I don't know about you, but the list in Ch. 52 sounds LONG. This lifeboat must be HUGE. 93 days of food? 124 days of water? It's almost as if the lifeboat was outfitted by people who didn't think search and rescue actually happened. Hmm...
Anyways, read carefully the list of items Pi finds in the survival locker. Comment on this list, answering any or all of the questions below:
If you could exchange any of the items on the list, which would you throw overboard and what would you elect to have instead? Why?
Which item seems the most curious (strange) to you? Why?
Which item is the most valuable? Why?
What item do you think Pi could use most that he DOESN'T have?
If I could throw out any item on the list for something more useful, I would dispose of the cigarettes. Obviously, cigarettes are not necessary for survival, and there are plenty of things that Pi could use to prolong his life that are not on the list. For example, there is no sign of any form of communication present in the box besides the flares. If cigarettes and chocolate are included in the life pack, why not include a radio of some sort? This way, Pi could at least have a chance at making contact with shore instead of relying on the raft to drift towards land. The life pack is impressive; however, it is designed for 32 people and it is missing a few key items.
ReplyDeleteIf I could get rid of one item on the boat and replace it with another, it would definitely be the pack of cigarettes. Obviously, I do not smoke and stranded in the middle of the ocean with a tiger for company would not be the wisest time to start, either. I would already have starvation, pneumonia, and death by a ravenous feline to worry about—no need to add withdrawal to the list. Instead, I would opt for a radio or satellite phone. That way, if any ships were passing by, I would have a chance of being rescued. Pi’s situation looks pretty hopeless. No one knows he is missing, so no one will look for him. If he had a way of communicating with the outside world, not only would his chances of rescue go up, but so would his level of hope and determination. After all, it’s the lack of these that are the deadliest assassins.
ReplyDeleteI think the lifeboat was designed for roughly 10-20 people which is why it had so many supplies.
ReplyDeleteIf I were stranded on a boat in the middle of the ocean I would definitely get rid of the matches. What is the point of matches when the only thing you can set fire to is the boat you're stranded on? I would gladly exchange matches for a flashlight. A flashlight would have no risk of setting fire to the boat and allows you to see in the night. Also a flashlight could be used for rescue and as a deterrent to Richard Parker. Have you ever seen those funny videos where an animal or pet chases around a light? I think the same would happen to
Richard on the boat.
The most valuable item Pi has on the boat is the hunting knife because it gives him the protection from his biggest chance of death. The knife helps him protect himself against the tiger and in some ways is more helpful than just that because of the peace of mind it brings.
The most curious item Pi has are the vomit bags. If the life boat is designed for more than one person then you certainly wouldn't want to keep vomit on the boat. If you have to puke just lean over the side of the boat and have at it.
Pi was very fortunate to find this survival kit in the lifeboat. There are many useful and key items on the boat but there are a few that can be removed from the list. For example, the pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes can be easily replaced. I can almost be sure that if I were in Pi's position, I wouldn't need those at all. I wouldn't even be sure what I would use them for! The could be exchanged for more matches for night purpouses or anything that he may find that needed to be lighted. Those would come much more useful than cigarettes.
ReplyDeleteThe hunting knife and the two hatchets seem peculiar to me because it's almost as if the people who put the kit together knew that the survivor would need some sort of self defense against anything that could attack him. I think it is just strange that with all of the food that he is given, the need for hunting is almost zero!
The most valuable item by far is the supply of water. If Pi was deprived of that item, he wouldn't last more than a few days.
An item that would benefit Pi that he doesn't have on the boat with him would an up to date map. I think that could serve as a great tool for getting a general idea of where he was and where he was going. perhaps, he could also figure out about how long it was going to take him to reach land. I'm actually surprised that the kit did not already have that item in there, but it had Chinese cigarettes and vomit bags.
