Story Of Keesh Character Analysis
In stories, the setting is influential to characters who face unique situations and environments. Both “The Story of Keesh” and “LIfe of Pi” contain characters who have hope, and perform brave and skillful actions that provide them the means to survive and live in an extreme environment. The characters portrayed in “The Story Of Keesh” and in Life Of Pi demonstrate such characteristics.
Pi never gives up on hope which helps him to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hope inspires the will to survive in an extreme environment. As he finds supplies he counts out the days he has to survive with that this gives he hope to live on another day. He reach the realization that there is hope. In A moment of clarity, Pi come to the conclusion that the lifeboat has to be supplied with essential replenishments need to survive. As Pi says to himself, ”The divining rod in my mind dipped sharply and a spring gused water when I remembered that I was on a genuine, regulation lifeboat and such a lifeboat has surely outfitted with supplies” …show more content…
At the time that this occurred, Pi calculated “I had eaten one; there were thirty-one left. According to the instructions, each 500-gram carton was supposed to last one survivor three days. That meant I had food rations to last me— 31 x 3— 93 days! The instructions also suggested survivors restrict themselves to half a liter of water every twenty-four hours. I counted the cans of water. There were 124. Each contained half a liter. So I had water rations to last me 124 days’’ (Martel 91). When the water flowed through his system the feeling of water grasping his throat giving him the moral that water was a symbol represented as he said “Liquid is Life”. Which indeed, gave him hope that the water he received was another way of him living. As this moment transpires Pi lust of water is shown “My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described. To the gurgling beat of my greedy throat,
Pi never gives up on hope which helps him to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hope inspires the will to survive in an extreme environment. As he finds supplies he counts out the days he has to survive with that this gives he hope to live on another day. He reach the realization that there is hope. In A moment of clarity, Pi come to the conclusion that the lifeboat has to be supplied with essential replenishments need to survive. As Pi says to himself, ”The divining rod in my mind dipped sharply and a spring gused water when I remembered that I was on a genuine, regulation lifeboat and such a lifeboat has surely outfitted with supplies” …show more content…
At the time that this occurred, Pi calculated “I had eaten one; there were thirty-one left. According to the instructions, each 500-gram carton was supposed to last one survivor three days. That meant I had food rations to last me— 31 x 3— 93 days! The instructions also suggested survivors restrict themselves to half a liter of water every twenty-four hours. I counted the cans of water. There were 124. Each contained half a liter. So I had water rations to last me 124 days’’ (Martel 91). When the water flowed through his system the feeling of water grasping his throat giving him the moral that water was a symbol represented as he said “Liquid is Life”. Which indeed, gave him hope that the water he received was another way of him living. As this moment transpires Pi lust of water is shown “My feelings can perhaps be imagined, but they can hardly be described. To the gurgling beat of my greedy throat,