How Does Life Of Pi Survive In Extreme Environment

Survival in Extreme Environments In extreme environments how is survival portrayed and what do the characters do to survive? The excerpts “Life of Pi” and “The Story of Keesh”both characters try to survive in a harsh environment by hunting or looking for food. According to both stories survival is portrayed and by not giving up Pi and Keesh can survive and achieve the impossible. First off, surviving in a harsh environment is never an easy task. To survive at sea Pi needs a lot of willpower and courage. As it states in the excerpt “Life of Pi”, Pi is stranded “in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of me, sharks beneath me, a storm raging about me.” (pg.79)“Only rain, marauding waves of black ocean and the flotsam of tragedy.” (pg.79) He is stating that the rain was as fierce as the tiger and that the waves kept attacking him. Afterwards, the rain finally stopped, and he looked for another lifeboat that can possibly help him. After the harsh storm Pi endured many challenges and he stayed strong.
Keesh wanted to go hunting so he did. The conditions were awful, it was cold and dark. “When the north gales make their long sweep across the ice pack, and the air is filled with flying white, and no man may venture forth, is the chosen time for telling how Keesh, from the poorest igloo in the village, rose to power and place over them all.”(pg.61) Despite the climate “Across his shoulders he bore a burden of fresh-killed meat.” Keesh survived the climate because he knew how to live in such