ENG 4U1 November 19th‚ 2012 When life throws obstacles in one’s direction‚ one must grow and adapt to survive. Pi Patel and Chuck Nolan provide good examples of growing and adapting in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and the movie Castaway produced by Robert Zemeck. It is shown through these characters by‚ chuck and pi learning how to find a new source of food‚ having to create an imaginary figure to stay sane‚ and both found a will to survive. * Chuck Nolan and Pi Patel both find themselves stranded
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Life of PiContent QuestionsPart 1: Toronto & Pondicherry - Chapters 1-361). Pondicherry was the birth place of Pi the protagonist of the story. It was during Pi’s time in Pondicherry that he has suffered intensely and found comfort in religion and zoology; which proves to be the basis of the stories plot. With this in mind‚ he was raised in a time where there were many political problems arising which leads to Pi’s family leaving the country to Canada. This town is an appropriate choice for Pi’s
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and hate‚ light and darkness‚ Piscine Molitor (Pi) Patel marks his way into the nature of religion to guide himself of every step he takes of his life changing journey. God leaves Pi stranded‚ stranded in a cramped lifeboat with four wild‚ ferocious animals and stranded with no family left. As an important aspect of Pi’s survival‚ religion is used as a way to find meaning through combining the worlds of Islam‚ Hinduism‚ Christianity which results in Pi finding his true identity. From the days of a
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Swimming in the Relaxation Venezuela has a lot of tourist places that people can fall in love easily. La Gran Sabana‚ Venezuela has many waterfalls‚ and exceeding great rocks called Tepuys‚ but there is a place in La Gran Sabana where many people do not know because is far away‚ people cannot take the car and they need to walk for hours to go there. However‚ when people see the place is like a paradise‚ the grandiose place is called The Natural Swimming Pool. This is not just a regular swimming
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In the novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses indirect characterization to portray how the harshest elements can bring out the most primal instincts in man‚ and the unexpected cooperation in the most primal of animals. This is used to symbolize the close similarities in the behavior of man and animal‚ although seemingly worlds apart at first glace. It is a constant switch between Pi’s thoughts and Pi’s actions that is needed to extend this characterization to the fullest. Martel does this by showing
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Life of Pi Background Life of Pi is a fictional novel about the incredible journey of Pi Patel as he travels across the Pacific Ocean in the company of a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. During his journey‚ Pi is able to learn about survival at sea and the power of faith. Pi spends his early life in Pondicherry India. His family consists of his parents and his older brother Ravi. Because he grew up in a zoo‚ Pi learns at an early age many things about animal psychology and behavior. These things
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Life of Pi - Questions for Consideration: Chapters 37-49 1. Give three examples in 37-39 of how the ship is personified? What is the effect of this personification? a) The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp. The effect of this personification is to show how large the ship was and helps to describe the scene of a massive object sinking. b) All around me was the vomit of a dyspeptic ship. The personification here shows that when the ship sank many of the contents
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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 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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how the author uses dialect to characterize the character and how well the plot flows in the novel. Violence scene are not really necessary unless it is there to characterize the main character and how it impacts their life. In the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the main character Pi goes through many hard tasks and violent encounters that allow him to improve himself as a character. The goal of violent scenes are not there to ruin the plot but as a catalysis that will give a character in the novel
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