Comparison between Life of Pi and Brave New World
They’re More Afraid of You Than You Are of Them
By Kieran O’Connor
The heroes, Piscine Molitor Patel in “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, and John in “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley view their fears as an obstacle that they must overcome. Both heroes were faced with immediate challenges in their life.
Through challenging their fears, personal or community morale benefits from their perceived success. In such a way, the hero’s success manipulates the situation as the feared become afraid.
Each hero battled their fear differently and thus discovered a hidden truth behind the challenge they were faced with. John was born into his fear. He had no say or no choice. He had to find the positive out of every situation throughout his life. “Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.” John did what he could to service happily with himself. Adversity was a struggle for him. His hidden truth was his ability to feel and show affection, of which no one was able to understand. This proved to be difficult for John being somewhat isolated. On the other hand, Pi was a quick and decisive learner. His fear was conquered through his self-determination. Fishing and taming Mr. Parker (the tiger) revealed much of his hidden truth. Pi revealed, “The presence of God is the finest of rewards.” To him, it was as if his fear now became the feared. Pi was rewarded with self-empowerment.
With the conquering of the hero’s fears, different aspects of their lives were affected with their efforts. Individually, Pi was rewarded. Pi quoted, “Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?” This can be related to the Warden from “Shawshank Redemption” saying, “Salvation lies within”. For Pi this meant he had the power in saving himself from any terrible circumstances. Being considered an anti-hero, John did not necessarily individually benefit from his fight against his fear from the world state itself, but he may have influenced others who
By Kieran O’Connor
The heroes, Piscine Molitor Patel in “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, and John in “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley view their fears as an obstacle that they must overcome. Both heroes were faced with immediate challenges in their life.
Through challenging their fears, personal or community morale benefits from their perceived success. In such a way, the hero’s success manipulates the situation as the feared become afraid.
Each hero battled their fear differently and thus discovered a hidden truth behind the challenge they were faced with. John was born into his fear. He had no say or no choice. He had to find the positive out of every situation throughout his life. “Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.” John did what he could to service happily with himself. Adversity was a struggle for him. His hidden truth was his ability to feel and show affection, of which no one was able to understand. This proved to be difficult for John being somewhat isolated. On the other hand, Pi was a quick and decisive learner. His fear was conquered through his self-determination. Fishing and taming Mr. Parker (the tiger) revealed much of his hidden truth. Pi revealed, “The presence of God is the finest of rewards.” To him, it was as if his fear now became the feared. Pi was rewarded with self-empowerment.
With the conquering of the hero’s fears, different aspects of their lives were affected with their efforts. Individually, Pi was rewarded. Pi quoted, “Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?” This can be related to the Warden from “Shawshank Redemption” saying, “Salvation lies within”. For Pi this meant he had the power in saving himself from any terrible circumstances. Being considered an anti-hero, John did not necessarily individually benefit from his fight against his fear from the world state itself, but he may have influenced others who