Life of Pi: Sigmund Freud Padlet by Sneha Lele https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp By: Sneha Lele en-us 2023-03-11 02:29:51 UTC 2023-03-12 18:05:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f405.png Main Claim leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512466029 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. ]]> 2023-03-11 02:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512466029 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512467022 “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).]]> 2023-03-11 02:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512467022 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512469091 “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).]]> 2023-03-11 02:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512469091 BEST ANALYSIS EVER! leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512469115 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. 

]]> 2023-03-11 02:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512469115 The human mind can be kind or deadly depending on how the id and superego are being balanced out by the ego. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512470842 “We commonly say in the trade that the most dangerous animal in a zoo is Man” (29).]]> 2023-03-11 02:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512470842 Pi's mother, who was very kind and had good morals, had to face the extreme behaviors of the aggressive cook. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512474062 “It's not right that gentleness meets horror. Better that you had died right away” (139).]]> 2023-03-11 02:57:45 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512474062 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512476035 “The zebra was getting eaten alive from the inside” (157).
“The zebra was still alive. I couldn’t believe it” (161).]]> 2023-03-11 03:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512476035 Pi recognizes that he must control the id part of his mind before it consumes him. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512476664 “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).]]> 2023-03-11 03:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512476664 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). leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512478245 “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).]]> 2023-03-11 03:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512478245 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512479635 “I came to the sad conclusion that I could no longer take care of Richard Parker. I had failed as a zookeeper” (242).

]]> 2023-03-11 03:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512479635 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512480430 “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).

]]> 2023-03-11 03:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512480430 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. leles1656 https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512480710 “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).]]> 2023-03-11 03:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/leles1656/n955ic112sq7rljp/wish/2512480710