In the lifeboat's storage locker, there was a seemingly endless amount of supplies that would give Pi the hope to continue his long wait on the ocean with The animals. It was Pi's thirst and hunger that led him to discover this storage locker, and he conquered his fear of the Tiger which was seemingly guarding it by accepting the fact that it would probably eat him anyways. Having lost hope mostly because of realizing that the tiger was still aboard, he assumed he would search for some sort of supplies. Each of the supplies seemed like a blessing to Pi just because of how lonely and abandoned he was feeling, the fact that he had these items to hold on to made him very grateful, despite most of them being only massed produced standard survival tools. The supplies that would be most useful would probably be the food, water, and hunting knife if he needed to protect himself from the multitude of animals aboard the boat with him. Many of the supplies he found would most likely prove to be useless, the flares, mirrors and other signals could not be used because there was nobody nearby to notice them. A few of the items would probably never be useful in any situation aboard the lifeboat, such as the cigarettes and the bar of chocolate, but they may help him to feel better with something to hold on to. I think something that would have been very useful for Pi in the situation would be a better form of movement like a motor that would enable him to move the boat, which he was currently incapable of doing.
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DeleteIn the lifeboat's storage locker, there was a seemingly endless amount of supplies that would give Pi the hope to continue his long wait on the ocean with the animals. It was Pi's thirst and hunger that led him to discover this storage locker, and he conquered his fear of the Tiger which was seemingly guarding it by accepting the fact that it would probably eat him anyways. Having lost hope mostly because of realizing that the tiger was still aboard, he assumed he would search for some sort of supplies. Each of the supplies seemed like a blessing to Pi just because of how lonely and abandoned he was feeling at the time, the fact that he had these items to hold on to made him very grateful, despite most of them being only massed produced and standard survival tools. The supplies that would be most useful would probably be the food, water, and hunting knife if he needed to protect himself from the multitude of animals aboard the boat with him. Many of the supplies he found would most likely prove to be useless, the flares, mirrors and other signals would not be useful to him because there was nobody nearby to notice them. A few of the items would probably never be useful in any situation aboard the lifeboat, such as the cigarettes and the bar of chocolate, but they may help him to feel better with something to hold on to. I think something that would have been very useful for Pi in the situation would be a better form of movement like a motor that would enable him to move the boat, which he was currently incapable of doing.
As Evan said, cigarettes are clearly not necessary for survival. I can't think of anyway that Pi could use them in his current predicament, but I have a feeling that they might be useful later on in the story. That being said, I would still trade them out for something useful such as scuba gear. Pi could use this, along with his fishing supplies and knife equipment, to hunt for fish and find food sources to keep him alive. A spear gun could be helpful too, just in case sharks start to pester the boat.
ReplyDeletePi is quite clearly the most valuable item on the ship. I think it is obvious why too. Everything on the ship, aside from the hyena and tiger, is designed to keep him alive. He is the precious cargo, the most important thing on the ship.
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ReplyDeleteThe 32 vomit bags seem very unnecessary. There is a whole ocean around you and you chose to vomit into a bag? The bag would then have to be kept on board because you can't throw the plastic into the ocean. That would be a waste of space and create a mess.
ReplyDeleteThe 3 graduated beakers for drinking seem unnecessary because there are cans of water to drink out of. Three beakers is not enough for people on a life boat of this size. People on a life boat do not need fancy cups to drink out of, and the glass could break. The glass breaking creates a whole new problem.
The 2 sponges seem very out of place, unless you are planning on cleaning the boat.
The dark chocolate bar seems very unneeded in a life boat. If there is only one, then that is not enough to split up among the many passengers of the life boat of this size. This would just create a craving that could not be satisfied.
Anastasia Leff
ReplyDeleteIf I were in Pi's position, I would be scratching my head as to why there is a pack of "filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes" in the survival kit. These could be supplemented for more food, or some sort of communication device. The cigarettes are unnecessary and seems like the designers of the boat are trying to say, "While you are stranded at sea, have a cigarette." While it may be funny to some people, I think it is careless and a worthless idea.
I thought that sponges were the strangest items in the boat. Pi isn't going to be scrubbing the deck while he is stranded at sea, especially with hyena and a Bengal tiger on board. He is limited to the tarpaulin that he has stayed for his whole time on the life boat. I can’t think of any other uses for them, after all, they are just sponges. Other items that I found strange were the vomit bags. I don't think Pi will care very much where his vomit ends up. He could easily lean over the side of the boat.
The most valuable items, I think, are the food and water provided. These are the most important because he is able to survive with these – and for quite a long time. These simple things are necessities to life. Both items don’t need to be fancy; they just need to be palatable.
