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Pi's relationship with the id and superego are personified by the animals in the boat, and it develops the theme that humans must learn to find a medium between the two extremes to survive life or death situations.

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The human mind can be kind or deadly depending on how the id and superego are being balanced out by the ego. 

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The human mind can be kind or deadly depending on how the id and superego are being balanced out by the ego. 

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“We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man” (29).

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Pi's mothers morality–what's right vs. wrong–didn't help her survival at all because she completely ignored her instinctual, survival-focused desires. 

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Pi's mothers morality–what's right vs. wrong–didn't help her survival at all because she completely ignored her instinctual, survival-focused desires. 

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“I raised my hands to the level of my chest–the weapons I had against the hyena. It looked up at me. Its mouth was red. Orange Juice lay next to it, against the dead zebra" (131).

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As much as Pi was grateful for the id part of his brain for keeping him alert and aware of his surroundings during his journey, he disliked the lack of morality he saw in himself. 

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As much as Pi was grateful for the id part of his brain for keeping him alert and aware of his surroundings during his journey, he disliked the lack of morality he saw in himself. 

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“That was the terrible cost of Richard Parker. He gave me life, my own, but at the expense of taking one. He ripped the flesh off the man's frame and cracked his bones” (255).

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The Buddhist monk (who was represented by the zebra) was so full of duality and determination from his deep faith in Buddhism that it allowed him to survive through his injury; though, his morality didn't provide much strength against aggressive, survival-focused cook.

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The Buddhist monk (who was represented by the zebra) was so full of duality and determination from his deep faith in Buddhism that it allowed him to survive through his injury; though, his morality didn't provide much strength against aggressive, survival-focused cook.

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“The zebra was getting eaten alive from the inside” (157).
“The zebra was still alive. I couldn’t believe it” (161).

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Pi recognizes that he must control the id part of his mind before it consumes him.

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Pi recognizes that he must control the id part of his mind before it consumes him.

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“I had to tame him. It was at that moment that I realized this necessity. It was not a question of him or me, but of him and me. We would live – or die –together” (164).

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Richard Parker, who represents the id part of Pi's brain, would not hesitate to protect himself when put in a life-threatening situation, even when its at the expense of hurting others. 

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Richard Parker, who represents the id part of Pi's brain, would not hesitate to protect himself when put in a life-threatening situation, even when its at the expense of hurting others. 

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“So you see, if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded its territory” (43).

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Pi's mother, who was very kind and had good morals, had to face the extreme behaviors of the aggressive cook.

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Pi's mother, who was very kind and had good morals, had to face the extreme behaviors of the aggressive cook.

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“It's not right that gentleness meets horror. Better that you had died right away” (139).

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Richard Parker, who represented the id part of Pi's brain, kept Pi alert and aware of his surroundings on the boat, not letting Pi get too caught up in his emotions (the superego).

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Richard Parker, who represented the id part of Pi's brain, kept Pi alert and aware of his surroundings on the boat, not letting Pi get too caught up in his emotions (the superego).

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“I love you, Richard Parker. Don't give up, Richard Parker, don't give up. I'll get you to land, I promise, I promise!” (236).

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Pi felt as though he had failed controlling the id part of his brain (Richard Parker), and had failed at balancing his morals and survival.

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Pi felt as though he had failed controlling the id part of his brain (Richard Parker), and had failed at balancing his morals and survival.

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“I came to the sad conclusion that I could no longer take care of Richard Parker. I had failed as a zookeeper” (242).

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Pi shows the control he had over Richard Parker, showing that the id part of his brain didn't have complete control over his judgments anymore. 

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Pi shows the control he had over Richard Parker, showing that the id part of his brain didn't have complete control over his judgments anymore. 

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“I feared that the defensive wall of my whistle blows was about to crumble and that he would attack me. Instead, Richard Parker did the most unexpected thing: he jumped into the sea” (263).

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Pi’s mom, the orangutan in Pi’s animal story (participle), refused to adapt to her circumstances or do anything that went against her morals. This resulted in her being killed by the bigger power, the cook, who had no morals and did anything to survive. When Pi glanced to look in the boat for Orange Juice (who represents Pi's mother in the animal story), he saw her slaughtered and laying “against the dead zebra” (131). The cook also got killed when his aggressive behavior went too far. All of these examples show that morality and instinctual behaviors by themselves can only take people halfway for survival, and that there needs to be a balance between the id and the superego in order for humans to have the highest chances of survival. Pi balances the options from superego and the id part of his brain to make decisions; thus, (semicolon transition comma) Pi represents the ego. He considered his options carefully, his brain balancing morality and survival. (absolute) Pi was the only survivor of the journey because he was the only person on the boat who was able to find a happy medium between the superego and the id part of his brain.