Authors Note: This piece is a response to a quote of the author of The LIfe of Pi "a lifeboat with a wild animal struck me as a perfect metaphor for the human condition. Humans aspire to really high things, right, like religion, justice, democracy. At the same time, we're rooted in our human, animal condition. And so, all of those brought together in a lifeboat struck me as being... as a perfect metaphor."
In the book the Life of Pi the tiger, Richard Parker wants to aspire to be much more. Though, he is being held back by the boundaries of the life boat. This relates to the human condition because everyone wants to aspire and become more. Humans don’t always do amazing things because just like the tiger we have things stopping us.
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