One thing I would exchange is the tiger. The tiger is the most dangerous animal on the boat, and what would most likely end my life. The tiger would also decrease my chance of being rescued. I would not feel comfortable shooting flares with a tiger nearby because I could anger him. I would also have to share my food with the tiger which would mean less nourishment for me. If I did not share my food the tiger would most likely eat me. I want to exchange the tiger after it would eat the hyena because then the most dangerous praetors would be gone. Instead of a tiger I would want an airplane radio. An airplane radio could signal nearby planes and I could verbally communicate my location from a far distance. If I were to just shoot fireworks or flares they may not notice them, or pinpoint my location well enough to find me.
ReplyDeleteThe item I find to be the most puzzling is the chinese cigarettes. First of all the Chinese cigarettes would make Pi's health even worse than his already fragile state. I guess one pack may not do too much damage, but he could experience withdraw. I don't see how in any way those could help him survive longer on a lifeboat.
Although the tiger is without a doubt the most dangerous item on the boat, it is absolutely necessary for Pi's survival. Pi himself says that it is ironically Richard Parker who keeps him alive. Richard Parker presents a challenge to Pi, and this keeps him burning with a desire to live. So although Richard Parker is deadly, he is also sustenance for Pi, and is a source of life.
DeleteI agree with Matt. "He kept me from thinking too much about my family and my tragic circumstances. He pushed me to go on living" (164). Pi knows perfectly well that the tiger might eat him, which pushes him even more to try and stay alive. If the tiger does eat him, at least he died trying to do what he thought was right. It is ironic that the deadliest thing, creature, item on the lifeboat is Pi's source to life, and Pi knows it. But Pi has lost everything he has ever known except for Richard Parker and the less-significant-hyena. I think Pi wants to live and keep Richard Parker alive because it is the only thing he has that is from his home.
DeleteMadison! This is really clever! Both of the things that you suggested to either get rid of or gain are great! But to make it better I would go in to more depth about why it would be so great to be living with out the tiger. Also I would change it from saying "me" or "I" to saying Pi, it makes you sound more sure of yourself.
DeleteAlso, I am not saying that I don't agree with Matt and Anastasia, but I think that if Pi never had Richard Parker on the life boat with him he wouldn't feel that way. If Richard Parker hadn't made it on to the boat in the first place then Pi would have been relieved that there wasn't a 450 pound tiger on the boat with him. Madison, maybe you could include a quote that shows Pi's fear of the Tiger from the beginning.
I really like the air plane radio as well, I along with most other kids don't even know exactly what that is but from your description it seems very helpful! Good imagination!
If I could exchange any items on the list, I would definitely exchange the "thirty-two vomit bags." Pi doesn't need vomit bags; he could simply vomit into the ocean. In exchange, I would want some type of communication device. A communication device could help Pi communicate with other people and call for help.
ReplyDeleteThe strangest items on the lifeboat are the "two yellow rectangular sponges." Why would anyone trying to survive – in the middle of the ocean – need two yellow rectangular sponges? They serve no purpose! Sponges are used for cleaning (at least in my household), and I'd be willing to bet Pi is not thinking about cleaning while on the lifeboat. He's thinking that he needs to survive. He certainly doesn't want to be eaten by Richard Parker, and he doesn’t want to die of starvation or thirst.
Undoubtedly, the most important item on the boat is the water. It's essential to human life. It's simple; if you don't have water, you die. He would be able to survive on water until he is saved.
If I could exchange any of the items on the list for a different item, I would throw the pack of cigarettes overboard. Cigarettes are an unnecessary luxury, and to have I pack of a luxury item is strange. In my opinion, a marine radio would be an important thing to have aboard the ship. Marine radios can be used to send out distress signals to other ships. It has a walkie-talkie design, and with a single button, it can send for help to all ships close enough. Also, some marine radios can receive weather reports. In Pi’s situation, a weather report could change his future, because if he could predict the weather, he could possibly prepare for an upcoming storm. I thought that the two yellow rectangular sponges were a strange item. I generally associate sponges with cleaning, so when I saw sponges on the list, I was wondering what purpose they’d serve.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the water will be the most valuable item because you can only survive for about three days without it. Other than the basic necessities such as food and water, I think the hunting knife will be the most important item aboard the ship. After the meat left from the other animals are gone, Richard Parker will turn to Pi as food. The knife gives him a higher chance of survival.
