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The Life of Pi by Yann Martel

"This was the terrible cost of Richard Parker. He gave me a life, my own, but at the expense of taking one. He ripped the flesh off the man's frame and cracked his bones. The smell of blood filled my nose. Something in me died then that has never come back to life."

Chapter 90, page 255

This passage shows one of the dark and painful moments of Pi. Even though Richard Parker(a three year old Bengal tiger) is seen as a symbol of survival but Pi is still the one that has to bear the guilt.

East of Eden