Survival Tactics
The character who experiences survivor's guilt in "The Seventh Man"?
Who is the narrator?
Who accompanies Pi on the lifeboat, albeit as a danger and a companion?
Who is Richard Parker?
What kind of natural disaster is central to the events in "The Seventh Man"?
What is a tsunami?
In "Life of Pi," how does Pi justify his actions that go against his religious beliefs?
What is survival instinct?
What is the term for when "The Seventh Man" recounts his past in the narrative?
What is a flashback?
What is fishing and rationing food and water?
Which emotion dominated the seventh man after the disaster?
What is guilt?
What natural event triggers the main conflict in "The Seventh Man"?
What is a tsunami?
What ethical challenge does Pi face when dealing with survival at sea?
What is maintaining his vegetarian beliefs versus the need to eat fish to survive?
In "Life of Pi," what literary device is used to tell the story retrospectively?
What is flashback?
Name one survival skill Pi uses that he learned from his father at the zoo.
What is taming and training animals?
What helps the seventh man finally begin to overcome his guilt?
What is confronting his memories of the tsunami?
How does the environment challenge Pi aside from the ocean itself?
What are storms and exposure?
What does "The Moral Logic of Survivor's Guilt" suggest as a way to cope with guilt?
What is understanding the randomness of survival?
In "Life of Pi," which device describes the carnivorous island that sustains and threatens Pi?
What is symbolism?
In "The Seventh Man," what did the protagonist fail to do during the tsunami?
What is save his friend K?
How does Pi maintain his sanity while stranded at sea?
What is by creating a structured routine and forming a relationship with Richard Parker?
In "Life of Pi," what does the ocean symbolize?
What is isolation and the unpredictability of life?
What moral conflict is discussed in "The Moral Logic of Survivor's Guilt"?
What is the internal struggle survivors feel about why they lived and others did not?
Which device does "The Seventh Man" use to compare the wave to a living entity?
What is a metaphor?