life of Pi’.Their relationship are continually changing and it is the struggle for survival makes them need to change.A long time

ago,human are weaker than animal as they don’t have strong body as

animal .They do not have the sharp claws as Richard Parker does to protect

themselves.However,as time going on ,human starts to dominate the earth by

creating their own technology and weapon to protect themselves.The change of

the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker can be seen as how human

developed their skill from learning skill from the animals.

In the beginning of the surivial adventure,Richard Parker is always the one who

dominate the boat ,he can walk wherever he likes and to scare Pi to get off the

boat because he has a much stronger power than Pi has.However,at the end,Pi is

actually the one who takes control over Richard Parker and force Richard to

follow his command.He does it by using the method which our ancestors used

before in history.He used his weapon for attack,turtle shells for defence and his

whistles for calling people to come rescue.This can shows human’s wisdom over

the animal.

The other thing which interested me in this novel is how Pi can adapt the new

environment so quickly,he losts a lot of thing that we think we need to use in our

daily life,he doesn’t have a phone,map or anything to guide him the direction or

call for help.However,he reverted to the animals ways which his ancestors did

before.When he arrived on the island , he started to analyze the environment

and realize that the water is acidic there and it is dangerous for him to stay

there .Also ,he marked down all the animal ‘s rountine.He learned some habits

from Richard Parker and he did the same thing as Richard does.He adapt to

become