The Life of Pi‚ a Religious Metahor By: Yann Martel In the Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel‚ through the main character in the book‚ Pi‚ makes the following statement‚ “I know zoos are no longer in people’s good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.” In the world today‚ zoos have come under scrutiny because of their practices of illegally trapping animals and caging them for profit. The animal rights movement across the world has brought more focus
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Learning is a significant process in human being life. It is self-evidence that human development can not stand without a good learning. To reach that target‚ people always search the appropriate ways. Besides‚ the mains important elements that help people to learn are books and experiences because of their unlimited benefits. The book is a valuable source of knowledge that consists of infinite benefits. It transports us into different worlds and cultures‚ as well as‚ it informs us about ancient
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There is a certain method humans deal with stress-inducing situations. Pi created a fictitious mask that saw the horrendous acts of man in a better light in order to carry on with his day-to-day life. A cover-up of good faith to preserve the bits of good humanity that left in Pi’s life. In Pi’s alternate story‚ the one without the animals‚ there was a malevolent chef that operated in unconventional ways. The chef was pure evil‚ murdering a Chinese sailor to settle his hunger. These violent actions
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believing in a faith. Or emotional needs like friendships and feelings. In the novel‚ Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ Yann gives Pi spiritual‚ physical‚ and emotional needs. Pi meets these needs by staying true to his faith. Spiritual is just one of the needs some humans need to survive. Including Pi. Spiritual needs are needs in having a higher power. Pi is part of many religions. On his journey on the lifeboat‚ Pi encounters enumerable times when he has to rely on his faith to remain sane. “Despair
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In this quote‚ the author is talking about being creative and how creativity helps people get through life. The thing that got Pi through his journey was Richard Parker. Pi’s innocent self could not have made it through being stranded without his animalistic side. The “creativity” being mentioned is about how Pi created Richard Parker in order to survive. Without it‚ Pi would either not physically make it or mentally break down without a scapegoat for his conscious. The quote foreshadows the stories
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Bao Tran Mr. Wunker English 10 (IGCSE) 5th March‚ 2014 Throughout history‚ books are very important in everyday life‚ they are a primary source of information which gives a historical or present insight into the period in which it was produced. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: “Every burned book enlightens the world”. Emerson with the words play refers to the burning of any matter produces light‚ and light allows people to see more clearly. Thus the word ‘enLIGHTens’. Human read books to aim for
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The Importance of Life According to Fox News‚ about 1.5 million women in the US abort with unintentional pregnancies. This is not morally correct. Therefore‚ the US should not allow women to have abortions. First‚ murder is illegal and aborting is murdering a fetus. Abortion is also planned murder‚ so it can be considered as a first-degree murder. A fetus is considered human because it is breathing‚ growing and has the characteristics of a grown human. Another reason is that abortion can cause
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STUDENT LIFE Student life is the best part of life. A student learns many things from books. But he has to enter the real world after his student life is over. So‚ he needs practical knowledge of things. Student life prepares a man to lead a successful life. In fact‚ student life is a life of learning. A student learns morality and good manners. He understand the value of discipline in life. So student life is a period of making and preparation. Student life is a care-free life. It is a life
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Importance of Sports in Our Life Sports play a very important role in our daily life. They are very important to all of us. Along with giving us fun and joy‚ they also teach us many things very easily. They help in the mental and physical growth and development of our body. Physical games like – Cricket‚ Football‚ Badminton etc make our body strong and active‚ while mental games like – Chess‚ Sudoku etc increase the efficiency and power of our mind. They help us to stay fit and fine without much
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Importance of English in life: Today no area of life is untouched by English. Be it communication in daily life‚ ascending the career graph‚ communicating in mass media‚ higher education‚ and no end. Our international relations are dependent on it. Our perceptions of people are dependent on the use of this language. We have become so much dependent on this language that even in our daily communication we find it difficult to speak our Indian languages and Hindi without the use of English words
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