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Richard Parker Quotes In Life Of Pi
In this quote, Pi is explaining how he made it through his journey on the lifeboat. It wasn’t his human nature that saved him, but his animal Richard Parker. The conflict Man v. Self appears in this passage. He has two sides, the innocent boy that he was before the ship sank, and his dark, animalistic side that will do anything to stay alive. Another theme going on in this passage is Man v. Nature. Pi has an animalistic side, Richard Parker, that comes out when only when he does something that is necessary for a means of survival. This passage also shows how there are two sides to Pi. One side was the innocent vegetarian one and the other side was the vicious, animalistic side he had. which came out when Pi was hungry. Richard Parker symbolizes
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