Humans generally face struggles during their lives. Such struggles may take place among themselves, with someone or something else, but they usually arise from some sort of opposition in the way of life. In Yann Martel's novel The Life of Pi, Pi's passion for personal survival conflicts with his moral obligations to himself, internally transforming his outward character. Throughout the novel, Pi's thoughts reveal an internal struggle between his desire to live and his own beliefs about what is. morally right. Pi grows up with different religious views because he studies different religions. Its religious diversity constitutes a moral standard of “dignity and not depravity” (Martel 71). He values ​​dignity and character first over the corruption of morals because he considers this to be the right way of life. However, faced with the challenge of survival, Pi realizes that he must sacrifice some of his previous beliefs to stay alive. For example, due to his limited food resources, Pi must abandon his vegetarian lifestyle. This idea of ​​sacrificing one's personal beliefs out of desperation is not a comfortable transition for Pi. Starving, Pi must kill a fish. Since this is his first murder, he does it gently, “with tears streaming down [his] cheeks” (Martel 183). Pi's emotion shown while killing this fish describes his internal struggle to want to remain in peace. He considers himself a “killer… now guilty… [with] a terrible burden to bear” (Martel 183). His inability to accept the death of the fish and ignore it for his own survival needs shows his desire to maintain his innocent and passive lifestyle that he had before. Furthermore, Pi's refusal to kill the rat is an effect of his desire to remain pure and innocent. Although he... middle of paper......mes” not looking for any trouble in his wild ways (Martel 201). As Pi's actions show, humans generally lose their ability to decipher what is wild and what is absolutely essential because the threat of death trumps moral conscience. So the journey that Pi endures psychologically usually translates to humanity as a whole, under similar circumstances. Humans psychologically have two sides: one side composed of morals and beliefs and one side composed of necessities. Sometimes these two sides oppose each other and cause some form of conflict. Pi's conflict stems from his desire to live at the expense of his beliefs and ultimately alters his personality. Through his thoughts and actions, Pi reveals the human nature of despair in the face of fear.Works CitedMartel, Yann. Life of Pi: a novel. New York: Harcourt, 2001. Print.