Story Of Keesh Analysis

In the Alchemist Santiago has a recurring dream which sets him off to find treasure in the pyramids, and he believes it's his personal legend, and he must complete it. Santiago learned no heart suffers while it pursues its dreams. Fear acts as the biggest motivation to achieving one’s Personal Legend. As Santiago faces many obstacles, he is tempted to leave his journey and turn back. Santiago was afraid to turn back and abandon his journey and lose everything he had, but he was also afraid of continuing and losing his family and Fatima. “We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions or our property.” In Life of Pi, Pi went on a journey of self adventure and accomplishment, throughout the journey a Bengal Tiger for company and in the process discovering himself, faith and God. “You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.” Pi learned many valuable lessons on his journey such as If you believe in everything, you will end up not believing in anything at all. Listening to all sorts of advice will harm your chances and cause delay in reaching your end goal. Pi has learned to have many obstacles thrown at him and he's dealt with all of the with his tiger as a companion on his lifeboat. Pi learned to solve problems and find his way back to safety and completed his journey of self accomplishment and adventure.

It takes mental and emotional strength to survive because you’ll be able to overcome your obstacles. The crew members in the story The Voyage of the James Caird by Caroline Alexander demonstrated excellent mental strength. Emotional strength is another huge factor that is needed for survival. The Life of Pi by Yann Martel documented the struggles of a religious boy who is forced to use emotional strength to go against his morals. The main character, Pi, was forced to kill a fish even though his religion deemed it immoral to kill animals. Other people like the Sherpas have strong emotional strength by thinking of their families. The struggles of Sherpas in Mt. Everest is described in The Value of a Sherpa Life by Grayson Schaffer. Having a weak emotional strength has its consequences. In the story The Seventh Man by Haruki Murakami, the 7th Man lives a miserable life because he couldn’t overcome the guilt he felt for the death of his close friend.

In a short story named “The Story of Keesh” and a novel excerpt named “The Life of Pi” both authors, Jack London and Yann Martel, develop certain qualities in characters who find the strength in themselves to want to survive when in extreme situations. Both Keesh and Pi obtain three traits that help them survive in these extreme environments such as bravery, intelligence and strategic plans.

In the novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel and in the novel “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, the characters all deal with the theme of survival. This topic is worth exploring because it has been a very outspoken subject in many movies

In this essay I will discuss Anscombe’s argument for the conclusion that the state’s authority is justified when it is performing tasks that are necessary and serve the people’s needs. I will then present an objection to the argument that the state’s authority can be justified. Lastly, I will demonstrate why this objection is not sufficient to reject Anscombe’s argument and conclusion.

Humans generally face struggles in their lifetime. Such struggles could be within themselves or with someone or something else but commonly stem from some sort of opposition in lifestyle. In Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, Pi’s passion for personal survival conflicts with his moral obligations to himself internally, morphing his external character.

To simply be alive consists of the acts of breathing and having blood pump through the body, but to be a human being consists of much more complexity. The nature composed of a human being involves having self sovereignty on our own emotions, opinions, desires, faiths as well as having a moral subconscious. Yet, what occurs when a situation allows an individual to react in a behaviour that doesn’t follow these defining factors of human nature? In Yann Martel 's Life of Pi, he creates the conflict of a cargo ship sinking, and the only notable survivors on the life raft consists of a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, and a 16-year-old Indian boy. The protagonist of the novel, Pi Patel, is faced with a personal survival conflict

“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent” (Martel 161). These wise words come from a young man named Pi, the main character of the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It is the fear-filled story of Pi, who becomes trapped on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific ocean and must survive the elements for a harrowing 227 days. In the story, Pi claims to have not been alone on the boat; he says he lived in the company of a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. However, one can suspect that Richard Parker is only a figment of Pi’s deteriorating mind and that he was created so that Pi could distance himself from the animalistic behavior and actions he was forced to resort to in order to survive. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses literary

The Life of Pi, an award-winning novel by Yann Martel, tells the story of Pi Patel, a young boy stranded at sea with an adult Bengal tiger. Marooned on a tiny lifeboat adrift in the Pacific Ocean, Pi finds himself struggling to survive. Faced with imminent suffering and death brought on by hunger, thirst, and an unending battle with the elements, Pi must make a decision between upholding his and society’s strict set of morals and values, or letting his survival instincts take over. Through compelling language and imagery, Martel gives Pi’s conflict between morals, fear, and survival a sense of excitement, suspense, and climax.

In Shakespeare’s, “The Tragedy of Hamlet”, the protagonist, Hamlet, is a highly intelligent and perceptive man. His life turns awry after the death of his father and Hamlet faces his greatest moral dilemma. Likewise, Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi” chronicles the life of a young Indian boy stranded on a boat with a Bengal tiger for 227 days with only his faith to keep him going. Both Piscine Patel and Prince Hamlet were deeply religious, however, their outlooks and philosophies on life were vastly different. Hamlet struggled to trust others, having only a true confidant in Horatio. Whilst Pi on the other hand, befriends everyone, even those who have opposing beliefs to him.

Survival is an instinct. Often times, in order to survive, people must shed a part of their innocence. For some, it may be subtle, taken in tiny bites along the way, and for others it could be in one traumatizing moment. Ang Lee, director of “The Life of Pi,” explores this theme throughout his film. Lee shows the viewer this loss in the use of imagery, lighting, and color. He takes the viewer on a journey through the eyes of Piscine Patel as his innocence and humanity slowly get chipped away and he is forced to do what is necessary to survive and the lengths he goes to to regain that lost innocence.

Irony- Irony was spread throughout the novel of Life of Pi but the greatest example of irony that ties into the theme of this book is that even though Pi was stuck on a boat for seven months with a deadly tiger, the tiger was the reason why he survived. Pi states that Richard Parker was what kept him alive when he lands in Mexico by saying “Then Richard Parker, companion of my torment, awful, fierce thing that kept me alive, moved forward and disappeared forever from my life,” (Martel 285). This example of irony is important to the theme of the story because it seems to have ties with another theme which is religion. For example, during tough times God keeps you alive and when your hardships are over God seems to almost disappear but he still stays in the back of your mind.

In his eagerness he came to close grapples with the bear, and his bones were crushed; but the bear had much meat on him and the people were saved.” This shows that due to the setting people had to resort to facing off intimidating polar bears, in a pursuit of food. In most situations, (for example: Keesh’s father) people had died or ended up seriously injured from just trying to get some food to eat! Throughout this excerpt, Keesh and the villagers have to survive the harsh conditions of the arctic, hunger, and terrifying predators.

“Survival is the ability to swim in strange water” (Frank Herbert). Pi demonstrated life on the Pacific as a test of all aspects. Life on the Pacific tested his physical endurance, he was lost for two-hundred and seventy seven days. In that time, Pi demonstrates his faith towards God, himself, and Richard Parker. Pi develops a robust bond with Richard Parker, then connecting spiritually. Survival in the novel Life of Pi is etched in the deepest parts of the story. These aspects of the novel are depicted through personal and self-reflection within himself. Pi survives because of his strength, faith and a close relationship with Richard Parker.

The saying “desperate times call for desperate measures” holds truth to an extent. In the award winning novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, drastic measures are taken by characters in order to survive while stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean. Through his journey, main character, Pi Patel, endures many hardships and witnesses several deaths. Significantly, the death of the zebra accompanying Pi and the other animals establishes a generalization of human nature being sophisticated yet inherently vicious according to methods of survival.