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Yann Martel demonstrates in Life of Pi that life is an unpredictable, infinitely changing ocean that people must navigate and suffer through as Pi did. It has fluctuating situations where different tools must be used in order to find happiness and purpose within life.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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People have no control over what happens in their life just how they handle and react to it.

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People have no control over what happens in their life just how they handle and react to it.

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“I had no means of controlling where I was going-no rudder, no sails, no motor, some oars but insufficient brawn. [...] So I drifted. [...] I traveled down the road of life.” (193)

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Thrown into the world, people must figure out how to fend for themselves.

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Thrown into the world, people must figure out how to fend for themselves.

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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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One must use the tools and lessons given to them when they were younger to survive the world.

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One must use the tools and lessons given to them when they were younger to survive the world.

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“It seems orange–such a nice Hindu color–is the color of survival because the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and the life jackets and the buoy and the oars and almost every significant object aboard was orange.” (138).

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Filled with endless difficult situations, in life people must be able to appreciate the little good things that happen and not take them for granted. 

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Filled with endless difficult situations, in life people must be able to appreciate the little good things that happen and not take them for granted. 

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“Physically it is extraordinarily arduous, and morally killing. You must make adjustments if you want to survive. Much becomes expendable. You get your happiness where you can. You reach a point where you’re at the bottom of hell, yet you have your arms crossed and a smile on your face” (217).

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Spirituality, an infinite world with endless possibilities, must be used to help people in their lives; the infiniteness of imagination can be used to make life more survivable. 

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Spirituality, an infinite world with endless possibilities, must be used to help people in their lives; the infiniteness of imagination can be used to make life more survivable. 

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“She sees in Krishna’s mouth the whole complete entire universe, all of the stars and planets of space and the distance between” (55).

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Logic and reason are useful tools to help navigate the world, but spiritual connection allows a deeper understanding as to why this is necessary and provides more of a push to implement these qualities into life. 

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Logic and reason are useful tools to help navigate the world, but spiritual connection allows a deeper understanding as to why this is necessary and provides more of a push to implement these qualities into life. 

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“I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater” (298).

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Unreliable, faith is often tested due to the unpredictability of life and the suffering it can bring at seemingly random moments: dedication to this faith is tested in these moments. 

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Unreliable, faith is often tested due to the unpredictability of life and the suffering it can bring at seemingly random moments: dedication to this faith is tested in these moments. 

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“God’s hat was always unraveling. God’s pants were falling apart. God’s cat was a constant danger. God’s ark was jail. God’s wide acres were slowly killing me. God's ear didn’t seem to be listening" (209).

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Wanting to achieve happiness and success, there is often a hunger that pushes people to uncomfortable lengths to gain goals that are desired.

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Wanting to achieve happiness and success, there is often a hunger that pushes people to uncomfortable lengths to gain goals that are desired.

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“All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.” (41)

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The intense desire for a certain thing drives people to insane lengths to gain this specific outcome, hunger makes people cross many moral boundaries and makes them uncomfortable to get the things they want. 

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The intense desire for a certain thing drives people to insane lengths to gain this specific outcome, hunger makes people cross many moral boundaries and makes them uncomfortable to get the things they want. 

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“ ‘So why did you kill them?’ ‘Need.’ ‘The need of a monster. Any regrets?’ ‘It was them or me’” (247).

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There is a necessary mindset that people must have in order to survive, suffering must be embraced and succeeding the suffering using the tools one is given must become a normal. 

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There is a necessary mindset that people must have in order to survive, suffering must be embraced and succeeding the suffering using the tools one is given must become a normal. 

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“ ‘I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into a routine.’” (148).

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Often in life there are situations in which people must endure discomfort in order to attain what they desire most. Pi heavily desires survival and explains that when one's life--literally or figuratively in the sense of real-world context-- is threatened, "[one's] sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival” (120). This hunger drives people to want to endure suffering in order to survive and reach what they want to achieve. The animalistic nature in which the failure of those around somebody is of no importance creates success for the person implementing the nature. Being able to work this instinct with personal morals and not be consumed by its nature is highly valuable and difficult to do. Pi struggles with taming his Richard Parker, and when Richard Parker is able to leave, he does so unceremoniously, and Pi has to come to terms with what the instinct made him do. This is difficult for him to do, crying about the disappearance of Richard Parker, Pi states that "It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go" (285). Which illustrates the point that coming to terms with mistakes and being able to restart is a valuable tool that relieves suffering within life. Accepting the parts within oneself that makes one do things that bring discomfort to them is absolutely necessary for someone to find happiness. Concluding and accepting mistakes is necessary because it allows someone to be able to navigate the changing ocean of life and be able to find purpose through self-forgiveness.