survive in an extreme environment one must have courage to never give up and the intelligence to use all resources around you. The centralidea or theme of "Life Of Pi" and "The Story Of Keesh" is survival in extreme environment. In "Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel the middle of the Pacific is described by the authhor as having raging storms‚ winds an adult tiger on board and sharks lurking around. In "The Story Of Keesh" by Jack London took place in The Rim of the Polar Seas with strong winds no food ice
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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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in the novel ‘Life of Pi’ is religion and the significance and importance of it is portrayed throughout the novel. In the novel ‘Life of Pi’ by Yann Martel‚ Martel shows the importance of religion in Pi’s life‚ as religion helped Pi understand the nature of animals‚ also helped him in his daily life and helped keep Pi from giving up on life. Yann Martel portrays the events as real and tries to convince us what we are going to read. In the author’s note‚ he describes that he went to India after the
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July 15th 2010. Oh‚ How Tragic. Tragedy is an action or a pattern of actions that we wish never had happened. Tragedy even occurs in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. This can be shown in the theme or separation and isolation: Not only from his family but also from humanity. The unpleasant setting Pi has to get used to‚ As well as the loss of his innocence. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is a tragedy due to the obstacles Pi is put through and the challenges he has to face. The novel Life of Pi is a tragedy
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saying that I do think that Pi is a reliable narrator. I think the first story he tells is nothing but the real truth. In the authors note‚ in the beginning of the book‚ the person talking to Yann Martel says‚ “I have a story that will make you believe in God.” (page x) I think that this “tall order” as Yann Martel says‚ was filled. The second story is what the two Japanese men want to hear. It is dry‚ yeastless factuality‚ as Pi says. Pi also says this in the beginning of the book‚ “I can well imagine
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Life of Pi Literary Analysis Shreya Parikh "It was not a question of him or me‚ but of him and me. We were‚ literally and figuratively in the same boat" (164). In the great story‚ Life of Pi‚ told by Yann Martel‚ two very different creatures surviving on the same boat takes a lot of determination. A relationship between Pi Patel and Richard Parker can be defined on both literal and metaphorical levels and both pertain to different aspects of Pi’s inner thoughts and himself. During
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Jessica Jenny English Honors Period 3 Life 0f Pi Essay 9/21/14 “The Use of Geography in Life of Pi” Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ follows the life of a young boy named Pi‚ who is marooned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after a shipwreck. He is only accompanied by a zebra‚ an orangutan‚ a hyena‚ and a brutal‚ barbarous Bengal tiger. Young Pi must confront the elements and live at the will of Mother Nature throughout the book as he tries to stay alive in the vast abyss of the Pacific Ocean. How
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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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well thought and relates exceptionally well to the passage at hand. Yann Martel uses rather formal language for the diction‚ which give this particular passage a lyrical and philosophical sense‚ an example of this would be the usage of “nonetheless” (Martel) instead of its more casual synonyms‚ though‚ and yet. Another example would be the word “invert” (Martel) instead of reverse. By turning to more formal word choices‚ Martel is able to give off a much more poetic vibe and also a
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emotions that sometimes prevent humans to be successful. The other acceptable definitions for fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the nearness danger or expectation of pain. The main 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
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