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    realism‚ book “Life of PI” that was written by Yann Martel in 2001. This extract describe the sank of the ship that Piscine and his family where and Pi’s feeling and reflection of this situation‚ as only him and the tiger from their zoo‚ Richard Parker survived. In the beginning of the prose there is a comparison between the screaming of the sea‚ the wind and Pi’s heart‚ this personification shows how upset he felt later on‚ as he himself felt the storm. In the seventh line‚ Pi is could see the

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    Life of Pi Data Sheet

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    AP English: Literature and Composition Name: Major Works Data Sheet: Do not cut/paste from a website‚ which is a form of plagiarism. |Title: Life of Pi |Biographical information about the author: | |Author: Yann Martel |Yann Martel was born in 1963 and lives in the Canadian prairie providence | |

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    Life Of Pi Freedom Essay

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    freedom places limitations on one’s physical freedom‚ freedom to love and freedom of choice. The novel written by Yann Martel‚ Life of Pi displays that the nature of truth of freedom is that true freedom confines our choices. This is seen through the environment of zoos with animals‚ Pi’s adoption of three different religions and Pi’s solitude on the lifeboat. To begin‚ Pi touches upon the environment of zoos through his lesson on the true context of freedom. His philosophy that contradicts societal

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    were to be in Keesh and Pi’s position. Keesh and Pi both have been struggling to keep themselves alive‚for Keesh he would like to display that he can hunt a bear on his own trying to show that although he is a child he can hunt as a man‚ and have a fair share of the meat that he will eat . As Pi is stranded in the middle of the ocean trying to find a sign of hope or food to keep himself alive as well. In the Life of Pi and “The Story of Keesh” Pi and Keesh exhibit similarities in regards to their

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    Life of Pi Analysis Essay: #1 “How does the organizational structure of Life of Pi affect the meaning of the overall work?” The author of Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel‚ uses a lucid and vibrant language to tell his gripping tale of the survival of a young‚ shipwrecked boy. This allegoric story is split up into three distinct parts‚ each with its own purpose. At first‚ these parts just seem to be a way to spilt up the book: The first tells of Pi’s background‚ the second tells the story of his survival

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    Life Of Pi Survival Essay

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    Life of Pi‚ a novel written by Canadian author Yann Martel‚ is the incredible story of how 16-year old teenager Pi Patel survives 227 days trapped in a lifeboat with only a large 450-pound Bengal tiger for company. During his 7-month ordeal over the vast Pacific ocean‚ misery‚ hunger‚ and desperation threaten to blot out his existence‚ but with the help of his worst enemy and God‚ he pushes on. As he is forced to adapt to his new environment to survive‚ Pi finds himself forced into a harsh world

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    Life Of Pi Survival Essay

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    In the film Life Of PiPi Patel’s adventure ends in a hospital bed where he is interviewed by two Japanese investigators about the shipwreck of the Japanese cargo ship. Pi tells them about how he survived with multiple animal companions in the lifeboat and his discovery of the carnivorous island. The Japanese men refused to believe his story simply because it is unrealistic. Pi then retells the shipwreck without the animals and instead puts himself as Richard Parker‚ his mother as the orangutan

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    explore a theme In Life of Pi‚ the author Yann Martel analyses how a conflict was used to explore one of the main themes within the text‚ coming of age. Martel uses the conflict between the main protagonist Piscine Patel and Richard Parker the Bengal tiger‚ and how this conflict develops to skilfully teach the reader about what it means to become a fully grown individual. There are three stages to this conflict‚ when Piscine is fighting Richard Parker for territory upon the life boat‚ when Piscine

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    “If you stumble about believability‚ what are you living for? Love is hard to believe‚ ask any lover. Life is hard to believe‚ ask any scientist. God is hard to believe‚ ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?” -Yann Martel‚ Life of Pi. In the movie adaptation of Yann Martel’s book‚ belief is an overarching theme. The film seamlessly goes from discussing the protagonist’s religious belief to his belief in his tiger companion to other’s belief in his story of survival‚ leaving

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    The Life of Pi A Book Analysis The Life of Pi is a book about a boy named Pi Patel. He starts talking about his life before the shipwreck as he loved swimming so did his family. His father owned a zoo and he helped his father at the zoo. One day they decide to move the zoo and everything gets loaded onto a cargo ship. During the ride on the ship he hears a noise and the ship starts to sink drowning his family. However he is thrown onto a lifeboat which already had a zebra and a hyena on it as the

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