Life of Pi Final Essay
Life of Pi Final Essay
Joel Brada
“It’s the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell you my story”(164) this is a quote from Yann Martel’s splendid book Life of Pi. In this book the main character Pi is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Over the long, arduous period of time they are in this boat, they develop a bond and rely on each other to survive, but not without some differences. After all, they are two completely different species. I believe the relationship they developed is a special thing that is hard to come by.
This paragraph will be about a moment in which the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker is shown advancing. There is an instance where Richard Parker makes a noise that is called a Prusten. A prusten is similar to the purr of a domestic house cat, it shows friendliness and is a sign of peace. “He made a sound, a snort, a snort from his nostrils. I pricked up my ears. He did it a second time. I was astonished. Prusten?”(163). I would be astonished too, having an adult, male Bengal Tiger befriend you when you are potentially its only food source in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That is truly an amazing accomplishment. This is the first sign that Richard Parker and Pi are finally in the same boat.
A second time where you can see the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker developing is when Pi begins to train the tiger. “He backed off and dropped to the bottom of the boat. The first training session was over. It was a resounding success. I stopped whistling and sat down heavily on the raft, out of breath and exhausted. And so it came to be: Plan Number Seven: Keep Him Alive”(166). This is the moment where Pi finally realizes that he needs Richard Parker to survive, for emotional and psychological reasons rather than physical. He realizes that Richard Parker is saving him from a greater threat than himself, he is saving him from despair.
Life of Pi is an amazing book and
Joel Brada
“It’s the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell you my story”(164) this is a quote from Yann Martel’s splendid book Life of Pi. In this book the main character Pi is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. Over the long, arduous period of time they are in this boat, they develop a bond and rely on each other to survive, but not without some differences. After all, they are two completely different species. I believe the relationship they developed is a special thing that is hard to come by.
This paragraph will be about a moment in which the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker is shown advancing. There is an instance where Richard Parker makes a noise that is called a Prusten. A prusten is similar to the purr of a domestic house cat, it shows friendliness and is a sign of peace. “He made a sound, a snort, a snort from his nostrils. I pricked up my ears. He did it a second time. I was astonished. Prusten?”(163). I would be astonished too, having an adult, male Bengal Tiger befriend you when you are potentially its only food source in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. That is truly an amazing accomplishment. This is the first sign that Richard Parker and Pi are finally in the same boat.
A second time where you can see the relationship between Pi and Richard Parker developing is when Pi begins to train the tiger. “He backed off and dropped to the bottom of the boat. The first training session was over. It was a resounding success. I stopped whistling and sat down heavily on the raft, out of breath and exhausted. And so it came to be: Plan Number Seven: Keep Him Alive”(166). This is the moment where Pi finally realizes that he needs Richard Parker to survive, for emotional and psychological reasons rather than physical. He realizes that Richard Parker is saving him from a greater threat than himself, he is saving him from despair.
Life of Pi is an amazing book and