Aspects of Pi in Richard Parker:Human beings often see themselves as having split personalities to some degree, whether when they are angry or calm , happy or sad, or drunk and sober. They may have different opinions on which of these personalities is better and which may be "evil", but they almost exist in... In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martell we see Piscene Patell (Pi) who allowed this other personality to come personified as a tiger on his lifeboat, whom he names Richard Parker. This character is necessary, and the main conflict of the story is that Pi tries to tame this side of himself, while still surviving in a hostile environment. On the lifeboat, Pi is exposed to situations in which most men would die, and almost all of them would have to sacrifice part of their morals and beliefs. Pi is not immune to this, and although he survives, he does so by allowing a hitherto invisible part of him to break free. This part of him is evident when he eats meat (that part of him even craves it, as we see when they converse about food), is willing to kill someone, and...