The Life of A Pi by Yann Martel

Elements of Fears In Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi", Pi seems to be shocked and terrified by many fear factors such as the sinking of his ship, being alone with Richard Parker (The Bengal Tiger), the death of zebra, the death of hyena and so on. All these fear elements that haunted Pi during his long journey also taught him survival techniques. While on his 227 days through the shark infested waters, Pi encountered many …

…wanted him to attack and kill hyena which was their worries fortunately, the presence of hyena saves his life, because sailors would have thrown him into a life boat on the ship and would have therefore drowned. Hyena racing performance and the explanation of how dangerous the hyena is raises another alarm. The death of family members and the killing of orange juice by the hyena shook Pi because he thought he was the next.