ELA Essay

How would you feel if you didn't have anything to drink or eat? In both stories the main characters struggle with this and on top of that dealing with extreme environment. In order to survive in an extreme environment one must have courage to never give up and the intelligence to use all resources around you. The centralidea or theme of "Life Of Pi" and "The Story Of Keesh" is survival in extreme environment. In "Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel the middle of the Pacific is described by the authhor as having raging storms, winds an adult tiger on board and sharks lurking around. In "The Story Of Keesh" by Jack London took place in The Rim of the Polar Seas with strong winds no food ice cold weather and snow.Both authors place their characters in a position where they need to survive in their environment. In "The Story Of Keesh",Keesh lived on the rim of the polar seas where weather is extreme. In this setting the winter darkness and the north gales make their long sweep across the ice pack, and the air is filled with flying white, and no man may venture forth. Keesh faces many challenges in this setting. For example he tries his best to convince the council to apportion the meat equally when he realizes the hunters aren't being fair. Keesh finds meat by using head craft.Keesh gets upset and leaves when the councel arent listening to hem so he goes out to look for the food on his own. He goes out in an extreme environment. Keesh said "One takes a small chunk of blubber, thus, and thus makes it hollow. Then into the hollow goes the whalebone, so, tightly coiled, and another piece of blubber is fitted over the whale-bone. After that it is put outside where it freezes into a little round ball. The bear swallows the little round ball, the blubber melts, the whalebone with its sharp ends stands out straight, the bear gets sick, and when the bear is very sick, why, you kill him with a spear. It is quite simple." In the story "Life Of Pi " is about a boy who survives in an