I think that the “plastic vomit bags” are completely unnecessary. First, if a passenger of the life boat felt the need to throw up they could just lean over the side. Second, almost any other item could be more helpful than a vomit bag, for example if I was on the life boat I would add to the list some type of sun protection. There are blankets in the emergency kit so why not something for the other end of the spectrum. The book hasn’t talked much about climate, but if it is summer I can imagine that it is hot. Sun burns can be really bad and on the life boat there are not many safe places for Pi to hide from them.
ReplyDeleteThe most valuable thing in the kit, water. When Pi finds the kit he is practically dying of thirst, he almost gives up hope because he knows that without water he won’t live too much longer. He says “I felt like a dried out lizard” (139). I like this simile because he, like a lizard is small and helpless compared to other animals just as Pi is helpless compared to the tiger.
At the end of the list, I like how Pi counts himself, the animals, the ocean, the lifeboat, and God. This is important because it shows that he still believes in his religions. He hasn’t said anything about God or any religious figure the whole time he has been on the boat and I find that strange. Most people would have prayed for rescue, but not Pi.
If I could exchange any of the items on Pi's lifeboat, I would do away with the three vomit bags. Pi is stranded in the ocean where water is all around; therefore, if seasickness got the better of him, there are millions of square miles in which he can remedy that, all without using up his resources. I would instead suggest some lengths of bamboo. Bamboo is one of the strongest plant materials due to its segmented body, and each segment also creates air pockets, allowing the material to float. Because of these factors, it is favourable for creating a pole to use with his fishing kits. In times of stormy weather, Pi could also fashion an outrigger of sorts to keep the raft stable and prevent capsizing in the high waves and heavy wind.
ReplyDeleteThe most valuable items that Pi possesses are the food rations and the water. These are the bare essentials one needs to survive It is difficult to perceive in our situation of living, but every other item is merely a luxury in this situation. Without food for a week, one dies of starvation, and without water, one dies in only a few days; but without smoke signals, sea anchors, and cargo nets, life can continue. Yes, the wool blankets, morphine syringes, and first aid kit help to preserve life by preventing infection and hypothermia, but they are things that Pi can live without, unlike food and water.
The item that struck me as the most strange on this list was the pack of Chinese filter-tipped cigarettes. Every other item in the lifeboat’s storage cabinet is meant to aid survival in some way or another, but the cigarettes do the exact opposite: they introduce tar and soot into the lungs, making respiration difficult and increasing the chance of diseases such as lung cancer. I wondered if the cigarettes were there in case of a passenger’s addiction, but that is of least importance when one is stranded in the Pacific Ocean.
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ReplyDeleteThe list in Chp.52 is long, yet it has items at the very end of it that make me laugh. I would say the one ocean is the most important item on the list; however, that would be cheating. Instead, I say that the "1 large hunting knife with a solid handle, a pointed end and one edge sharp blade and the other saw-toothed blade; attached by a long string to a ring in the locker"(Martel 146), is the most important item he had. The lifeboat had already its fair share of death with the zebra and Orange Juice the orangutan, and now Piscine is left to fend for himself against the most powerful jaws in the animal kingdom and the deadliest predator in all of Asia. The knife, even in the hands of a teen, can defeat the hyena's jaw power. The Bengal tiger on the other hand would not so much as blink if it is struck in the wrong place. Pi would have to learn how to use the knife to defend himself against two predators, and if he kills the hyena he can state his dominance like on page 44 where Hediger explains," When two creatures meet, the one that is able to intimidate its opponent is recognized as socially superior, so that a social decision does not always depend on a fight; an encounter in some circumstances may be enough." The knife could be used to intimidate the tiger into leaving Pi alone for a time until he could come up with a better plan of action.
