Essay On Vegetarianism In Life Of Pi

In Life of Pi, the main character is Piscine Molitor, though people call him Pi. Pi’s family was on their way to immigrate to Canada via ship, though the ship sinks in the middle of the ocean and the only survivors are Pi, an orangutan, a zebra and a tiger stranded on a lifeboat. Later on, the orangutan and zebra die, leaving a hungry tiger that is unpredictable and Pi who has limited resources, in the middle of the ocean. If Pi wants to not die and have a chance to survive, he must stay alive from the ocean and the tiger. Since Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger in the middle of the ocean with limited resources, Pi has to survive mentally and physically throughout the whole ordeal.

While on the road to nowhere, Pi starts to acquire water from the rain and obtains food to stock up while he’s worrying about the 400 pound tiger that’s on the lifeboat while Pi is on a small raft. When Pi starts to tame Richard Parker he can finally call him a friend and now has a purpose. As a Hindu, Pi does not eat meat but that went out of the window when he catches a fish and eats it raw to stay alive. When it comes down to survival there is no preference in what to eat.

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Pi being able to normalize animal killing for his own survival eventually helps him come to fully understand and appreciate the sanctity of a living being. Having known what it is like to feel the life escaping another sentient being gave him a deeper perspective on the deeply seeded Hindu tradition that any form of sentient life is sacred and must be respected as such. The first time Pi felt this phenomenon was an extremely emotional time for him. Although he was doing what he needed to do purely for the sake of survival, Pi felt like a murderer as he snapped the fish in half. Through the present-day form that the story is told in, it is revealed that Pi “never forget[s] to include this fish in his prayers” (183). Pi’s deeply seeded vegetarianism, rooted in his faith, has only been strengthened during his voyage, and Pi notes that he reverted to vegetarianism after returning to regular life. Rather than accepting the diet that he had adapted to on the lifeboat, his religious quest further grew his respect for sentient life. Instead of making this choice solely by principle, he made it based on his experience on the lifeboat. The killing of animals during his voyage strengthened his belief in the blessedness of all sentient life, and further evolved his vegetarian

At the beginning of Life of Pi, Pi Patel has to adapt to his new situation, and the constant fear of his newfound boatmate, a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi, a vegetarian must learn to survive, which in his situation, involves the killing and eating of animals. To preserve his life, he must distance himself from his former life of vegetarianism. “I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It’s a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred. I never forget to include this fish in my prayers.” (Martel, 183). Pi has

In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi readers get to experience a journey that Pi must survive through to live. After the ship that Pi was on sunk, Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena, and a 450 pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. In the book Life of Pi, one theme that exists throughout the text is the will to survive. Both Pi and Animals among the lifeboat show this theme in the book. One Example when the theme the will to survive is shown is when a very modest and peaceful orangutan named Orange Juice, fights ferociously to survive.

When Pi is in life/death situations he takes extreme measures to survive. After weeks at sea Pi is forced to hunt because he is starving for food and he wants to survive. “By the end of my journey I was eating everything a turtle had to offer.” (Martel, 213). Pi had to go against his believes because he was a vegetarian and now he had to eat animals. He also ate everything he could find because his stock of food was empty.Pi changed from vegetarian to eating animals and he had to kill to survive.

Bengali polymath, Rabindranath Tagore, once said “you can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the protagonist, Pi, faces many challenges at sea while being accompanied by a tiger by the name of Richard Parker. This tiger, though a nuisance, proves to be essential in the role of Pi’s survival. Throughout the story, Richard Parker symbolizes survival, a reflection of Pi, and a being of God.

Have you ever wondered how similar or different to the original story a remake or spin-off could be? Well, some are kept very similar, especially Romeo + Juliet compared to The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo + Juliet is almost exactly the same as The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet in the areas of plot events and language/lines/voice of author, but are drastically different in the setting area.

Parents should monitor their children’s use of cell phones and social media because you never know what kind of people are spying or stalking their child or children. There are all sorts of social media, for example Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,Snapchat,Musically and other kinds, people are always on the internet.There could also be inappropriate stuff that the kids should not see or learn.Big older kids use very bad language when they are on social media.The kids could also be hacked or be stalked by strangers. Other kids can get bullied for not having a phone or social media.Another bad thing that can happen is that the kids can get kidnapped.

Pi’s faith interacts at times. An example of this would be that Pi’s faith does not allow you to kill things. In order to survive, Pi has to kill the fish. Pi believed that since he had turned to God, he got the reward of surviving.

Pi’s journey to come to love this God was more of a struggle than Hinduism because of his confusion of the Jesus as a sacrifice, but Pi states “The more he bothered me, the less I could forget Him. And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave him” providing him with purpose, meaning and direction. This quote can be a reflection of Pi’s relationship with Richard Parker as he learns to live with him at sea. Pi could not forget the Bengal tiger because he had to be aware of him to keep himself safe. This forced Pi to learn about Richard Parker and as he learned about him, Pi came to love the tiger, making it easier to live with him. Pi applied Christianity to his very own survival. Not until Pi suffers from hunger and thirst, becomes sad and anxious, is heckled and harassed, and puts up with adversaries who (at first) do not respect him and then is saved after praying for survival does he truly feel the love that Christianity promises. Pi takes the common precept of love, which is ever evident in the Christian faith and applies in order to survive with

In The Vegetarian by Han Kang, what appears to be one insubordinate South Korean woman’s choice to not eat meat, becomes a much larger issue revolving around what is normal, and just how far others should be allowed to impose their own views of reality onto another person’s life. Yeong-hye’s unusual ways, while strange to the mainstream culture’s expectations, present their own rationality in her mind. She sees it as a way to oppose the violent tendencies of human nature, in order to find her own peace in life. Kang takes this idea to the farthest extent with the philosophical question, should a person be allowed to choose to die because their life is just that, their own life? The unique perspective of this novel comes from a South Korean author, which helps to develop her questions based a childhood trauma in her country. This tragedy leads to her novel’s exploration of the idea of what is normal, the impossibility of understanding another individual’s idea of normal, and is it rational to commit suicide if it is connected to one’s idea of normal. All these questions are connected through Yeong-hye’s choice to be a vegetarian, and are presented to the reader to form their own views throughout the novel.

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.

“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water” (Frank Herbert). Pi demonstrated life on the Pacific as a test of all aspects. Life on the Pacific tested his physical endurance, he was lost for two-hundred and seventy seven days. In that time, Pi demonstrates his faith towards God, himself, and Richard Parker. Pi develops a robust bond with Richard Parker, then connecting spiritually. Survival in the novel Life of Pi is etched in the deepest parts of the story. These aspects of the novel are depicted through personal and self-reflection within himself. Pi survives because of his strength, faith and a close relationship with Richard Parker.