Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs In Life Of Pi

Every primal need is based on the “appetite” they require, whether it be water, shelter, or food; which is what Jack feels is the most necessary to have throughout the book, whereas Ralph was focused more so on shelter and tactics for rescue, like keeping the fire going. Ralph and Piggy were both focused on the most immediate need for survival, rescue. When Piggy is crushed, the knowledge and support Ralph had behind him, crumbled with him. The loss of “knowledge” was what got the ball rolling to the ultimate destruction of the tribe. Everything, literally, went up in flames as the story came to a destructive

With the right circumstances, any person can find themselves a slave to their inner violence. The Most Dangerous Game shows the story of two characters who both embrace their inner violence for different reasons. General Zaroff is a perfect example of someone who has given into his primal need for violence for far too long. Due to his desire to survive, Rainsford abandoned his humanity in favor of embracing his more animal instincts. The desire to commit violence is deep within every person, no matter the time period.

Friedrich Nietzsche once stated, “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” In the novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel a young man, Pi, is enforced to survive through suffering and endure the grievances of a shipwrecked human being. After embarking on a journey with his family from India to Canada aboard a ship, the Tsimtsum, which holds a variety of zoo animals sinks. Facing the bitter truth that he does not have a family anymore, Pi must withstand the urge to mourn his family and seek survival. He is stranded with a boat of ferocious animals and hope. In the novel, Pi is an archetypal hero because a traumatic event changes his life forever, and he suffers from his journey.

Through examination of Lord of the Flies, Golding seems to share this point of view. When left in an environment lacking authority, the boys attempt to follow the fundamental rule of nature, electing Ralph as their leader and for a time, following his rules. However, when another boy desired the same position, competition arose and Ralph was revealed to be less powerful and disrespected by the group. Jack found his power in feeding off the other boys’ fears, and using violent, animalistic techniques, which proved to be what they truly desired. War broke out between the two, as Hobbes predicted would happen in such circumstances, and morality was only restored when a powerful figure of authority finally arrived on the island.

Jack’s non-existent rules are a way for him and his tribe to pretend like they can hide behind a mask and take away the boys ability to function as members of a civil society. Towards the end of the story, the lack of laws take a toll on all the boys on the island: “The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like vapor. These painted savages would go further and further” (236). The breaking of the conch and the loss of two boys are prime examples as to why a society cannot function without rules. The rule of the conch was the first rule established by the assembly.

Thesis: Golding would be surprised to see that there is still savagery in humans today, and that his theory, on HUMANITY was true about humans and their nature. William Golding develops the savagery in humans through Jack and Ralph. Jack emphasises the idea of savagery, and how the boys should live on the island, where he doesn 't want to be civilized. Ralph, on the other hand, wants a CIVILIZATION and this causes problems from the start for all the boys on the island. Because Jack and Ralph hold different opinions of how to live from the start, conflict and rivalry is created.

According to Aristotle, one of the original creators of a tragic hero, there are a number of characteristics that define one: he must root his own demise; his fate is not deserved, and his punishment is more severe than the crime; he also must be of noble height or have a level of greatness. These are all characteristics of Jay Gatsby, the main character of Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is of course a tragic hero. In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, all the characters are, in one way or another, attempting to find happiness within their lives. The characters in the novel are divided into two groups: the rich upper class and the poor lower class, aka The West and East egg, although the main characters only try to better their

By the time my Grandpa could see the fish on the end of the line, he noticed that my line was on the end of his and that beyond his fish there was a large shadow in the water. Once my uncle got my line untangled from my grandpa’s line I felt all of the slack I had disappeared. There was something really strong at the end of the line and whatever it was did not want to be pulled to the surface. Thankfully, my grandpa had gotten his fish out of the water and so I had all of the room to get the fish into the boat. When I started to fight the fish, he had been close to the boat because by grandpa had been unknowingly reeling in both of our fish.

Old Major presents his dream that the animals will work together against Jones in the hope that they live their lives in a greater dignity, and while that is true for some amount of time the greed for power becomes more discernible. By the end of the book the animals have ended up no better than where they first started, now controlled by fear. It is both psychological and physical fear that controls the lower animals. So in this sense Orwell is right, human nature is the cause for non-equitable societies and it is almost impossible for an egalitarian society to

Ralph, from Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, struggles between doing the right thing and doing what’s wrong. After being stranded on an island with a few dozen boys, conflict quickly emerges. There is an unsaid thirst for power by the oldest two boys: Ralph and, the antagonist, Jack. When given the problem of hunger, they both go to hunt, and are faced with a wild pig. The boys decided not to slain the pig because [They knew very well why he hadn’t; because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.

Here it is when Santiago reaches the Havana, his beach, and finally realises, or we may say, confirms his suspicion: there is no fish left. He was left with the backbone but no meat to sell. He didn’t care what would happen with the bones, as mentioned earlier, and he is not even satisfied with what he brought. He lost the fish and lost his fight/struggle. The whole point of his trip was to catch a fish so that he could sell it.

All that was inside the survival pack all it’s riches. Brian then swam back to shore and found something that he didn’t know would be able to help him because when he pressed the button he claimed it was broken since all he heard was static. He looked through the survival pack more until he came upon food and he decided to have a feast. While he was cooking he heard a sound but ignored it and deemed it unimportant…...but then a plane landed on the lake and a pilot came out saying that it’s him the kid that was in the plane crash. To that shocking situation that Brian thought would never come, all he said was his name and if the pilot wanted something to eat.

Russel Allen “Phil” Phillips and Francis McNamara. They were stuck out at sea with only two life rafts, and the first night, McNamara ate all the survival chocolate in a panic. This left them with no food, no water, and no way for anyone to find out they were lost on the vast ocean. Sharks constantly circled in hopes of a good meal and in order to get food they had to figure out how to catch birds and then use them as fish bait for the birds smelt and tasted to ransom to get past their lips. In order to attain water they had to catch the falling rain when the world decided to show some sympathy towards the stranded survivors.

Twain concludes the character’s moral journeys by demonstrating how they escape pressures put upon them by society. In Twain’s story, “The conflict between what people think they stand for and what social pressure forces them to do is central to the model” In the end, Tom’s morality is questionable because he focuses on himself instead of Jim thus creating a contrast between himself and Huck and different moralities and characterizing the two boys. A shift in Huck’s character is demonstrated when he tells Tom Don’t do nothing of the kind; it’s one of the most jackass ideas I ever struck.”By this point in the book, Huck is able to stand up for what he thinks is right. Instead of blindly following Tom, he is able to voice his own opinion and stand up for what he believes is true. This contrasts with the beginning of the novel where he was desperate to join Tom’s gang of robbers.

Eventually, both Pi and Richard Parker go blind. a couple days later, a blind castaway appeared on a lifeboat and Pi realized he wanted to eat him. Before that castaway got a chance to eat Pi, Richard Parker killed him. Pi and Richard Parker’s vision came back and found themselves on an algae island. Pi tried to go exploring with the little strength he had left and ended up replenishing himself.