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Martel’s Life of Pi portrays the idea that one needs greed in order to survive, though abusing greed for personal gain leads to harm and misfortune.

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Man is more dangerous than any other animal because of their greedy and selfish nature.

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Man is more dangerous than any other animal because of their greedy and selfish nature.

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"We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is man" (Martel 29).

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All living things have a fight or flight response and will do whatever it takes to survive.

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All living things have a fight or flight response and will do whatever it takes to survive.

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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" (Martel 41).

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Pi demonstrates his ability to accept life for what it is and being apathetic towards greed.

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Pi demonstrates his ability to accept life for what it is and being apathetic towards greed.

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"Things didn’t turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it" (Martel 91).

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The sailors put Pi's life at danger to save their own, though their greedy actions got them killed instead of Pi.

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The sailors put Pi's life at danger to save their own, though their greedy actions got them killed instead of Pi.

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"The hyena was the reason those sailors had thrown me into the lifeboat. They weren’t trying to save my life. That was the last of their concerns. They were using me as a fodder. They were hoping that the hyena would attack me and that somehow I would get rid of it and make the boat safe for them" (Martel 110).

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Pi has to be greedy and selfish if he wants to survive.

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Pi has to be greedy and selfish if he wants to survive.

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"When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival" (Martel 120).

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Pi's will to live brings him to do unforgivable things, his "life-hungry stupidity" is the only reason why he continued to fight.

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Pi's will to live brings him to do unforgivable things, his "life-hungry stupidity" is the only reason why he continued to fight.

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"We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end. It’s not a question of courage. It’s something constitutional, an inability to let go. It may be nothing more than life-hungry stupidity" (Martel 148).

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Pi knows if he were to rely on hope too much, he would die; therefore he needs to rely on his greed and will to survive.

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Pi knows if he were to rely on hope too much, he would die; therefore he needs to rely on his greed and will to survive.

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"Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway’s worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little" (Martel 168).

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Pi compares himself to Richard Parker because of his quick eating, and keeping most of the food for himself.

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Pi compares himself to Richard Parker because of his quick eating, and keeping most of the food for himself.

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"It came as an unmistakable indication to me of how low I had sunk the day I noticed, with a punching of the heart, that I ate like an animal, that this noisy, frantic, unchewing wolfing-down of mine was exactly the way Richard Parker ate" (Martel 224).

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Pi spoiling himself  with food was necessary to survive, though greeding too much food led him to feel nauseous.

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Pi spoiling himself  with food was necessary to survive, though greeding too much food led him to feel nauseous.

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"I passed the day eating, resting, attempting to stand and, in a general way, bathing in bliss. I felt nauseous when I exerted myself too much" (Martel 261).

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Pi realizes that if he were to be greedy and stay on the island instead of using it as a second chance he would die.

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Pi realizes that if he were to be greedy and stay on the island instead of using it as a second chance he would die.

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“By the time morning came, my grim decision was taken. I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island” (Martel 283).

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The effects of being too greedy can lead to dangerous and unsought consequences. When the ship was initially sinking, the sailors threw Pi onto the lifeboat with hopes of helping themselves survive. Though in the end, the sailors would be punished for their relenting greed by death. It is very likely that Pi saw himself in the sailor's position when Richard Parker was in the water. Letting Richard Parker drown would increase Pi's survival chances tremendously, though Pi's selflessness chose to value other living things over himself. Greed is necessary for survival, but having too much can lead to great punishments. When Pi reaches the floating island it is a miracle, a perfect second chance to save his life when he was at his lowest point. After staying awhile on the island he got a warning that the island was carnivorous, if Pi were to stay and greed his second chance he would be punished by death. "I preferred to set off and perish in search of my kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island" (Martel 283). Understanding that the island was a second chance in the form of a miracle, Pi does not greed the comfort of the island until death.