Animals Are Better Than Animals In Life Of Pi

Despite most Americans associating the word “immigrant” with Mexicans, there is a whole wide spectrum to the word “immigrant”. Not only did Mexicans and other Latino groups come to the U.S. to find jobs, but Central Americans also came to the U.S. to escape the chaos that was occurring in their home countries. The Tattooed Soldier by Hector Tobar, illustrates these aspects of power, difference and inequality by describing the story of Antonio Bernal traveling to the U.S. to escape his death by a Guatemalan death squad only to find himself in the same city as the killer of his wife and son. Throughout the novel we see how the discrimination against race, class, gender, and sexuality make it difficult for those who migrate to the U.S. in

In contrast to the background of Lord of the Flies, Pi, the main character in Life of Pi, has a relatively peaceful childhood. He grows up in the 1970s in Pondicherry, South India, during a time of peace and prosperity. Except for school bullies, he is largely ignorant of violence, bar the time his father exposed him and his brother to the dangerous tendencies of the zoo animals. Furthermore, Pi explores religion for himself, and while he does have values impressed upon him by his parents, such as not eating meat, he is largely responsible for creating his own unique set of values that revolve around three major religions.

Animals in Life of Pi by Yann Martel are similar to both humans and animals in our world today, judging by their behaviors, communications, and dominance rituals. How are you and I similar to the chimpanzee swinging in the trees, or the lion roaring from his den? In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, Pi, a young Indian boy, is shipwrecked with a 450 pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. To survive, Pi must understand the tiger’s every move, and anticipate the next. What inspiration does the author use from everyday life to create this story?

Based on the four excerpts from Life of Pi, The Midnight Zoo, The One and Only Ivan, and The Zoo of Extinct Animals, I believe that zoos should not exist. In The Midnight Zoo on page 191, the author says, "I know it's not their home, but it is better than being here, alone, in the zoo." At this point in the story, Andrej and his group of friends tell the animals that they are going to let them out of their cages, so they can be free and not lonely anymore. Even though the zoo is a generally safe place, it makes the animals feel lonely, which is the worst feeling in the world. Also, in The One and Only Ivan, Ivan tells the readers that his domain is made up of “thick glass, rusty metal, and rough cement” (2). At this moment, Ivan is telling

When Pi gets stranded on the boat with the animals, this quakes his perfect reality from events going as planned to what he should do in order to stay alive.” He then had to accept the death of his parents and also his brother. pi being so haunted by the thoughts of Mortality, brought him to create mental blocks in order to eat raw meats and raw fish. The biggest obsticle he had to face was learning how to tame a Bengal tiger with no experience. “ I had to tame him. It was at that very moment i realized this necessity.” This quote conveys pi’s logical thoughts to his survival thoughts. This quote also gives pi the

Music is an amazing part of society and culture. Music is its own language. Each person has their own taste in music, but music has to meet a certain criteria to be considered good. Those criteria include the genre’s history, its emotional impact, the genre’s physical call to action, and the message. There are many other types of music out there to compete with and all have something amazing about them, but none are able to meet all the criteria as well as Rock and Roll does. Rock and Roll is the best genre of music because it has an incredible past, incites emotions, makes the body dance, and portrays a message.

1. There are two main issues that point out why multicultural education is important. One important issue that Banks and Grant make for the case of multicultural education is that in a population that’s as diverse in other races and ethnicities as America, it is necessary to bring up awareness of other cultures, experiences and perspectives because if the perspectives of racial and ethnic minorities are ignored by teachers when they teach students, students are going to be miseducated and prejudicial towards people of color (Grant 332). Another issue that Banks and Grant make for the case of multicultural education is the fact that multicultural education allows teachers to reach students of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic statuses.

Whether is be the individualism of a zebra, the hope of an orangutan, the hatred of a hyena, or the determination of a tiger symbolism can be determined for any character. Pi’s journey obtains symbolism for each animal and a story of faith for himself through the sea and the rigors that he and the animals

Think about having to live your whole life in a cage, where you are surrounded by people you are not familiar with. Would you like that? But this is how live is for animals in the zoos.

Pi was born into the Hinduism, becoming involved in its rites and rituals as an infant (“Life of Pi”). One of the rituals of being a Hindu is believing that all animals are sacred. For Pi, being stranded out on the Pacific Ocean, this was a problem for him. Pi had no other source of food except for the few packages on the lifeboat, which were quickly running out. Pi hesitates to kill one of flying fish that land on his lifeboat, but the lifelong pacifist and vegetarian breaks the fish’s neck (“Life of Pi”). It was hard for Pi to hurt the fish and then he remembered a story from the Hindu religion of Markandeya and falling out of Vishnu's mouth into the universe. This inspired him to see how small and meaningless his suffering actually was. (Martel). So his faith in Hinduism was a double-sided sword in which he found more light than darkness

“The difference between the brain of the human and the higher animal obviously lies in the degree, not the difference on the essence” (Charles Darwin). The purpose of the quote is to express the feeling that the animal and human is similar, they have the human-like qualities. In Life of Pi written by Yann Martel, Pi uses animal imagery to show that animals that can be mad, suffer, and sad which are all human qualities.

Martel (2002:19) “I know zoos are no longer in people good graces and religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both”. Through this quote the reader notice that there are aspects related between zoology and religion in Life of Pi. In the beginning of the novel we are introduced to zoology and religion. The author make it clear to the reader that Pi had majors in both subjects zoology and religion and later use that knowledge to help him do things one can say is impossible.

Have you ever experienced being alone? Everyone has, or likely will, at some point in their life. But how about for 94 days, carrying a backpack that weighs nearly as much as you do containing all you have to survive off, by foot? Or what about 227 days, floating through the ocean on a tipsy life boat, with limited supplies, little to no sense of direction, and a huge Bengal tiger to watch out for? Probably not. Both of these scenarios involve extreme human conditions. On the theme of a person’s conditions both challenging and shaping who they are, there are two novels that stand out in the exploration of this topic, and they are Life of Pi and Wild By Cheryl Strayed.

Life of Pi shows that humans and animals should do anything necessary to survive whatever challenges they face to live instead of just accepting death. Whatever ways that help one to survive are necessary, even if they compromise personal values, are vicious, or are wicked. Pi, a human; a hyena, and a blind man all fight to survive in a variety of ways that are examples of this thesis.

The novel “Life of Pi” illustrates the life of a character named Pi during his 227 days lost at sea. There is a strong connection between the author Yann Martel and the characters and setting in the story “Life of Pi.” Martel’s time spent in India was the major influence for this book as many of the characters and story are influenced by his experiences in India. The animals in the book, which play a major part in the story, are influenced primarily from Martel’s visit to the Trivandrum Zoo, which contains all the animals in the story except the orangutan. Religion also plays a major role in the story, which is influenced from Martel’s visit to India as he learned about the religious culture of India. Although Martel did not directly experience the events that occurred in “Life of Pi,” his time spent in India helped to influence his work.