Richard Parker

in the lifeboat in the middle of the ocean, with Richard Parker he discovers an orange mass, "but the orange wasn't moving and didn't look right. I looked again. It wasn't a tiger. It was a life jacket. There were a number of life jackets at the back of Richard Parker's den" (Martel,140). Here the symbols are the orange life jackets and the orange tiger. The color orange symbolizes survival, which is seen both in the life jackets and Richard Parker. The life jackets help Pi survive when he is thrown

named Richard Parker. Although it may seem like a farfetched idea there are real life examples of animals learning to live with humans, “all are instances of that animal equivalent of anthropomorphism: zoomorphism, where an animal takes a human being, or another animal, to be one of its kind”. With a tiger on board the raft, the already horrible situation could have become even worse, but Richard Parker (the tiger) takes Pi as one of his own. Pi’s mind allows him to connect with Richard Parker and

his Muslim, Cristian, or Hindu God. Pi is also very intelligent, this affects his actions because his knowledge of animals helps him domesticate Richard Parker. C. Pi started out as a normal boy who was very interested in animals and religion. Throughout the book he becomes a person who is tortured by thirst, and hunger. Richard Parker A. Richard Parker is a tiger who was being transported on a boat to Canada that

shipwrecked men, which were lost in the high seas. The story was named "The Lifeboat Case", regarding the tragic and life-changing decision that was made in extreme circumstance. Four seamen, Thomas Dudley, Edward Stephens, Brooks and seventeen year old Richard Parker were in high seas and due to the storm that hit them very bad, they had to put themselves into an open boat. They did not have any supply of water and food, except 1 lb. tin of turnips. On the fourth day of this journey, they caught a small turtle

us distinguish some similarities and differences between Richard Parker and Pi Patel, the main characters, throughout their journey by using excerpts from the book. So what is identity? Defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, identity is: who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group that make them different from others: Pi, an Indian boy living in Pondicherry India, growing up at in a zoo, surrounded by animals. Richard Parker is a Royal Bengal tiger that has lived in the zoo run by

but that was not possible because of their predator/prey connections. Because of the animals’ relation, Pi and Richard Parker were the only ones to survive on the lifeboat. Pi decided to take care of Richard Parker, for him to not get eaten alive, that was his only way to protect himself. He was more focused on Richard Parker's survival rather than his own. His only hope was Richard Parker, as he was taking care of him, he had things to do during the day and took his mind off of the darker side, which

Richard Parker, although not the main character, plays a significant role in the story Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Richard Parker keeps Pi company while he was nowhere to be found. Richard Parker motivates Pi to do what is necessary in order to survive. He also helps rekindle Pi’s will to survive. While lost at sea, Richard Parker keeps Pi company. Richard Parker was captured as a young cub and raised in a zoo. He is used to being controlled by people and as Pi discovers this, he takes control

as if it were a lair. Tigers, as we learn from Richard Parker, are similarly territorial. They mark their space and define its boundaries carefully, establishing absolute dominance over every square inch of their area. To master Richard Parker, Pi must establish his control over certain zones in the lifeboat. He pours his urine over the tarp to designate a portion of the lifeboat as his territory, and he uses his whistle to ensure that Richard Parker stays within his designated space. The small size

oars. He planned to use the raft as a backup, for example, if things got worse with Richard Parker. In addition, Richard Parker had slaughtered the hyena, thus frightening Pi, because it was only him and Richard Parker left. Pi considered many strategies, such as trying to outlast Richard Parker. As he thought about it, he realized it was a senseless idea. Pi reasoned the better approach was to tame Richard Parker. The strenuous days passed by, and Pi lost hope on any ships coming to rescue him. Pi

Richard Parker’s development throughout Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi represents Pi’s regression into his animalistic instincts. This metaphysical connection leads to a physical dependency between pi and Richard Parker. Pi dissociates himself with the actions he must take in order to survive by projecting his savagery onto Richard Parker. After a ship passes by the lifeboat, Pi tells Richard Parker “If i didn’t have you...I would die of hopelessness” (236). Without Pi’s determination, mirrored