character in the novel that called Life of Pi written by Yann Martel is Pi who challenges with many issues in his journey from India to Canada. One of the issues is living alone on the lifeboat in the middle of ocean with a Bengal tiger for while. One can learn to deal with fear as Pi deals with the tiger that called Richard Parker. Pi faces his fears‚ takes practical steps‚ persevere‚ and acknowledge his fears. The most dangerous fear that Pi deals with is Richard Parker who has no mercy on his victims
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel The life of Pi is a novel based on the life of a 16 year old boy Piscine Patel‚ or Pi for short. Pi explains to the reader the reasoning behind his very unusual name. He gets this from the French translation of pool‚ which is Piscine‚ and from a pool in Paris‚ in which his best friend used to swim in. He shortened his name to escape the taunting “Pissing Patel” “He raised his arm‚ pointed at me and shouted‚ "It’s Pissing Patel!" And he therefor renamed himself after
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faced with a life and death situation‚ people will often do amazing‚ heroic‚ and shameful things to survive. Yann Martel’s brilliant novel The Life of Pi has many themes. The story revolves around an Indian boy‚ who upon being faced with a shipwreck catastrophe is forced to remain in the ocean for 227 days with a live tiger on board. As a deeply religious person‚ he is in a constant battle between morality and his will to exist; and how far he must go in order to do so. The main theme in Life of Pi is
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel follows Piscine‚ a boy who must survive a journey across the Atlantic ocean in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. Throughout this journey‚ Pi experiences great hardships that allow his faith to both falter‚ and grow stronger. Once he realizes that he cannot depend on anyone for his survival‚ Pi takes his life into his own hands‚ while how he deals with sharing a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger shows a growth in Pi’s understanding of self. Pi’s journey results in both physical
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Theme Essay Life of Pi shows that any animal‚ and also humans‚ should fight to survive by doing anything unconventional‚ even wicked‚ to triumph over the impossible to live instead of just accepting death. Pi‚ a human; a hyena‚ and a blind man all fight to survive in a variety of ways that are examples of this thesis. Pi quits his vegetarian diet and also embraces a bengal tiger with him on the same boat‚ which are both unconventional choices. He satisfies his hunger by quit being a vegetarian and
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Trevor Smith Ms. Favro ENG4U-01 April 13th‚ 2013 Life of Pi: Quest or Enlightenment Over the course of this unit‚ I have read the so called “life changing” novel “The Life of Pi” by Yann Martel. This work of art happens to be a national best seller and has collected many literature awards. Piscine Molitor Patel‚ the young Indian protagonist is faced with a traumatic set of events which developed into a marvelous story of a castaway’s voyage‚ in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. This essay will discuss
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Life of Pi Essay prompts Directions: Choose one of the prompts below. Construct a well thought-out essay that demonstrates the skills you have gained this year. First‚ write out or type up your thesis statement and topic sentences. After receiving teacher feedback‚ develop a first draft. Again‚ using the writing rules you know and the strategies you’ve learned‚ show evidence of proof-reading on this first draft. Turn these two artifacts (thesis and topic sentences & proof-read draft) in on the
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Life of Pi is a suspenseful novel with a treacherous plot line and has human and animal characters. It has numerous conflicts and life-changing themes. The author in Life of Pi creates many literary devices to animate the story. This book has lots of the unusual settings. Life of Pi is a first-class book to read. Life of Pi has many major and minor characters. Pi is the protagonist of the story. He is a teenage Indian boy who practices three religions‚ and his father is a zookeeper. Richard Parker
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to virtual online worlds such as Second Life. After learning about Second Life in class‚ various research and creating an avatar online and exploring the virtual world‚ I am amazed at everything it has to offer. Second Life is not only a type of internet game‚ it is a space where there are no limits to your creativity and expression. Strong communities are created and are even supported by the avatars’ own financial system‚ the Linden economy. Second Life is a place where you can meet and interact
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Karanvir Dhami Ms. Yu ENG3U March 7‚ 2011 Symbolism in Life of Pi In Life of Pi there are many literary devices used to present the different themes in the novel. The main literary device used in Life of Pi is symbolism. Symbolism is often used to represent an object to something else‚ either by association or by resemblance. Most of the names of animals‚ objects and even humans in this novel have a symbolic meaning. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ symbolism such as pi’s name‚ the colour orange and
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