inspire me to never give up so I registered for Strategic Learning ( LS 250). Through taking this course I have gain much knowledge and have learned different strategies to become successful ‚ I’ve learned that my philosophy of success is to live my life based on what success means to me‚ stop living in fear and regrets‚ take responsibilities for my actions and stay motivated at all times. Success is what every person dreams of. In my opinion it is being able to wake up in the morning‚ take a look
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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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The Not-So-Wonderful-World of Euro-Disney Q# 1‚3-4‚6. 1- What contributed to the poor performance and the losses of Euro Disney at its first year are: The European families thought that Euro Disney is over-rated and it is like they were promoting American style and culture. Advertising was not well communicated and European people did not get what Disney was trying to convey. They thought that they were emphasizing the size of the park and not the rides. Mickey’s character and his friends
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contradictory ideas. For instance in the novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel portrays that religion is essential in a person’s life through the experiences of the protagonist‚ Pi Patel. Through one of Pi’s experiences Martel shows that religion can be used as a medium to ease self-burden. In addition religion provides a sense of comfort‚ and security through the presence of an eternal higher entity. Lastly religion gives people a sense of direction in life. It can be argued that a true connection with god
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Bildungsroman is a type of novel that tells the story of the spiritual‚ moral‚ psychological‚ or social development of the protagonist either from childhood to maturity or as the result of an extraordinary experience. An example of this is the novel‚ “Life of Pi” because Pi grows from boy to man. He had to mature very quickly by having to take care of himself in order to survive. Pi protects himself physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally. Pi believed in faith throughout the book to get through
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Krystal Tam Mr. Wilson ENG4U 4 November 2014 Symbolism in Life of Pi Life of Pi‚ written by Yann Martel‚ has a complex plot. It is a story within a story. It is an adventure novel about a 16 year-old boy called Pi‚ who survives after the ship wrecks. He stays with a tiger on the ocean for 227 days. In the novel‚ the author uses various literary devices to present different themes. One of those devices is symbolism. Its presence is shown everywhere in the novel and it helps readers to truly understand
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The quality of ones life is very important but can sometimes be hard to measure. Many people may have there own opinion and different ways to measure someone’s life but I believe I picked the best characteristics in order to accurately measure the quality of someone’s life. The quality of ones life can be measured in psychological‚ social‚ and personal aspects. The first aspect that someone’s life could be measured by is there psychological characteristics. Someone’s life can be measured by there
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asking for more. Some ask for money‚ some ask for power‚ some ask for knowledge‚ some ask for love life‚ some ask for sex and whether we admit it or not there are these people who even ask for “life” per se. Uhhmm… but what is life really? Is it something that is given or is it something that is achieved? For my own discernment and with due respect to the opinion of everyone‚ I would have to say that life is something that is given. If you would ask me by whom then I doubt if I can give you a concrete
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child’s heart. At some point when we were little‚ we listened to the bed-time stories as if they were real‚ we depended on the happily-ever stories as our source of faith‚ knowing that someday‚ we will all strive for our own happy endings. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel Pi is a character stranded at sea with no way out. Throughout the journey Pi uses his faith to overcome adversity and survive. Pi’s strong faith proved to be the key in keeping Pi mentally tough providing him with hope to maintain
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From the day I started kindergarten up until the present‚ it has always been drilled in me the importance of having an education. My mother’s favorite line is‚ “It is your education or your life and it’s not the second one.” She emulated that belief in her intense involvement at all levels in the educational system. It has always been said that the greatest threat to our security is an uneducated society and we as a society should and must demand that of our leaders and of ourselves. As a family
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