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Man and the Natural World Quotes in Life of Pi

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It came as an unmistakable indication to me of how low I had sunk the day I noticed, with a pinching of the heart, that I ate like an animal, that this noisy, frantic unchewing wolfing-down of mine was exactly the way Richard Parker ate. (2.82.5)

Pi becomes more beast-like. Much more like, say, Richard Parker. But – in the history of castaway and shipwreck novels – there are probably precious few passages where the slurping of turtle blood seems like spiritual enlightenment. You could translate "[...] this noisy, frantic unchewing wolfing-down of mine" to "I am in the moment and have no thoughts outside the thing I am doing."