ReplyDeleteI think that "1 pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes" are extremely useless, if he want to kill herself it is easy if he just jump in the ocean, instead of that he probably should think in something like, for example more food for the animals, so they will not be hungry and will not eat him.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone would expect a fifteen year old kid to get stranded on a life boat with four animals – two of them being highly dangerous. But I do agree that there should seemingly be a never ending amount of food and water in a life boat. Just think, if the maximum number of people that the lifeboat could obtain where on there, they would maybe survive a few weeks. Pi has enough water to last him 124 days; if thirty-two people were on that boat, that number would be much smaller for each individual person. Therefore, I agree that there should be more food just not for the animals. There should be more food assuming that there would be thirty-two people on the lifeboat.
DeleteThe item that I thought it was more peculiar was the "2 yellow rectangular sponges", first I don't understand how e will use this if he is in a boat in the meddle of the ocean, and second of all I can not understand why it have to be yellow and rectangular. Almost look like if whose green will be wrong. I think the most important item for Pi is God. God is everywhere and everything. I think that is what give Pi forces to keep going with his life.
DeleteIn the survival kit Pi discovers on board there are many helpful and necessary items that could help him to survive. Although many of them are purposeful, there are a few that I would choose to throw out if I was in Pi’s shoes. First off, I would throw out the pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes. I’m not quite sure why these would even make it into a survival kit, other than perhaps comfort, but in a situation where you are stranded on a life boat, I would find much more comfort in communication than a cigarette. Second, I would trade out the chocolate bar for more nutritious, nourishing food. Most of the items in the kit are useful though. One particularly useful one in Pi’s case is the hunting knife, because if push comes to shove, he may have to use it on the tiger.
ReplyDeleteThe weirdest item on the list to me is the sponges. Why would you need a sponge in the middle of the ocean. "I'm dying but what's really bothering me right now is the dirt on the outside of the boat. I REALLY wish I had a sponge so I could clean that off." It couldn't be meant for draining the boat, as there were also 2 plastic buckets and 2 plastic bailing cups, and who would try to drain a huge life boat with a sponge? If they were meant for bathing purposes (which I am assuming they are, since I can think of no other explanation), I don't really see the point. If you're in the middle of the ocean and maybe going to die, I think more food and water would be more of a priority than being clean for the sharks in case they eat you.
ReplyDeleteI also didn't understand the cigarettes or the dark chocolate, which seem like luxury items, not necessities. If a smoker ended up on the lifeboat, they could just use it as an excuse to stop smoking. Smoking is not a requirement, no matter how hard it is to quit, and we shouldn't reward people for their stupidity to start smoking in the first place. The chocolate I don't understand at all whatsoever. That is definitely not a necessity. I would think they would be smarter and put in more food or medicine or clean water.
Diana, I completely agree with you. These are the weirdest things that could have been included in the locker. But what's weirder is that there is only ONE bar of chocolate and ONE box of cigarettes! 32 people were meant to be on that lifeboat so why would only 1 of 32 get the chocolate or the cigarettes. There really is no reasoning to include chocolate or the cigarettes because they aren't necessary to life. Sure, if you're addicted, a cigarette would be great, or if you have low blood sugar, chocolate would sure lift your spirits, but I can't fathom why there would not be 32 of each. The only thing I can come up with is that the people who created this survival kit were completely insane. Did they want some huge riot because that would not change the situation the passengers were in. If I was in that boat, I would fight to the death for that chocolate. The fillers of this kit also had the strangest amount of things. 16 wool blankets-what about the other 16 who are shivering cold? Are they supposed to share? Could they not include 16 more? 32 vomit bags-They are in the middle of the ocean; couldn't they just vomit off the side of the lifeboat? 3 graduated glass beakers for drinking-good, because I know I would want the germs of 31 other people to be on my cup. The supplies are completely crazy, and let's face it, if we were all on lifeboat with not enough supplies to go around, we would turn on our survival of the fittest mode and do what ever we could to get them. For all we know the suppliers could have had a video camera secretly hidden in the boat to watch the battle unfold for a new reality show. I'm obviously kidding, but they way this boat is stocked is ridiculous and inadequately stocked for 32 people.
DeleteI am would like to say that sponges on a life boat are actually very useful. Seeing as how the Oceanis heat can cause fever and sweat, one would need a sponge to soak up the sweat, fill it cold water, or the case where blood from a cut can be cleaned with a sponge. Cleaning sweat with the sponge keeps it out of the eyes and if he did not wipe the sweat off his face it would go into he=is eyes causing slight blurrieness. Sponges are lifesavers when it comes to fevers. A wet sponge with cold water can bring down the temperature of a survivor on the lifeboat, which occurs often on the open seas. Lastly, the sponge can clean a cut using the provided medic kit. The sponge cleans the cut, bandage it up and viola no infection. I say the sponge was a welcomed blessing on the lifeboat.
