In the novel Life of Pi He realized that life means more than riches. When Pi looks over the boat he sees a world of fish that shine bright beautifully.The first time Pi sees Richard Parker he sees his gleaming coat that shines orange and black. When Pi cathces the first dorado the shining scales on its body were to beautiful to kill. Then Pi realized that riches are nothing, the real treasures in life are things we don't really take time to look at like fish. But they are really there.