How Does Life Of Pi Survive

In the book Life of Pi written by Yann Martel, Pi Patel, a sixteen year old Indian boy goes through an unexpected two hundred and twenty seven day journey at sea with a bengal tiger, that forces him to adjusts his morals and develop the human need to survive. Survival is continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of tragic incident or difficult circumstance. The most basic needs for survival are food, water, sleep, and shelter. Pi is faced with the issue of fending for himself and a tiger. Pi is then faced with tragic events involving the death of his parents and brother, and needing to adjust in order to survive at sea.
Pi’s father, Santosh, teaches Pi and his brother, Ravi, a lesson about the dangers of the zoo. “Life will defend itself no matter how small it is,” he demonstrates from several animals in the zoo, in Pondicherry, that survival is priority of all life forms and will do whatever the animals can to
However, Pi makes it’s possible by asserting his dominance over Parker. Growing up in a zoo, Pi understands that Parker is highly territorial and animals are fiercely defensive of their particular area, but they also respect the territory of other creatures. ”1)Provoke the animal, but not to the point he wants to attack you. 2) Maintain eye contact. 3) When the animal comes into your territory. blow on the whistle and drop anchor (hoping to make him seasick). If you get sick, mark the territory with your vomit. 4) Retreat and Repeat...... eventually the sound of the whistle should be associated with vomit, and the behavior should stop.” Pi then tries to assert dominance over Parker making him more obedient, loyal, and faithful to Pi. However, the task is trivial, while Parker has made his dominance over a large part of the boat and he soon realizes that Pi is his lifeline, feeding and supplying water and shelter for