DeleteIn chapter 52. Pi was given an abundance of things to aid his survival. While many of them were necessary others were dispensable. If I could get rid of one of these tools it would be "3 graduated glass beakers for drinking"(Martel 145). If you have 124 tin cans of fresh water there should be no need for something to drink out of, aside from the tin. Unless used for something other than drinking these beakers are useless. Instead of the beakers, in an obvious choice, I would elect to have a form of communication. This is such an obvious choice as it could solve all of Pi's problems. Whether it a cell phone, walkie talkie, airplane radio, ship radio, etc. either could help by find his way out of the bloodcurdling ocean.
ReplyDeleteI think the strangest of these materials would be the "1 pack of filter-tipped Chinese cigarettes"(145). Several of the above comments state that in their opinions they would get rid of these, expecting Pi to smoke them leading to a sickness or death. I think just the opposite. Instead of smoking Pi could use them as a signaling tool. Along with the cigarettes, Pi has two boxes of water proof matches. Using the matches to light the cigarettes, the odor from the lit cigarette for could alert any near by humans or possible rescuers. I think an important thing Pi does while stranded is use his given tools to create even better ones. With the cigarettes being a seemingly useless and even threatening tool, combining them with matches could come to his aid.
The most valuable tool Pi has on the ship is 1 God. This is not only a valuable tool for Pi, but also a symbol to readers that all religions/gods can coexist. I believe that 1 God is the most valuable tool because in my religion anything is possible with God. As things stand in chapter 52 the odds are heavily stacked against Pi. Stranded in an ocean, with no communication with the outside world, and having only two companions, a tiger and hyena Pi's faith will play a vital role in his outcome. While typing, a remembered a simple Bible story I had heard time and time again throughout my youth. "Daniel in the Lion's Den" tells the story of Daniel when sent to live in underground pit without food and numerous hungry lions. With a strong faith and careful prayer, Daniel escaped the den untouched. With a strong faith anything is possible. This could possibly be an allusion from author Yann Martel.
Going on what Harper had said about how 1 God was listed at the end and is the most valuable, I disagree with him. I believe that by saying 1 God, Pi is suggesting that he needs to choose one God and one God only. I believe that because of his belief in three different religions, his Gods have punished him for he cannot have all three. I believe that by saying 1 God, Pi is suggesting that he needs to choose one God and one God only. You cannot believe in three different religions; it is impossible, especially Islam and Christianity. In Christianity one of the Ten Commandments says "You shall have no gods before me" while in Islam, the Shahada says "There is no god but Allah and Muhammed his prophet. So there is no way he can be a follower of all three; he needs to choose. Christianity, Islam and Hinduism hold many contradictory beliefs and the fact that Pi does not see this shows a lot about his character and his superficiality of his beliefs.
DeleteIf I were on the boat, I would not throw any items over. Where most people think that vomit bags and cigarettes are useless, I think there is a great use for them. The vomit bags as well as the cigarettes can be used to make a fire, in one of the water cans, to be used for heat as well as flares once the other flares and energy sources are used. However, if I could exchange an item, I would trade the cigarettes for a radio. I am very surprised that a radio was not on the lifeboat because it would greatly increase his chance of survival. The items that are the most valuable are food and water. I also feel that there are a group of very essential items in order to survive the tiger. The life jackets, synthetic rope, lifebuoy, and sewing kit can allow Pi to make a small boat for himself. This can provides protection from the tiger but can also relieve Pi’s stress.
ReplyDeleteThe item that is strange to me is one God. Being a Catholic, I don’t understand how Pi can practice three non-relating faiths and still believe he has one God. Even though I disagree with this statement of God, I credit Pi to still believing God is present with him. So often, many people lose faith in God while going through a terrible situation. However, this is not the case with Pi. He has kept a strong belief in God but, I feel there are items that could help him even more. All the items in the emergency kit are items that physically save a person. Although water and food are essential for his survival, I feel that Pi needs a spiritual emergency kit rather than a physical one. This kit would include his prayer mat, a Bible, and a reminder of his Hindu religion. Out at sea, Pi can focus on each religion and find out which one will truly save him.
