Through chapters 5 to 15, Martel really focuses on the story of animal habits. I think he does this because the second part of the story is solely based on animals and it also shows how Pi resorts to some animal habits to stay alive. When Pi is stranded on a raft with a hyena, zebra, and a Begel Tiger, or when he is left on a the raft with only himself and the Tiger, he uses the lessons taught to him throughout chapters 5 to 15 to act in front of these animals and know their instincts. He made those chapters mainly based on animal habits so that the readers know where Pi has gotten all his knowledge from on how to treat these animals and how he knows there ways of living. If Pi didn’t know these habits of the animals he was stranded with in such great detail, he would not have survived. When Pi’s father teaches Pi that an ‘animal is an animal’ it has great relevance to Pi’s scenario at sea. Animals are just animals; no matter the situation they are in there instincts are never going to change. They animals that Pi was stranded with would never change their instincts because they feel bad for one another, no, they will be animals and only think of keeping themselves alive. The concept of anthropomorphism is brought up as well. Anthropomorphism is only good because it allows people, mainly children, not to be afraid and totally terrified of animals. Yes, a child may think a bear is kind, cute and cuddly after they watch Winnie the Pooh making them think it is ok to approach a bear, when in fact a bear is actually a very dangerous animal; but, then again without these characters no one would approach animals because they are so frightened and only think of them as harmful creatures. Not all animals are, many are actually great with humans and love interactions with them.
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