Yann Martel was born in Salamanca‚ Spain‚ on June 25‚ 1963. His parents‚ both Canadian‚ served in the Canadian Foreign Services; consequently‚ the family traveled widely during Martel’s childhood. He studied philosophy at Trent University in Ontario‚ Canada‚ graduating in 1985. Martel worked a number of odd jobs to support himself while writing fiction. His first book‚ a collection of short stories called The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios‚ was published in 1993. His first novel‚ Self‚ followed
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symbolism throughout the book‚ it encourages the readers to make connections between Pi’s view of relative truth and the reader’s own version of truth. Life of Pi is a novel that tells the story of a young Indian boy who survives a shipwreck on the way to Canada. The novel starts out with giving background on Pi’s zoo upbringing and his acceptance of
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Pacific ocean. Struggling to survive‚ Pi must use his own knowledge to remain alive and sane‚ while sharing a small life raft with a fearsome 450 lbs Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Joseph Pulitzer once said‚ “Put it before them briefly so they will read it‚ clearly so they will appreciate it‚ picturesquely so they will remember it‚ and above all‚ accurately so they will be guided by its light.” The novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel exemplifies three of the
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To me the most interesting character in this book so far is Piscine or Pi’s dad‚ Mr. Patel. In chapter 8 (pages 31-39)‚ page 35‚ “I heard two things at the moment: Father saying “Never forget this lesson” as he looked on grimly; and the bleating of the goat.” This scene really characterizes Mr. Patel and showing just how brutal the wild life can be. This was a very strong teaching technique at the time considering Pi was only 8 years old at the time. To see a Bengal tiger‚ maul a goat like that at
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Location Canada is located in the northern portion of the continent of North America‚ extending‚ in general‚ from the 49th parallel northward to the islands of the Arctic Ocean. Its eastern and western boundaries are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans respectively. Its land area totals 3‚851‚809 square miles (9‚976‚185 square kilometers). The easternmost portion of the country is a riverine and maritime environment‚ consisting of the provinces of Newfoundland‚ Labrador‚ Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward
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Characters: Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi) - The protagonist of the story. Piscine is the narrator for most of the novel‚ and his account of his seven months at sea forms the bulk of the story. Piscine’s nickname‚ Pi‚ has a symbolic relationship with the mathematical pi (π) . The ratio of the circumference (circular) of a circle to its diameter (linear) is pi. The correlation between the linear journey to North America and the cycles of doubt and faith are experienced by Pi. Mathematical relationships
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punnet jabal the aboriginal peoples are the original inhabits of Canada . the Canadian government believed that the children of the aboriginal people were going to be the start of assimilation. it was with that idea the government decided to create residential schools . the government thought that taking these children and putting them in schools would make lose their culture and identity . by 1910 around 150‚000 children were forced to attend these school. they were taken to schools hundreds of
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One symbol that helps to illuminate this book‚ Life of Pi‚ is the color orange. This color appears very often throughout the book. Orange is a color of survival and of hope. All the things that would and could help Pi survive were orange. “…the whole inside of the boat and the tarpaulin and the life jackets and the lifebuoy and the oars and most every other significant object aboard was orange” (Martel). Without these things‚ Pi surely would have died. Orange Juice‚ the orangutan was also the
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Julian Kraidelman Mrs. Ghya 01/22/14 Period: 1 Language Arts Life of Pi is a deep read with a lot of important conflicts inside of it‚ a fantastic book for the future to read. It shows a lot of different aspects of life‚ the will to survive‚ symbolism‚ and humanity/ religion powers and struggles are displayed. Good things and negative things can come out of being a survivor from a shipwreck. A struggle for survival‚ faith in humanity and religion‚ and the power of symbolism are huge parts of this
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Author Yann Martel Original title Life of Pi Country Canada Language English Genre Fiction Publisher Knopf Canada Publication date September 2001 Life of Pi is divided into four sections. In the first section the main character Pi Patel‚ an adult Canadian‚ reminisces about his childhood in India. His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry. The livelihood provides the family with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal psychology. Pi describes how he acquired his
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