The item that seems the most curious to me, would be the notebook including the pen. I don't know what to do with it besides keeping me from being bored. Another is, if you wrote a rescue note you wouldn't know where it could end up or if someone is going to find it. To write it, would be hard because you can't really say where you are heading, where you will end up, or where you are. The only thing you can say is where you are is in the Pacific ocean; if someone did find the message it would be hard for them to find you.
ReplyDeleteAnother item that seems curious to me is, why is their a carton of cigarettes? It wouldn't be any of use for Pi to use or even any use for another person trying to survive. The carton of cigarettes is basically dead wait in the boat. The only thing that the cigarettes would be doing is being closed and collecting dust. This item is not being essential for Pi because he is young and the most important thing to do is survive, not to start smoking-making you sick. If you want to get sick like getting sick with smoking, why don't you just try to get seasick even more. So whats the point.
The two items that seemed curious towards me, have somewhat the same qualities. Meaning that who would need cigarettes or notebook including pen? How would they help you to survive. I'm trying not to repeat, but both of these items have two comparisons towards themselves. One is why would this be on the boat and what is the purpose towards themselves?There is no certain point for Pi to use the items for anything for him to survive the long journey that he has ahead or the long journey he has ahead with Richard Parker (tiger).
DeleteThe goal of me being Analysis, is that I have to get to the point to make sure that my message is across. Meaning that I shouldn't describe more into detail, I should just say little details to get to the point. So the main goal for being Analysis is that I want to make sure that the readers are getting my post and getting why I would write it.
ReplyDeleteIf you could exchange any of the items on the list, which would you throw overboard and what would you elect to have instead? Why?
I would but I wouldn’t throw over board the one pack of filter tipped Chinese’s cigarette. I would also throw out the tiger. I say this because the tiger is the biggest threat in the boat. If you make a wrong move the tiger could come and kill you. I would throw out the cigarettes because I wouldn’t use this item because I don’t smoke and why would you smoke when you are trying to survive. Smoking kills you. I would not throw them away because you could use the cigarettes to light them with the matches to make a fire. Without fire you will freeze to death.
Which item seems the most curious (strange) to you? Why?
The strangest item in this boat is notebook with 98 lined pages and the ink pen. You will do nothing this paper and you couldn’t do anything with the ink pen. You cannot write to anyone because you are in the middle of the ocean. There is one thing you could do with the paper and that is light it and make a fire just like cigarette
Which item is the most valuable? Why?
I think that there are two most valuable things on this list. There are two because one is something you can touch and the other one you can’t touch. One is God and the other one is water one hundred and twenty-four tins of water. I think that God is the most important because without faith that his is going to make it out, he has given up on himself. Water is one the most valuable because you can survive 124 days with the amount of water on the boat, but without water you could survive only fourteen days.
What item do you think Pi could use most that he DOESN'T have?
Pi could use a gun because that would help the tiger in the boat. It sounds harsh but it is survivor of the fittest.
I think the 98 page notebook could be useful to Pi. He mentions a lot how board he is and how he longed for something to do. He ended up creating schedule, but I think drawing or writing could really help pass the time. This way he could also have strong recollection of what he went through. Also I am not sure a gun is the best way to kill a tiger because I don't think a bullet would be very effective. I agree he should kill the tiger to survive, but I feel a large amount of poison could get the job done.
DeleteI think the most valuable thing he mentioned on the list is God. Many posts above, for example, say you do not need cigarettes or you do not need this or that...This does not matter. Of course you will need those things to survive, but the most important thing he mentioned in the list is God. Without God, he wouldn't have survived. Without God, he wouldn't have found those items to survive. Without God, I think his life would have no meaning, no direction. After all of this torture, he still had faith. Having faith means having love. He loves God, he has trust, and without Him those items he mentioned will be useless. That is how I feel.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Farah about God being the most valuble item on the list. God has been Pi's main source of inspiration for his will to live. But I disagree with him needing god to find the suplies. This is because I think he was desprarate enough to find them on his own.
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