Richard Parker Quotes

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Richard Parker in the novel represents more than what he is portrayed in the novel as. Richard Parker represents Pi’s aggressive and nonhuman side while surviving on the life boat. Richard Parker is portrayed as a killer that will kill anything that is harmful in his way. The story can be either interpreted as Richard Parker is simply a tiger or Richard Parker being Pi’s imagination as his killer side. Pi throughout the story is presented with many difficult tasks as a teenager surviving in the ocean all by himself. He takes on many of these tasks with the form of Richard Parker alongside using his killer instinct side to solve many problems. Richard Parker is portrayed as vicious, animalistic, and having this killer instinct to survive. These …show more content…

Pi was threatened by the hyena as it was killing the other animals or people so he decided to kill the hyena. “At times, Richard Parker bloodied .Pi cleans the bones from Richard Parker's lair and the. At an early point on the island, after many hardship endured together, Richard Parker runs after Pi with "the rapid and approach of a known killer" Martel Pg. 92. The quote shows Pi’s savage side as a known killer and that Pi has gotten attached to him. Pi has gotten attached to his savage side and is now, maybe realizing that he is a killer and is accepting that side. This also shows that his savage side and his normal side might have accepted each other as Richard Parker runs at Pi with rapid and direct approach of a known …show more content…

Pi uses this side to survive and make sure that there is nothing in his way to survive as most issues that Pi faces is solved through this way. I didn’t have pity to spare for long for the zebra. “When your own life is in danger, your sense of emotion is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival. It was sad that it was suffering but there was nothing I could do about it. I felt bad and then I moved on. This is not something I am proud of. I am sorry I was so dramatic about the matter. I have not forgotten that unfortunate zebra and what it went through. Not a single prayer goes by that I don’t think of it.” This shows that Richard parker doesn’t care about anything but his survival and he is willing to do a lot of his

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