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In the novel Life Of Pi by Yann Martel, Pi’s experience in the shipwreck conveyed how he was forced to overcome and survive many challenges both physical and mental.

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Pi is careless with his resources when he is first on the raft.

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Pi is careless with his resources when he is first on the raft.

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“He was kicking vigorously with his legs.  I grabbed an oar.  I thrust it at him, meaning to push him away.  I missed and lost hold of the oar” (99).

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Before the shipwreck, Pi sees the good in everything and everyone even if there was not a reason.

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Before the shipwreck, Pi sees the good in everything and everyone even if there was not a reason.

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“I thought they were helping me. I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me overboard did I begin to have doubts” (105).

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Pi mentally overcomes the death of his parents and focusing on his situation.

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Pi mentally overcomes the death of his parents and focusing on his situation.

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“I began to wait. My thoughts swung wildly. I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed by pain, weeping silently” (111).

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Pi's idea of the most dangerous thing to him changes because of the wreck.

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Pi's idea of the most dangerous thing to him changes because of the wreck.

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“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know” (161).

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Pi overcomes his fear of Richard Parker and begins to welcome his presence. 

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Pi overcomes his fear of Richard Parker and begins to welcome his presence. 

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“A part of me did not want Richard Parker to die at all, because if he died I would be left alone with despair, a foe even more formidable than a tiger” (164).

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The idea of time while shipwrecked is disheartening and therefore better to lose track of.

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The idea of time while shipwrecked is disheartening and therefore better to lose track of.

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“I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time” (192).

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Pi sees fresh drinking water as more valuable than jewels after the shipwreck.

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Pi sees fresh drinking water as more valuable than jewels after the shipwreck.

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“I kept rainwater and the water I collected from the solar stills in the locker, out of Richard Parker’s sight, in the three 50-litre plastic bags. I sealed them with string. Those plastic bags wouldn’t have been more precious to me had they contained gold, sapphires, rubies and diamonds” (224).

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Pi prepares for the last leg of journey by making sure he has plenty of supplies.

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Pi prepares for the last leg of journey by making sure he has plenty of supplies.

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"I ate algae throughout the day until my stomach could take no more. I killed and skinned as many meerkats as would fit in the locker and on the floor of the lifeboat” (283).

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Pi begins to ration his rations which he has never had to do before.

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Pi begins to ration his rations which he has never had to do before.

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“The instructions also suggested survivors restrict themselves to half a litre of water every twenty-four hours. I counted the cans of water. There were 124. Each contained half a litre. So I had water rations to last me 124 days”  (144).

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Pi overcame his ideals to feed himself and keep him alive.

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Pi overcame his ideals to feed himself and keep him alive.

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“casting my line out and pulling it in quickly, making the head skim over the surface of the water, that I finally had my first strike” (184).

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Pi changes his daily routine while on the raft to keep busy and not get bored.

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Pi changes his daily routine while on the raft to keep busy and not get bored.

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“I kept myself busy. That was one key to my survival. On a lifeboat, even on a raft, there’s always something that needs doing.” (190).

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Pi was forced to eat less food in order to help keep Richard Parker alive.

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Pi was forced to eat less food in order to help keep Richard Parker alive.

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“I cut the fish in two halves. Richard Parker was looking my way. I threw him his share” (240).

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When Pi eventually makes it to the coast of Mexico, even though he has managed to survive, the mental and physical changes that he endured during his trip are all too apparent.  Pi, a lifeless shell of himself (appositive), is too weak to even feel the happiness and relief of finally finding land.  In fact, Pi remembers that, “When we reached land, Mexico to be exact, I was so weak I barely had the strength to be happy about it" (284).  Pi had to overcome both mental and physical challenges; (two related sentences) the extremity of these changed Pi to a point where he didn't even feel excited, landing on the beaches of Mexico (participle).