Compare and Contrast Pi and Chuck

rally Monsi English 12/4 Ms. Rock 29 November 2012 There is not integrity key to excerpt no its much like the key ring to survival. The offset key I exigency to talk about is military force, but there is more to force out then just the natural strength there is also a need for stimulated strength. Its lifes whole true opponent. solitary(prenominal) business crowd out defeat life. Martel, Yann. 56. Life of Pi A Novel. innovative York Harcourt, 2001. 203. Print. This is why the mastery of fear potful succor you survive.Love which is closely an exact opposite of fear but goes pile in hand with hope alas there are many forms of savour that can bring about the ask to survive, this helps Pi and Chuck near the termination of the trials. cunning you are at the top, or that you are the alpha gives you strength and courageousness to carry on, both Chuck and Pi need to come to this realization in order to survive. This key ring of characteristics does not stop here I t urn over only a chosen a select few. Although both Pi and Chuck survived they accomplished this feat using the akin characteristics but in a unique right smart differing from the another(prenominal).Emotional and physical strength will determine your capability to survive as it did in the stories of Pi and Chuck. without mercy. Not caring if were healthy or ill. Hungry or drunk. Russian, American, macrocosms from Mars. Its like a fire, it could either destroy us or it could keep us warm. . Castaway. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Perf. Tom Hanks. twentieth Century Fox, 2000. DVD. This quote is from the movie Castaway and in a way explains what the lack of physical and emotional strength can do to you. First the physical side of strength, this characteristic helped Pi and Chuck with the physical challenges they faced.Pis first major struggle was with hunger this burden took most if not all of Pis strength. The hunger race Pi to do things and eat things he would have never done in his l ife if he were not in this situation where he had no other choice. Chuck had a polar first physical challenge, this challenge affected him quite a lot in his story and it was physical injuries eer he was getting cut by his tools or getting hurt by things he was attempt to build, but in any case he was getting hurt and cutting down on his physical strengths.Though these trials are different they both needed physical strengths to defeat their challenges. Emotional strain can cause a person to lose the will to survive or even the will to live. This is more clearly shown when chick is thinking about suicide, his emotional strength was done he no long-run had the will to live. Pi didnt struggle with the thought of suicide like Chuck but kind of he emotionally struggled with death. From the ship that went down with his family to the life ride with slaughtered animals this all must have been an emotional shock to a boy who cannot even kill a fish without tears.Though the trials of th eir physical and emotional strengths were different hey both had the strength needed to survive. Strength played another important role in both of their stories when they needed to timber up and be the alpha male. I had to devise a training program for Richard Parkers had to gear up him understand that I was the top tiger and that his territory was limited Martel, Yann. 58. Life of Pi A Novel. brand-new York Harcourt, 2001. 211.Print Pi and Chuck both show the characteristic of being an alpha male, but at the uniform time show a weakness to something that might be stronger. In the quote above it dialog about Pi when he is starting to train Richard Parker the lion, peeing on the boat, and blowing his whistle are a few of the ways that he attach his territory and lets him know he is the alpha. Chuck on the other hand there is not doubt he is alpha, alone on an island he has total discover nothing to fear but there is one thing still holding him in step to the fore.So in order to survive you need to be an alpha male and both of these characters eventually by the end of survival get across these cardinal antagonists holding them back. With Pi his antagonist is Richard Parker, but soon he marks his territory and trains Richard Parker and its easier sailing from there. Chucks antagonist was the waves the waves held him back when he tried to escape and left him in fear until he finally had the courage and resources to try again. In both stories the characters survive because they were able to overcome these obstacles and truly be the alpha in their certain situations.A big part that they had to overcome on their channel to being alpha was the fear of the task fear plays an immense role in the story of survival for these two. Fear next turns to your body your jaw begins to gallop on the spot. Your ears go deaf. Your muscles begin to shiver as if they had malaria and your knees to shake as though they were dancingMartel, Yann. 56. Life of Pi A Novel. New Yor k Harcourt, 2001. 203. Print. The fear that Pi has is the like fear that chuck has, though the fear may come in a different form it is something they both have to overcome.One of the reasons these two are able to survive is because of their fear, the fear of pain, of death, this fear is what helps them to advertize on and survive. Pi describes fear almost like a disease the way it affects you, this fear almost led chuck to suicide and this fear almost influenced Pi to give up his hope. By being able to surpass this fear and suppress it as well chuck doesnt give up hope and he is soon rewarded by a piece of trash that will help him overcome and pass by that have the appearance _or_ semblanceingly impenetrable wall of water blocking his escape.For Pi his fear was of animated on a raft with a 450 pound killing machine and with good reason, but by overcoming his fear not only is he able to survive but train the tiger as well in order to survive more comfortable. Fear was a necessar y characteristic that these two needed in order to survive, but they needed another characteristic to have a ying and yang picture and help them progress, which was love. I just want to love God Martel, Yann. 23. Life of Pi A Novel. New York Harcourt, 2001. 87.Print, Pis love for God helped him understand his trial and that he would just needed to be patient and have hope. I say this about pi to show how love can help you survive he learned through his love of God to appreciate the little things that did go veracious and to deal with the big things that went wrong. Chuck had a similar love but this love was for his fiance, he cute to return to her and he used the wanting to promote him to live and to survive. Now fear has the effect for one to be afraid of death or pain love on the other hand helps a person look at their life and learn to love it.This love of life is just as powerful as the fear of death, these two characteristics make them want to survive and even at the same t ime help them to survive. This unbeatable mix of characteristics helped Pi stay on a small boat even though death was feet away in striped fur, and it was this same two characteristics that froze Chucks feet in place when he wanted to jump of the cliff and end his life. Even though love may seem like one small key on a big key ring it can help you survive longer than the strongest man without love.This key ring is not complete, I have selected only a few of the keys that Chuck and Pi needed to survive. Their Mental and Physical strength may have faltered at times but they didnt stop, they didnt give in to the doubt that filled their minds and they pushed through their trials headstrong. They proved their strength by becoming the alphas they took the obstacles in their way and faced them head on having the courage to take risk that could end their lives. They feared, they feared the end and were not ready for it to come and they used fear to push them to the limits.They loved thought they loved for different reasons they still loved, Pi with his love of God and Chuck with his love of women pushed through and survived to the end. Although their trials may have been different these two characters utilized the same characteristics to help them overcome their challenges and survive. Knowing that they survived it almost makes you think about your own future and your own set of characteristics, and in a way makes you want to go out there and try to survive and see if you really have what it takes to be an mentally and physically strong, to be the alpha, to fear death, to love life, but ultimately to survive.