In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ all attention is centered on the extraordinary life of Piscine Molitor Patel. He grows up in the Pondicherry Zoo in Southern India. He quickly develops a strong love for animals and is fascinated with every aspect of their lives. As he is growing up‚ he becomes a devout Hindu‚ Muslim‚ and Christian. When he is a teenager‚ his parents decide to try to achieve a better life by moving to Canada. They plan on taking the animals with them to sell to zoos in the United States
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Olivia Miano Prof. Blanco-Cerda English 1302 16 December 2010 The Quest for the Meaning of Life Yann Martel’s novel‚ Life of Pi‚ is an inspirational story of a young boy fighting for his life as a castaway with the company of a Bengal tiger. Through his religious beliefs and perseverance he is able to survive‚ but with great difficulty. In an allegorical sense‚ this story is brilliant. Pi recreates his story using animals to metaphorically represent the humans who were in his treacherous‚ archetypal
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Peter Jia Ms.Kmiecik ENG4U 2013/8/17 The Importance of Religion in the Life of Pi Peter2 The Importance of Religion in the Life of Pi In introduction of Life of Pi‚ Author Yang • Martel said directly that : "This book was born as I was hungry "(introduction‚1). Hunger is something author refers to the emptiness in faith. The novel’s protagonist Piscine‚ grew up in French Indochina area
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utilized in tales to convey moral ideologies. Frequently‚ these animals interact with the human race. This literary technique is modeled in the novel Life of Pi. This novel details the adventure of Piscine "Pi" Martel as he is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a hyena‚ a zebra‚ a orangutan named Orange Juice‚ and a tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is polyreligious; he is a Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. Pi’s religious beliefs aid him in his struggle to survive. The animals also play an interesting
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separated. The life of pie: Journeys involve obstacles: * Protagonist starts his schooling life and he gets teased for his name ’’PI’’ they calling him ‘’Pissing’’ the protagonist over comes his obstacle next year by stating what Pi means .The uses of the voice over is to grab the attention of the responder. The voice over also gives the responder a better understanding of the story of Pi. * Journeys involve emotional obstacles in which the protagonist in the life of Pi has lost his family
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disappear by morning. At first Pi thinks the island is a delusion‚ “I was getting used to my delusion. To make it last I refrained from putting a strain on it; when the lifeboat nudged the island‚ I did not move‚ only continued to dream.” But Martel spends too long with the island for it to just be a delusion. Pi describes the island very precisely. It just doesn’t have the hazy feel of a delusion. One possibility is that the island represents some type of faith. When Pi first steps onto it he says
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wake your dreams? Some questions run to me We only‚ only wake up when we sleep Met by the lunar light‚ trouble’s all we find Lost our way tonight Asking God‚ if he did something wrong. Is it something we said? Is it something we said to them? Pi is trapped at sea‚ no way home‚ all alone‚ with no family. “The endings are the same as every other‚ we’re only here to die”. Like the rest of his family‚ he thinks he will die as well at first before he gains all of his hope. Is it something we said
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At the beginning of chapter 8 of The Life of Pi‚ Pi stated that man is the most dangerous animal in a zoo. (Martel 29) In the same way‚ Pi’s father took this to a whole level when he painted on a wall by the entrance of the zoo a question that was memorable to all visitors: “DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO?” An arrow was pointing to a curtain. When visitors will reveal what’s behind the curtain‚ it was a mirror. (Martel 31) This is quite interesting the way Pi’s father revealed
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________________________________________ Life of Pi Talk show host‚ Mr Patel‚ Yann Martel‚ member from the audience host: (face the audience) Welcome to today’s show where here we have the novel Life of Pi (point to the novel on desk) and the author and protagonist‚ Mr. Yann Martel and Mr. Pi Patel (gesture towards the author and Pi)‚ where we are going to discuss the perils and comedy of being stranded at sea. (face the author) Hello Mr. Martel‚ So you are currently living in Costa Rica
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Reality TV Response There is social value in the show Little People‚ Big World. There is value in the way that the family overcomes their disabilities and works toward their goals. As we saw in the first episode Matt‚ the father‚ has worked at his own business‚ which helps people with dwarfism‚ to get it to a point where he can make a significant amount of money from it. He started the business with the hope of just making extra side money not knowing where it would take him‚ but it grew to a
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