Life in solitude can be pure torture. Have you seen Cast Away? The main character, Ramon, ended up at sea, and got attached to a volleyball that he named Wilson. Cast Away is very similar to Life of Pi because the story line of both involve an individual who suffers alone at sea that attempts to cope with their tragedy through something else.
Pi was in need of a friend or something to occupy him while he was away from humans. Richard Parker, the dangerous and mysterious animal, was the perfect distraction. Richard Parker
represents Pi's inner strength. As Pi states "without
Richard Parker, I wouldn't be alive today to tell you my story" (Martel
182), he means to say that Richard Parker is the one who pushed him to go on
living. Richard Parker is the one that makes Pi Patel a more aggressive and
determined boy. Pi's fears are represented through Richard Parker, and also as
well as how he overcomes his fears.
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