The quote “Oh the horror… the horror…” spoken by Kurtz in the story Heart of Darkness written by Joseph
Conrad is uttered in regards of the darkness in humanity. Similarly, in Yann Martel’s
Life of Pi, the protagonist Pi Patel has gone through the horrors of
humanity and saved himself by creating Richard Parker. Richard Parker is a baneful
and nefarious creature that represents the darkness in humans. Pi protects himself from Richard Parker
because he knows that “tigers” are very harmfully and cannot be trusted. Pi’s father
told him this some time ago. Pi undergoes intense circumstances while trying to
return home and all of them demonstrate the horrors in life. Pi not only viewed
the gory deaths of others but created them as well. Oh the horror… the horror…
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