The writer creates a sense of the Hyena’s behaviour as both paradoxical and amusing , however it also partially illustrates how the Hyena has the ability to harm Pi and holds some significant threat. We are revealed to the Hyena’s funny rather than frightening behaviour through the writer’s use of repetition in ‘yip yip yip’ .The writer builds up tension , presenting the Hyena as a menacing threat to Pi , however releases it through the repetition of ‘yip’. It creates childish connotations , suggesting the Hyena has a neural plasticity of a child and cannot fabricate an attack on Pi. The inability of the Hyena to attack PI is almost amusing to the reader , the description of the Hyenas grotesque appearance is a stark contrast to it’s gruesome depiction. This revelation is amusing and creates the Hyena’s behaviour as paradoxical and funny , rather than frightening. However , the writer does slightly paint an image of the Hyena as a serious threat to Pi through the metaphor ‘ I was seized by fear and could only watch’. The verb ‘seized’ suggests a sense of inability to comprehend and function , suggesting the Hyena caused such great fear Pi is in a way paralysed due to this. This unveils a further image that Pi can only hope that the Hyena will spare him , which correlates to the amoral and loathsome description of the Hyena before. The further hyperbole of the Hyena characterised as a ‘beast’ reinforces how the Hyena poses a serious threat to PI. The characterisation of the Hyena as a ‘beast’ suggests it subverts from the typical nature of an animal , suggesting it hurts and causes demise to any life presented to it. This is further highlighted through the bulging characteristics of the Hyena such as its ‘legs’ and ‘claws’. Overall , the writer does create the impression that the Hyena is both funny as well as an unserious threat to Pi. The funny behaviour is created through the repetition of the verbs ‘shaking’ , ‘wining’ and ‘turning’. The writer uses this repetition of the verbs to reinforce how the Hyena is committing these actions in its own ‘gush’ of vomit. The writer does this to create a paradoxical image of the Hyena’s unusual actions as it is ‘turning’ and ‘wining’ in it’s own vomit. This behaviour creates a peculiar yet amusing nature to the Hyena’s behaviour. The further use of the short sentence ‘ it started running in circles again’ creates a sense of continuation and longevity. This suggests the Hyena has an inability to comprehend his actions , and continues to run in circles endlessly , which contributes to it’s amusing behaviour. This short sentence also reveals how the Hyena poses no serious threat to PI due to it’s inability to comprehend it’s own actions , and its repetitive ‘running’ in circles and yipping. Thus , the writer does reveal the Hyenas peculiar behaviour as amusing , which poses of no serious threat to the Hyena.