Relationships

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"The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree and hold hands." - Alexander Penney "Every person is a new door to a different world". - from the movie "Six Degrees of Separation" media type="custom" key="4444513"

Songs
The Older I Get by Skillet - [|Lyrics] One Time by Justin Bieber - [|Lyrics] Pop Goes My Heart by Hugh Grant - [|Lyrics]

Quotes from the Life of Pi
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 * "When two creatures meet, the one that is able to intimidate its opponent is recognized as socially superior" (Page 55)
 * "Yet there will always be animals that seek to escape from zoos" (Page 50)
 * "Love that was Father Martin's answer." (Page 54)
 * "As much as I liked him as a teacher, he was a figure of authority, and I, a subject" (Page 26)
 * "He became a good friend of the family. I called him Mamaji, mama being the Tamil word for uncle and ji being a suffix used in India to indicate respect and affection." (Page 8)
 * "The more I learned about him, the less I wanted to leave him" (Page 57)
 * "Why do people move? What makes them uproot and leave everything they've ever known for a great unknown beyond the horizon"



Some people don't realize what they have infront of them, they take their relationships for granted. Inatimate objects can never take the place of what a real human relationship can give a person. Everyone needs at least one close relationship on their life; close relationships keep a person sane when the world becomes crazy.



[] This picture shows human and animals interacting. This is important because Pi lives in a zoo and learns many things from his animals friends. He takes what he learns from the animals and applies it to his relationships with humans. Animals are beautiful creatures that can teach us a lot in life.



This picture shows another close relationship formed by human and animal. Although Scooby is not as dangerous as a Tiger they share some of the same difficulties Pi would have had, with not being able to talk, and (At first) having a different diet. At the same Pi and Richard parker grew closer together and even ended up sharing all food.  Relationships are both give and take, this picture demondstrates just that. Each person is coming together in love and supporting each other and helping the other one. These are all good qualities of a relationships.

The most important relationship you can have is the relationship you have with yourself. You have to be happy with yourself before you can truly be happy in any other relationship. Self confidence and self esteem are important in realtionships with others; when you are confident and have high self esteem, you have achieved the satisfaction of having a great relationship with yourself.

__Quotes from //The Life of Pi//__  //"//You see this in their spatial relations. An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard-significantly. There is no more happenstance, no more 'freedom', involved in the wherabouts of a lizard or a bear or a deer than in the location of a knight on a chessboard." (Chapter 4) Yes this quote is about animals, but if you really think about it, humans do the same thing. Humans make their living significant which is the relationship humans have with their envirnoment.  "It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards." (Chapter 5) Whenever we meet someone new, we never know what kind of effect they will have on our lives. No matter what, they will have some sort of impact on out lives. This is how we form relationships with new people, we accept them into our lives. Once we get to know these people better, we realize what kind of impact they will have on our lives. Relationships change the way you live your life. <span style="color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: #f5f4f4; color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"Ravi was already there, and like all younger brothers, I would suffer from following in the footsteps of a popular older sibling." (Chapter 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">This always happens when a younger sibling follows an older one. The younger sibling is in the shadow of the older on, which creates unhappiness. Like stated above, the best relationship you can have is the relationship with yourself. When your in someone's shadow, your self esteem can drop and that harms the relationship you have with yourself. Pi is in Ravi's shadow and is already struggling to find himself, not good for either relationship. <span style="background-color: #f5f4f4; color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"It was my luck to have a few good teachers in my youth, men and women who came into my dark head and lit a match." (Chapter 7) <span style="color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">This quote shows the relationship Pi had with his teachers. He respected his teachers because they got him thinking, 'lit a match'. Every teacher should be respected because they give us knowledge that we wouldn't have known without them. Pi always seems lnterested in learning and diversity, I'm sure his teachers taught him to keep an open mind. Later on in the book this shows because he wants to be three different religions at one time, he definitely has an open mind. ​ ​ <span style="background-color: #f5f4f4; color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted hyena is not well served by its appearance." (Chapter 43​) <span style="color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Pi is getting annoyed with the hyena, he is beginning to dislike the hyena because it is restless and he cannot do anything about it. This is ruining his relationship with the hyena, and even the other animals. The hyena may have a reason to be acting this way, but Pi might need the hyena in the future, and he doesn't want to throw him over board. The hyena is causing tension in the boat and this is affecting Pi's relationship with them.

<span style="background-color: #f5f4f4; color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"'God preserve me!'" (Chatpter 51​) <span style="color: #dc18a3; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">Pi believes in many religions, he has a good relationship with God. Through the three religions he follows, he has become close to many Gods that he prays to. All he wants is to believe in a higher power and be close to God.​

"Richard Parker was lying on his side His tail jumped to life when i was at the bow but his head did not life. I let the raft out" Sometimes we have unhealthy relationships or relationships that need to make a change. Pi need to figure out a way to over come his fear of Richard Parker and tame him so that their relationship and be benifical to both him and RP. (1590

"I bent down picked up the fish and threw it towards him" (200) Pi was very giving in his relationship with Richard Parker because he was a tiger and needed to be fed and also Pi was trying to keep the peace.

"It was Richard Parker who calmed me down.It is the irony of his story that that the one who scared me witless to start with was the very same who brought me peace, purpose, i dare even say wholeness" Pi shows that in life we often see changes in our relationships that bring out the best and worst of us. Richard Parker allowed Pi to keep the calm during the storm and a steady head.

<span style="color: #984dff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">__Outside Quotes__ <span style="color: #984dff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">"To have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life; to be a good friend is one of the noblest and most difficult undertakings." <span style="color: #984dff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">- Anonymous <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%; text-align: center;">[] <span style="color: #984dff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center;">This quote applies to Pi because he has a variety of friends, both human and animals. He takes delight having a variety of friends. He learns life lessons from these friends that makes him a stronger person.

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