Quotation Analysis
Quotation Analysis
“To Think that when I was a child I always shuddered when I snapped open a banana because it sounded to me like breaking of an animals neck. I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible.”(ch.66.p.218)
At this moment of this story, Pi has lost all his food and has slowly started to starve. Pi not only having to worry about how he is going to get proper nourishment but Pi also has to deal with a now malnourished tiger. Without food Pi soon worried that he would become to weak to defend himself from Richard Park or simply die from starvation. Thus causing Pi betray his vegetarian ways to keep himself alive, slowly pi begins to fish and gather sea turtles. Once Pi familiarized himself with hunting, he starts to think over what has brought him to this point. Reflecting over his old values and staying alive, while trying to remain sane in the middle of the ocean.
This is a significant quote in the story, it reveals just how much Pi has changed, and how far he still has to go. Pi started off as a innocent whom would never dream of hurting a living creature. Pi is forced to put his morals aside and consume them on a daily basis. Pi starts off feeling remorseful and guilty over his actions, finding it difficult to kill the fish.
This is a significant moment in the story, that helps to reveal how Pi is slowly changing. Pi was once someone that would never consider harming a living creature, but now regularly does in order to keep from starving. At first he feels very guilty, and finds it very difficult to kill a fish, even if it was what his life depended on in that moment. After becoming accustomed to this, however, He does not think twice about he actions. He no longer praises his gods for the food he has found, he simply sees it for what it is- sustenance. This shows that Pi is slowly becoming desensitized to the actions he once thought were unthinkable, and becoming less faithful and more practical with what
“To Think that when I was a child I always shuddered when I snapped open a banana because it sounded to me like breaking of an animals neck. I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible.”(ch.66.p.218)
At this moment of this story, Pi has lost all his food and has slowly started to starve. Pi not only having to worry about how he is going to get proper nourishment but Pi also has to deal with a now malnourished tiger. Without food Pi soon worried that he would become to weak to defend himself from Richard Park or simply die from starvation. Thus causing Pi betray his vegetarian ways to keep himself alive, slowly pi begins to fish and gather sea turtles. Once Pi familiarized himself with hunting, he starts to think over what has brought him to this point. Reflecting over his old values and staying alive, while trying to remain sane in the middle of the ocean.
This is a significant quote in the story, it reveals just how much Pi has changed, and how far he still has to go. Pi started off as a innocent whom would never dream of hurting a living creature. Pi is forced to put his morals aside and consume them on a daily basis. Pi starts off feeling remorseful and guilty over his actions, finding it difficult to kill the fish.
This is a significant moment in the story, that helps to reveal how Pi is slowly changing. Pi was once someone that would never consider harming a living creature, but now regularly does in order to keep from starving. At first he feels very guilty, and finds it very difficult to kill a fish, even if it was what his life depended on in that moment. After becoming accustomed to this, however, He does not think twice about he actions. He no longer praises his gods for the food he has found, he simply sees it for what it is- sustenance. This shows that Pi is slowly becoming desensitized to the actions he once thought were unthinkable, and becoming less faithful and more practical with what