Explanation

Our background is of a tiger diving into the water with its jaw wide open.  This shows a tiger’s most dominant instinct of hunting and reflects the stereotype of their violent behaviour.

   

The picture in “Survival of the Fittest” is for comic relief for an otherwise depressing and intense blog. The picture in “BEASTMODE” is of meerkats and is used as a visual aid for the reader as most people are not familiar with the appearance of a meerkat.  The picture of the beach in “Hope Sweet Home” adds a visual aspect to the ending of the miraculous journey that has just been endured.

The song “Why Can’t We Be Friends” emphasized Richard Parkers need for social interaction both with Pi and his own kind.  The song “Bodies” demonstrates Richard Parker’s vicious attack instincts and the savagery inside of him and all animals.  Throughout the rest of the blogs we have developed empathy towards him and given him human qualities and emotions this song/blog provides a sense of reality to the reader and reassures them of Richard Parker’s animal-like behaviour.

     Three websites that Richard Parker would be interested in included a webpage about include the subjects of food, hunting and humans. Richard Parker is obviously heavily interested in food. He is a 450 pound carnivore. He devours anything at every chance he gets. Hunting also comes naturally to Richard Parker. He is a tiger. Tigers hunt. They are natural hunters and it is their only way of getting food, so it makes sense that Richard Parker would have some interest in it. He would also have taken an interest to humans. Richard Parker was stuck on the boat with Pi for 227 days. There is no doubt that he was intrigued by Pi. He probably wanted to learn more about Pi, so he would have done some research on humans if he could have.

     Overall, this blog was meant to be bold and representational of the novel Life of Pi and portray events from the book in the eyes of Richard Parker. 

Hope Sweet Home

     I could not believe it!  Just ahead of my eyes was more water... but beyond that water was a small island and past that small island was the inland.  I have no idea where we landed but I saw a jungle and when I walked up to a mirror I saw another tiger that looked like it had not eaten in months so I ran into the jungle because those things will attack you!

     Several hours had passed before I stopped running.  I relaxed and thought of the ordeal I had suffered.  I remembered the boy who fed me and took care of me, how I wished I could go back to him and thank him, but he was gone when I returned to the boat.  I did not know where I would go but I had my freedom and this new world was my new home.

BEASTMODE

     All of a sudden we landed on a mysterious island. The floor of the island burned my feet at night, so I returned to the lifeboat each evening to sleep. There were plenty of rodents inhabiting the island. They are known as meerkats. I was so hungry that I devoured many of them. They were delicious. There was also fresh water on the island. Their blood quenched my thirst and their edible parts filled my stomach to satisfaction. I need to eat or I will die, and the meerkats are the most abundant food source for me at this point. I’m a natural hunter and I found it enjoyable to slaughter these defenseless animals. It is natural for me. I’m a natural hunter, and I need to hunt.

Lonely, I am so lonely..

     We've been at sea for some time now. I killed and ate the hyena because he annoyed me with his yelping and running around in circles all of the time. I was also hungry and the zebra’s body wasn’t very appetizing. I was hungry, and the hyena paid for it. He was delicious.

 

I’ve also been feeling very lonely lately. I’m constantly by myself under the tarpaulin day by day. They boy is always adrift on his raft, day and night. He rarely comes onto the boat for short periods of time before returning to his raft. I don’t want to hurt him. I think that we can work together to survive. So, I tried to tell him that I wasn’t going to harm him like I would to anyone of my own kind. I don’t know if he understood or not. I’m becoming miserable because of my loneliness.  

Survival of the Fittest

     It was the middle of the night. Darkness. A storm. Four Taiwanese men rushed to my cage and opened it. I panicked. Four murders and no charges.

     The boat swayed so strong I could barely walk. I eventually tripped over board and it was the fastest fall of my life. I distinctly remember as soon as I hit the water not even remembering the fall. I thought for sure I would die. Waves were higher than any I had seen in my life. 

     Across the monstrous current was a life boat and in it a boy, he seemed familiar. He was looking at me signaling me as if he wanted me to come over. No humans had displayed this signal towards me before. I was scared and I had no idea what to expect, was it a trap? I choose to take my chances and swam to the boat it was the longest swim of my life. I retreated under a tarp he did not notice me. Thankfully.