life of pi story of keesh
Yaritza Nunez February 2, 2015
808 Ms.Riley “The Story of Keesh and the Life of Pi” In a short story named “The Story of Keesh” and a novel excerpt named “The Life of Pi” both authors, Jack London and Yann Martel, develop certain qualities in characters who find the strength in themselves to want to survive when in extreme situations. Both Keesh and Pi obtain three traits that help them survive in these extreme environments such as bravery, intelligence and strategic plans. First, an example in which Keesh uses bravery in “The Story of Keesh” shown when Keesh stated “Bok, my father, was a great hunter. I, too, his son, shall go and hunt the meat that I eat.” This showed a sign of bravery because it was known that Bok died from hunting a polar bear knowing Bok was one of the strongest and most superior hunters. Therefore, although knowing that one of the greatest hunters died from hunting, Keesh was brave enough to hunt at only thirteen years of age. However, the character Pi in “The Life of Pi” was brave as explained through the quote “And so I pushed aside all thoughts of Richard Parker and fearlessly went exploring for fresh water.” This explains how Pi no longer feared the tiger, Richard Parker. At that moment he was only determined to find water even if he had to risk being seen or eaten by the tiger to move around the boat. This was important in order for Pi to survive because Pi needed water to live considering he was slowly reaching his death. Second, it was proven that the character Pi from “The Life of Pi” was very intelligent surviving on a boat with a tiger. This was shown through the quote “the whole package disappeared in a few minutes, wrapping paper flying away in the wind. I considered opening another carton, but I
808 Ms.Riley “The Story of Keesh and the Life of Pi” In a short story named “The Story of Keesh” and a novel excerpt named “The Life of Pi” both authors, Jack London and Yann Martel, develop certain qualities in characters who find the strength in themselves to want to survive when in extreme situations. Both Keesh and Pi obtain three traits that help them survive in these extreme environments such as bravery, intelligence and strategic plans. First, an example in which Keesh uses bravery in “The Story of Keesh” shown when Keesh stated “Bok, my father, was a great hunter. I, too, his son, shall go and hunt the meat that I eat.” This showed a sign of bravery because it was known that Bok died from hunting a polar bear knowing Bok was one of the strongest and most superior hunters. Therefore, although knowing that one of the greatest hunters died from hunting, Keesh was brave enough to hunt at only thirteen years of age. However, the character Pi in “The Life of Pi” was brave as explained through the quote “And so I pushed aside all thoughts of Richard Parker and fearlessly went exploring for fresh water.” This explains how Pi no longer feared the tiger, Richard Parker. At that moment he was only determined to find water even if he had to risk being seen or eaten by the tiger to move around the boat. This was important in order for Pi to survive because Pi needed water to live considering he was slowly reaching his death. Second, it was proven that the character Pi from “The Life of Pi” was very intelligent surviving on a boat with a tiger. This was shown through the quote “the whole package disappeared in a few minutes, wrapping paper flying away in the wind. I considered opening another carton, but I