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The theme of Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, is that the Id, Ego, and SuperEgo in one's mind must be balanced equally for the safety of oneself and others, or else danger will arise.

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Pi's first main encounter with his Id, changing his story.

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Pi's first main encounter with his Id, changing his story.

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“I went, “Ahhhhhh!”, tossed the can overboard and got another… That can sailed overboard too, and I opened the next one. Which, shortly, also ended up in the ocean.” (Martel 179)

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Pi's Id starts causing him to have *killer* thoughts.

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Pi's Id starts causing him to have *killer* thoughts.

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“Plan Number One: Push Him off the Lifeboat.” (Martel 198)

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“Plan Number Two: Kill Him with the Six Morphine Syringes.” (Martel 199)

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Pi's Id begins to make him sound helpless with their plans.

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Pi's Id begins to make him sound helpless with their plans.

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“Plan Number Three: Attack Him with All Available Weaponry.” (Martel 199)

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Pi's Id makes him delusional, and starts coming up with plans that could never work.

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Pi's Id makes him delusional, and starts coming up with plans that could never work.

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“Plan Number Four: Choke Him.” (Martel 199)

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Pi's starts to run out of plans and begins to lose power in his mind.

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Pi's starts to run out of plans and begins to lose power in his mind.

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“Plan Number Five: Poison Him, Set Him on Fire, Electrocute Him.” (Martel 200)

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Pi's Id finally settles on an achievable(ish) goal.

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Pi's Id finally settles on an achievable(ish) goal.

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“Plan Number Six: Wage a War of Attrition.” (Martel 200)

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Pi's Id loses control and his SuperEgo regains some control.

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Pi's Id loses control and his SuperEgo regains some control.

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“[Pi speaking to himself] I tell you, if you wage a war of attrition, you will lose it! You will die! IS THAT CLEAR?” (Martel 202)

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Pi fully conquers his Id(fear) for the time being.

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Pi fully conquers his Id(fear) for the time being.

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“I looked at Richard Parker. My panic was gone. My fear was dominated. Survival was at hand.” (Martel 208)

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Pi's Id gives him unreasonable attachments to random things, and holds him back.

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Pi's Id gives him unreasonable attachments to random things, and holds him back.

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“Tears flowing down my cheeks, I egged myself on until I heard a cracking sound and I no longer felt any life fighting in my hands. I pulled back the folds of the blanket. The flying fish was dead.” (Martel 231)

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Pi's Id overcomes itself and kills a fish with his animal-like urges.

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Pi's Id overcomes itself and kills a fish with his animal-like urges.

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“You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado.” (Martel 234)

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Pi's Id emotionally attaches himself to Richard Parker, putting himself in danger by keeping him.

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Pi's Id emotionally attaches himself to Richard Parker, putting himself in danger by keeping him.

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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.”

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Pi's Id completes a full 180 and is now keeping Richard Parker, putting him in danger now instead of Richard Parker.

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Pi's Id completes a full 180 and is now keeping Richard Parker, putting him in danger now instead of Richard Parker.

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“I love you, Richard Parker. If I didn’t have you now, I don’t know what I would do.”

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All of Pi’s character development leads up to this moment. Pi started this story loathing the tiger that he had to feed and watch over: "Push him off the lifeboat... Kill Him... Attack him... Choke him." (Martel 198-199) Now it is his only friend left. Richard Parker, however, sadly does not care about him as much. Pi's attachment will only finish with him with a broken heart, as Richard Parker may have never truly cared about Pi the same way Pi did about him. As Richard Parker and Pi leave the boat for the final time, Richard Parker "only looked fixedly into the jungle," and then walked out of Pi's life without looking back to say goodbye. This proves in both ways how if an Id of someone's mind becomes uncontrollable, it can end up hurting oneself and others. For Pi, his attachment to an animal that never could truly sympathize with him eventually hurt him by leaving his life. For Richard Parker, Pi's desire to kill him in the beginning, although never fully carried out, put him in danger as Pi's main enemy for the longest time.