Survival is the continuous and tenacious fight for one's life. As humans, it is our natural instinct to survive, no matter how difficult or unusual the circumstances. Life of Pi teaches us that it is never easy to survive, along with some of the essentials we need in our daily lives. Pi's 227 days at sea are a great example of how incredibly difficult and extensive a given situation can be. There are many themes in this novel that could be explored further, but I personally felt that Pi's means of survival were the most important lesson to fully understand. The need for survival almost always trumps morality, even for a character like Pi, who is deeply religious and principled. When Pi tells the second version of his story to the Japanese men, this theme is highlighted even more clearly, because he matches his survival instincts in the second story to Richard Parker in the first. When Pi is at sea, he struggles internally. with its psychological battles. First, the boy must deal with pain, loss and loneliness after the traumatizing boat accident caused by the terrible storm. He lost his family and everything. Then he remains conflicted because his father taught him throughout his childhood about the danger of their tiger, but how could he let his only companion die? It is clear that the boy's grief and conflicts do not hinder his survival because he still manages to keep himself alive. Pi was torn between zoology and religion his entire life, mostly because the two contradicted each other. Between his love of growing up at the zoo, caring for his father's animals, and Mr. Kumar's influence, it's safe to say that zoology was Pi's passion. His father, on the other hand, wanted his son's main focus to be...... half of the paper ......d Richard Parker, and the other where his family members are the other animals and he is the tiger. We see the similarity between the two in their inner strength and fight for survival. Pi's will to survive saved him from complete and utter physical and mental deterioration at the mercy of the Ocean and a tiger named Richard Parker. A combination of the boy's psychological difficulties and limited means of survival created an intriguing story about staying alive. Many themes and lessons can be drawn from this novel, such as companionship, the importance of storytelling, the nature of religious beliefs, and hunger, but the will to live trumps all. The will to live can even override one's morality, as we see in Life of Pi. Even though the Japanese doubt Pi's tough journey, he is still able to tell his remarkable story of survival that can teach us a thing or two..