Life Of Pi

Although as a young child Pi was always introverted, his mental prospect in life was affected and produced by his upbringing. Pi's father, Santosh, knew little of Pi's personal aspects of life, he did, however, give Pi lessons at the zoo which affected him greatly. These lessons were coveted by Pi and shaped his thinking as he grew older. Pi grew up with the idea that animals were better off in the zoo than at the mercy of nature. He believed that within a territory supplied with all of the survival props that an animal will be content and will feel liberated from the task of survival despite the obvious restrictions. By carrying these ideas back from Pondicherry and onto the boat he was able to find liberty. Although it took him a while to fully appreciate the things that liberated him within the boat, he soon realized that within it he did posses liberty. However, his experience was quite unlike that of the zoo animals. He had no people to care for him, he had no instant gratification of hunger and in order to survive it was necessary for him to take on numerous amount of survival chores. Nevertheless he had a full supply of fresh meat within the ocean with complete economic freedom, he had the freedom from societal constraints and the freedom of religion.