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    Pi’s 227 days of being stranded in the sea‚ he has had many problems that have caused physical suffering and pain. However Pi has been able to overcome his adversities and has shown his endurance through suffering and continuing to survive. In this novel‚ the author makes a very close connection between Pi’s physical suffering and his mental suffering. Pi shows that as long as you are able to live through mental suffering‚ you are capable of living through physical suffering.

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    Animals (III — IV классы) Подготовка Для этого вечера предлагается использовать две пьески "The Fox and the Cock" и "How the Tail of the Fox Became White" из книги "Poems‚ Songs‚ Plays". Действие этих пьес происходит в лесу. Лес можно изобразить на обратной стороне обоев‚ на которых красками рисуются стволы деревьев и крона‚ затем они вырезаются по контуру и прибиваются к планкам с угольниками. Угольники прикрепляются к полу‚ а верхушки деревьев можно подтянуть к потолку веревкой. Между

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    throughout the passage. Pi tells the stranger ‘No wonder you ’re starved for customers. ’ There is irony here as Pi is the stranger ’s customer. Later when they are together the stranger tells of how Pi ’s ‘heart‚ flesh and liver ’ are with him. This may have had a sinister undertone to it as with the stranger having an ‘overeager embrace ’ on Pi ’s throat. Pi suggests the two ‘feast on each others company ’ the use of the word feast confirms Pi ’s intentions. Additionally Pi describes the stranger

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    event has occurred in which others have died. Pi Patel in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Chuck Noland in Robert Zemeckis’ Cast Away are both examples of survivors who overcame difficult circumstances and despite the odds‚ lived to see another day. These two castaways share similarities by not giving up when their situation seems tough‚ creating unlikely friends who experience their journey with them‚ and losing their companion without a proper goodbye. Pi Patel and Chuck Noland are both stranded at sea

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    the characters do to survive? The excerpts “Life of Pi” and “The Story of Keesh”both characters try to survive in a harsh environment by hunting or looking for food. According to both stories survival is portrayed and by not giving up Pi and Keesh can survive and achieve the impossible. First off‚ surviving in a harsh environment is never an easy task. To survive at sea Pi needs a lot of willpower and courage. As it states in the excerpt “Life of Pi”‚ Pi is stranded “in the middle of the Pacific

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    What is π? Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines π as "1: the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet... 2 a: the symbol pi denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter b: the ratio itself: a transcendental number having a value to eight decimal places of 3.14159265" A number can be placed into several categories based on its properties. Is it prime or composite? Is it imaginary or real? Is it transcendental or algebraic? These questions help define a number’s behavior in

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    Pi survives through the lessons learnt during his childhood in India” In the novel ‘The life of Pi’‚ the author Yann Martel takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through the protagonist Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel. He describes the journey of Pi‚ a sixteen year old boy who survived 227 days on a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger as a result of their Japanese ship sinking. Pi displays the strengths he gained through his religious beliefs‚ knowledge of animals and zoology. These skills he

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    Life of Pi: Obstacles and Goals In the book‚ Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the protagonist‚ Pi‚ finds himself stranded out at sea and struggles to survive. Against all the odds‚ the protagonist faces many obstacles in his journey towards survival. Achieving something worthwhile requires effort‚ sacrifices‚ and conquering obstacles‚ just like in the protagonist’s case. To achieve a worthwhile goal‚ which is survival‚ the protagonist overcomes the difficult obstacles he stumbles upon in his journey

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    Life of Pi Analysis With How to Read Literature Like a Professor 1. Chapter 12: Is That a Symbol? A. Example one In the early stages of Life of Pi‚ Martel mentions a place that Pi and Ravi had gone to visit while on vacation. While looking aimlessly through the window‚ they noticed three hills. On top of one hill was a catholic church‚ another a Hindu temple‚ and the other a Muslim mosque. Each hill portrays each of the religions in Pi’s complex faith. The hills represent Pi’s struggles

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    COMPARISION AND CONTRAST ESSAY Humans are not all the same‚ just like animals; although we have many similarities‚ there can also be many differences. In Life of Pi‚ we are introduced to a tiger named Richard Parker and in “The Tyger” by William Blake we are introduced to another tiger. Richard Parker and the tiger from The Tyger are alike and different in many ways; similarities that are significant are concepts such as the way both tigers are feared‚ their symbolic comparison to fire and how they

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