But, this question may be explained differently. When Pi asks this question, it suggests that he realizes that the story of the animals must be an illusion created by him. He then also realizes that this illusion is not a bad one. It has allowed him to survive an ordeal that could have very easily killed him. This acknowledgment suggests that somewhere deep inside he accepts the story with the people is true, but it does not matter.
The two stories convey different views, one view rational, believing that the animals must be people as Pi could not survive on a lifeboat with animals, and the other being faith driven or irrational believing the idea that the animal constructions protect Pi from the horrors of the lifeboat. Yann Martel uses both views to explore meaning and purpose of story telling and imagination through out the book. A notion of story telling and imagination is a major part of Pi’s introduction to the audience as his religious beliefs are discussed through story. Pi tells the stories of how he came to practise 3 religions in conjunction. He practises Hinduism, Islam and Christianity and makes frequent reference to them throughout the text.
she cried with remorse. "How cruel can the savanna be?" she questioned the savanna itself. Two thoughts filled the mother's mind, an ending to her everlasting grief, and the dismay the crocodiles create. Many animals overheard the mother hyena, and avoided the river.
Yes, the Tiger is a natural predator with vicious killing instincts… It will also care for its young as any mother might and protect the pride from outside threat. On the other hand, a sheep once bit me at my uncle’s farm, and it hurt like crazy. My point is this; all God’s creatures are capable of both good and evil. We choose to be good or bad. I get the feeling that Blake is trying to answer a very big question with an apples-to-oranges comparison.
As if that was not horrible enough, dolphin trainers and veterinarians witness and sometimes assist the killings. If they see a "good-looking dolphin", they purchase them to use in dolphinariums (a dolphin aquarium) and amusement parks around the world (Brian Duignan, Dolphin Slaughter in Japan, Advocacy.britannica.com) including the beloved Sea World. A former Sea World biologist stated in a short documentary, "Sea World has been involved in illegal and unethical actions to assure their parks are well stocked with killer whales." He also said in the same documentary that, "Sea World representatives secretly promoted the Japanese dolphin drivers where thousands of animals are
Pi was saved from the ship, but continued to drift further out into the ocean. Both of these individuals also had a companion. Alvarenga was accompanied by a young man by the name of Xiguel. Unfortunately and unlike Pi's unusual companion, a bengal tiger named Richard Parker, Xiguel was said to have not handled the gruesome diet and died of malnutrition. Even the two story's endings are very similar.
Distortion in Perception and Understanding Due to “Idols” The understanding of the world is limited due to bias and prejudice. People tend to ignore the whole picture and rather focus on the small picture that they have locked themselves in. Francis Bacon wrote “The Four Idols” to “[interpret] nature what the doctrine [of idols] of the refutation of sophisms is to common logic” (882). Bacon talks about how the “four idols” suggest limitation and perception in understanding. The Idols of the Tribe is described as “foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men” (882).
And Uday is dead. And he talks about all the people he killed and tortured and raped. And he makes jokes. And the tiger talks. And he says things like motherf***er.
This quotation show’s how close the two can actually be related to one another. I chose this quote because it gives an understandable comparison between how people feel about zoos and how people feel about religion. This comparison spoke to me because as soon as I read it I knew that that was how I felt about both enclosing animals in zoos and being involved in a specific religion. I also feel that animals are naturally born into the wild, but are forced to either conform to the prey-predator law or die, so for them to be living in a zoo is like heaven, or even more like freedom- they don’t have to continuously be aware of predators, but they live in a cycle they are happy with. This is the same way being involved in religion is for me, I could chose to be free and not follow any religion or practice, but I chose to follow (not extremely closely) but I follow religion and believe in God because that version of reality is much nicer than reality really is.
In the film, Nemo and his father live on the reef in a sea anemone around various fish. All the fish that have the Great Barrier Reef as their home act like us humans in a community; such as, they all communicate with each other and have certain rules. The reef is so real looking because of its details, including vivid colors Ingrande 2 and great scenery. Near Nemo’s home is his school and when he is on a field trip one day he swims off and gets captured. The people that capture Nemo take him to a fish tank