Life Of Pi Quote Analysis

In Life of Pi, Yann Martel's novel About a young boy who gets all odds stacked against him, The Main character Piscine Molitor Patel or “Pi” knows that as people get lower in their life they begin to exceed their past achievements allowing them to conquer obstacles. In later pages in the Life of Pi he states that “The Lower You are, The Higher your mind will want to soar”. Once you have achieved everything you want in life the only place to go is down, but when people have nothing to lose People Tend to perform at their best. Pi was faced with this same problem while 7 months at sea. He had lost everything, his family, his home, his faith in God, and he was positive that death was coming for him. Pi could have given up, but he found a way to bounce back and defeat the odds.
In all of sports history there have been a numerous amount of come from behind wins. This simply happens because the team that is ahead begins to relax and believes that they are going to win, while the team that is losing realizes that in their current situation they have

to go all out because they have nothing to lose. In 1995 during the NBA finals the Indiana Pacers were facing an eight point deficit to the New york Knicks with thirteen seconds to go in the game. Reggie Miller had one of the worst games of his career and the crowd was booing his name. He was in a struggle, but realizing that he had nothing left to lose, The fear and struggles had left him. this lead him to play the best 16 seconds of his career. Reggie Miller Scored 8 points in eleven seconds, winning him the biggest game of his life. In The 2012 FA Cup final Arsenal was facing off against Reading F.C. and was predicted to lose by at least a 3 goal margin. Arsenal were on their way to having their worst season since the club's founding in 1886. In just 36 minutes arsenal found themselves down 4-0. At Halftime the team understood that they were the Underdogs, and If they gave up they would have been decimated. This was their only chance at winning a title this year, so at the start of the second half they played with an extreme amount of heart and dignity. Arsenal had come back to tie the game 4-4 to send them into extra time, leaving Theo Walcott to net a last second game winner to win them the title 6-5. Everyone on the team's mind soared high and Imaged victory. This helped them look past the people who were criticizing them and focus on their main goal so they could achieve it,
I Believe that school is extremely frustrating when you need to balance it with Sports friends and sleep.

Sometimes I will put one of those 3 in front of school and I usually end up paying the price for it. When I receive a bad grade on an assignment, it will usually ruin the rest of my day once I see it, and some days I want to give up on that class. I'm usually upset until I tell myself that it is an easy fix and all I have to do is work harder on the next assignment that comes my way. After receiving a bad grade on an assignment my next grade satisfies me and I am pleased with myself. At first I'm at a low, im upset. But then my mind wants to soar, so I push myself extremely hard to do better, After getting a few good greats I them become lazy and end up getting another bad great. This restarts the process and makes me want to work harder to succeed. The quote “The Lower You are, The Higher your mind will want to

soar”
pertains to everyone because you will always be faced with new challenges, and when you get these challenges, they will surely knock you down but you have to bounce back and imagine the great things you can do. No matter how high you get life will always knock you down, but that will again push you to strive for greatness.