Quotes From Life Of Pi

The most beautiful people are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths of despair. Life changes at such a fast pace, that many times we do not appreciate the things we have until they are gone. We all have been given a gift that cannot be bought: The gift of life. Although none of us ask for this gift, we all fight so hard to keep it. Pi never really treasures this gift until he almost losses it. Pi realizes its value and for this reason fights physically, morally and spiritually to stay alive and therefore preserve the gift of life.

Pi’s devotion and faith in God is an important aspect in the story. Toiling in devotion, Pi is able to overcome many hardships, which, in turn, help
He is not willing to let his unfair circumstances take his life at such a young age. “My face set to a grim determined expression. I speak in all modesty as I say this, but I discovered at that moment that I have a fierce will to live. It’s not something evident , in my experience. Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others — and I am one of those — never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It’s something constitutional, an inability to let go. It may be nothing more than life-hungry stupidity… I had to organize my survival. Not a second to waste” (164). Pi is a fighter. As long as it depends on him, he is going to find every physical way to survive. He makes the best of his circumstances and uses everything in his disposition to his favour. Instead of focussing on all the things that have gone wrong in his life, he focuses on the fact that he still has life and is willing to do everything in his physical power to continue living. He learns how to fish for food, how to overcome bad weather conditions, how to collect fresh drinking water, how to pass the time, and most importantly, how to dominate Richard Parker. Stripped of his old lifestyle, Pi finds all sorts of new skills and freedom that he was not aware of before, that in turn,
“I will confess that I caught one of his arms with the gaff and used his flesh as bait. I will further confess that, driven by the extremity of my need and the madness to which it pushed me, I ate some of his flesh. I mean, small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff’s hook that, when dried in the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. They slipped into my mouth unnoticed. You must understand, my suffering was unremitting and he was already dead” (284). Although Pi knows that eating another persons flesh is both physically and morally wrong, he does it because of his strenuous situation. Consequently, Pi’s will to live is greater than his moral