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During Pi’s journey throughout Life of Pi by Yann Martel, he is changed on both a natural and spiritual level as he attempts to balance each tier of the Hierarchy of Needs to survive.

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Pi is able to experience his first break from survival in ages, and he is rejuvenated with a new perspective and future for his journey. 

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Pi is able to experience his first break from survival in ages, and he is rejuvenated with a new perspective and future for his journey. 

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“What reason could I have to leave the island? Were my physical needs not met here? Was there not more freshwater than I could drink in all my lifetime? More algae than I could eat? And when I yearned for variety, more meerkats and fish than I could ever desire? If the island floated and moved, might it not move in the right direction? Might it not turn out to be a vegetable ship that brought me to land? In the meantime, did I not have these delightful meerkats to keep me company? And wasn't Richard Parker still in need of improving his fourth jump?” (279).

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Pi indirectly compares his pre-shipwreck life to the life of animals in his father's zoo. 

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Pi indirectly compares his pre-shipwreck life to the life of animals in his father's zoo. 

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“When it works, the result is an emotionally stable, stress-free wild animal

that not only stays put, but is healthy, lives a very long time, eats without fuss, behaves and socializes in natural ways and-the best sign-reproduces”

(40).

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Pi's beliefs about animal's needs are significantly altered as he survives his journey with Richard Parker.

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Pi's beliefs about animal's needs are significantly altered as he survives his journey with Richard Parker.

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“Considering that animals dispense with clothes, footwear, linen, furniture, kitchenware, toiletries; that nationality means nothing to them; that they care not a jot for passports, money, employment prospects, schools, cost of housing, healthcare facilities-considering, in short, their lightness of being, it's amazing how hard it is to move them” (88).

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Pi's understanding of an animal's basic needs come back to help him form a relationship with Richard Parker during their time aboard the life boat. 

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Pi's understanding of an animal's basic needs come back to help him form a relationship with Richard Parker during their time aboard the life boat. 

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​​“Animals are territorial. That is the key to their minds. Only a familiar territory will allow them to fulfill the two relentless imperatives of the wild: the avoidance of enemies and the getting of food and water” (17).

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Pi is forced to acknowledge the differences between his hierarchy of needs versus Richard Parker's, and how his needs conflict with Pi's. 

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Pi is forced to acknowledge the differences between his hierarchy of needs versus Richard Parker's, and how his needs conflict with Pi's. 

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“I had supplies for months to come. What did he have? Just a few dead animals that would soon go bad. What would he eat after that? Better still: where would he get water? He might last for weeks without food, but no animal, however mighty, can do without water for any extended period of time” (159).

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Pi's mental health is given a massive boost with the discovery of a book; therefore, his hierarchy of needs is given some much needed balance. 

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Pi's mental health is given a massive boost with the discovery of a book; therefore, his hierarchy of needs is given some much needed balance. 

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“That moment of material revelation brought an intensity of pleasure-a heady mix of hope, surprise, disbelief, thrill, gratitude, all crushed into one-unequalled in my life by any Christmas, birthday, wedding, Diwali or other gift-giving occasion. I was positively giddy with happiness” (141).

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Pi learns to appreciates the universal will to live that is experienced by all living creatures. 

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Pi learns to appreciates the universal will to live that is experienced by all living creatures. 

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“I have a fierce will to live. It's not something evident, in my experience. Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others-and I am one of those-never give up. We fight and fight and fight. 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” (148).

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Pi realizes the flaws in his plan to outlive Richard Parker, and he recognizes the superiority of Richard Parker's biology over his. 

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Pi realizes the flaws in his plan to outlive Richard Parker, and he recognizes the superiority of Richard Parker's biology over his. 

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“‘Richard Parker is afraid of the sea right now. It was nearly his grave. But crazed with thirst and hunger he will surmount his fear, and he will do whatever is necessary to appease his need. He will turn this moat into a bridge. He will swim as far as he has to, to catch the drifting raft and the food upon it. As for water, have you forgotten that tigers from the Sundarbans are known to drink saline water? Do you really think you can outlast his kidneys? I tell you, if you wage a war of attrition, you will lose it! You will die! IS THAT CLEAR?’” (160).

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Pi experiences the deficiency half of his needs overpowering the growth needs to satisfy themselves. 

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Pi experiences the deficiency half of his needs overpowering the growth needs to satisfy themselves. 

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“Saliva forcefully oozed through the dry pastiness of my mouth. Making loud noises of pleasure, I tore at the algae around me. The inner and outer tubes separated cleanly and easily. I began stuffing the sweet outer into my mouth. I went at it with both hands, force-feeding my mouth and setting it to work harder and faster than it had in a very long time. I ate till there was a regular moat around me” (259).

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Pi has become accustomed to the gruesome acts that he partakes in to survive. 

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Pi has become accustomed to the gruesome acts that he partakes in to survive. 

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“In its stomach, besides the morsel of dorado I had just given it, I found three small fish. After rinsing them of digestive juices, I ate them. I ate the bird's heart, liver and lungs. I swallowed its eyes and tongue with a gulp of water. I crashed its head and picked out its small brain. I ate the webbings of its feet” (232).

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Pi has completely abandoned his previous beliefs, and he is willing to do come to terms with his actions if it means survival.

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Pi has completely abandoned his previous beliefs, and he is willing to do come to terms with his actions if it means survival.

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“But in point of fact the explanation lies elsewhere. It is simple and brutal: a person can get used to anything, even to killing” (185).

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As Pi begins to understand the gravity of his predicament, he starts to formulate plans to deal with each of his issues; unsurprisingly,(; transition,) the most pressing of these issues is Richard Parker. Pi's earliest plan, a flawed, hastily created strategy(appositive), was to outlast Richard Parker using his access to plentiful resources aboard his makeshift raft to survive. Pi is banking on Richard Parker succumbing to dehydration, asking, "where would he get water?" (159). Soon after however, Pi realizes the fault in his plan being that "As for water, have you forgotten that tigers from the Sundarbans are known to drink saline water? Do you really think you can outlast his kidneys?" (160). This clearly demonstrates how Pi is having to change himself this early on by problem solving and finding weaknesses in his plans so that he does not become the victim of a careless mistake. Pi also begins to dig deeper into the differences between his own hierarchy of needs and Richard Parkers. Pi realizes that these will be either his saving grace or the nail in his coffin as he examines how he can use them to benefit his future plans for survival. Quickly he realizes that he is outmatched in terms of straight out survival, leading him to the only solution which is to tame the big cat (participle). This will be a massive shift in character for Pi as his original plans involved killing Richard Parker or letting him die. This shows how Pi is being forced to change as his situation evolves further out of his control.