Can you compare and contrast Life of Pi and the poem "The Panther"?Here is the poem: His vision, from the constantly passing bars,has grown so...

This is an interesting question. My first reaction is to
find a parallel between the poem and the way that the panther finds his being and
existence shrunk down to the space of his cell and the bars that prevent his freedom. He
comes to believe that his world only consists of this space, and that the "thousand
bars" only represent a boundary between his world and "no world." As a result, his
"might will stands paralysed." This reminds me of the way that Pi's life becomes
suddenly restricted to the lifeboat and his raft. He, like the panther, by necessity
comes to focus on this narrowest and slimmest of geographical locations as his "world."
The sea represents the bars that mark the boundary between the state of "world" and "no
world." In order to survive, Pi can only allow himself to focus on his immediate
realities, thus "paralysing" his "mighty will," though of course just like the panther,
occasionally his singleminded focus is interrupted by otehr
thoughts.