In the novel Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht, how does the story of Deathless Man help grandfather cope with strife in his life.

There is an apparent linking of the story of the Deathless Man with the grandfather's perspective on the tigers in Chapter Ten. Grandfather's respect for the tiger's power and his will to live is juxtaposed in the image of the grandfather keeping vigil at the tiger's cage, was well as his telling Natalia about another encounter with the Deathless Man. In this, the author suggest that the Deathless Man is important to the grandfather because like grandfather, the Deathless Man is struggling to live life on his own terms.... in the same way as the tiger.