Life Of Pi And Keesh

What inspires the will to survive in an extreme environment? What traits and characteristics are required in order to sustain life in such a situation? Life in extreme environments explained in the two texts, “Life of Pi” by Martel and “The Story of Keesh” by London, expresses that survival is translated through the characters instinct and intelligence that pushes them to triumph. In “The Story of Keesh”, Keesh’s primal instinct is to fairly apportion to others, as his father, Bok, was the greatest hunter and did the same. His instinctual thoughts drive his actions to restore fairness and prosperity in his village. So, when he visits the councilmen, he communicates the unfairness in the tribe, which fuels the fire further. “‘As I say, though
Keesh is quite upset at the fact that the council men in his tribe aren’t fairly dividing the meat amongst his family and his tribe, especially since he is the son of Bok. As the banter continues between the elder men and Keesh, he becomes fed up and sticks to what he believes is right. “And be it known now, that the division of that which I kill shall be fair. And no widow nor weak one shall cry in the night because there is no meat, when the strong men are groaning in great pain for that hey have eaten overmuch,” (64). He strongly assures the council men that if they do not change their ways that Keesh himself would, even if it meant physically going out to hunt, so that everyone could eat properly. Although the majority of people did not believe that Keesh, who was a young boy,