Comparing Pi 'And Tyger'

COMPARISION AND CONTRAST ESSAY
Humans are not all the same, just like animals; although we have many similarities, there can also be many differences. In Life of Pi, we are introduced to a tiger named Richard Parker and in “The Tyger” by William Blake we are introduced to another tiger. Richard Parker and the tiger from The Tyger are alike and different in many ways; similarities that are significant are concepts such as the way both tigers are feared, their symbolic comparison to fire and how they are use as symbols and the differences that are significant are thing like their behavior, how people feel about them and where the tigers live.
Despite the fact Richard Parker and the “Tyger” are the same species; there are other symbolic similarities they share. A
In Life of Pi, we see many examples where those who spare a quick glance at Richard Parker fear him. Pi Patel is an example of the immense fear a tiger can provoke in someone; on page q36 Pi recalls “Any second I expected to see Richard Parker rising up and coming for me. Several times I had fits of fearful trembling.” In The Tyger, William Blake simply lets the reader know of the extreme fear the character in the poem has for this tiger when he writes “What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry?” In both of the text we can see that both tigers are extremely feared by the reactions they receive from both animals and people. It is also common sense that one would be scared of a tiger due to their size, strength and beast-like characteristics. Secondly, another characteristic the tigers share are their metaphorical and symbolic comparison to fire. William Blake and Yann Martel both used fire to describe the tigers. The both convey the idea that they are greatly feared by whoever they come in contact with. In Life of Pi, Richard Parker is referred to as the” flame coloured carnivore”(166) and in “the Tyger”, the tiger is described as “burning bright”(Line 1). This metaphor works well