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    Life Of PI Summative Assessment Martel introduces and interesting sets and settings Displays the content of story interesting tones of surrealism‚ comedy and reflection. Provides an escape from the social acceptance of sex and violence by placing the reader in a world filled with allegorical representation with animals and religion. Idea: Martel suggests through the allegorical representation of Richard Parker’s instincts and Pi’s spirituality‚ that humankind can not survive

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    to Piscine Patel in Toronto‚ who immediately begins to tell his own story‚ starting in Chapter 1. As a teenager in Pondicherry‚ India‚ Pi Patel describes his family – himself‚ his parents‚ and his brother Ravi. He is constantly exploring new opportunities and learning many odd and exciting things. His father is the proprietor of the Pondicherry Zoo‚ where Pi learns much of the workings and raising of animals. Pi’s mother is an avid reader and introduces to him numerous literary works from which

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    Adams 11-21-2012 What to Believe In the novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses the protagonist Pi to demonstrate how faith‚ ritual and ones will to live save one from the barbaric and carnivorous reality. Pi Patel‚ lover of faith and various gods and their beliefs loses his family after a shipwreck and drifts on the Pacific Ocean with the zebra‚ hyena‚ orangutan and tiger named Richard Parker‚ each struggling in their own way to survive. In the end‚ Pi presents two different stories and leaves it up

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    Name - Htet Hlaing Hmee ( 1207C20609 ) Period - 1 Life of Pi Novel Proposal Theme - The Nature of Suffering Argument A Point 1 - Pi can’t imagine a God who suffers Quotation - “This son‚ on the other hand‚ who goes hungry‚ who suffers from thirst‚ who gets tired‚ who is sad‚ who is anxious‚ who is heckled and harassed” ( 91 ) Point 2 - Pi stops when he’s working out the immediate detail of survival. Quotation - “I was either fixed on practical details of immediate survival or transfixed

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    Discoveries are subjective‚ allowing them and their authenticity to be questioned or challenged when viewed from different perspectives. The Life of Pi‚ originally written by Yaan Martel and then developed into a film directed by Ang Lee‚ thoroughly explores and represents the concept of discovery and perspective‚ as well as how they are interlinked. Perspectives give discoveries their meaning and significance upon an individual. With multiple perspectives; the nature‚ implications and authenticity

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    of Pi’s exile in Life of Pi by Yann Martel Edward Said‚ a Palestinian American literary theorist and cultural critic‚ has written that “Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place‚ between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted.” But Said has also proclaimed that exile can become “a potent‚ even enriching” experience. In Martel’s Life of Pi‚ Pi’s experience

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    In the novel Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martell‚ the narrator presents two stories that make us question reality. Piscine Molitor Patel is portrayed as a confused Indian boy who has gone through life just wanting to believe. As he tries to believe in three religions‚ he explains that‚ “all religions are true.’ [He just wants] to love God” (87). When Pi presents these two stories that “will make you believe in God”‚ the likelihood of the story without the animals being “the better story” is slim (x) (398)

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    Assignment 1 Martel‚ Yann. Life of Pi. Boston: Harcourt‚ 2001. Print. I chose the swarm of flying fish as a significant symbol in the novel because it represented hope. Whenever the fish appeared he not only received food from the actual fish but was also able to use them towards catching bigger bait than he used to tame Richard Parker allowing him to him live and be able to hope for land and have the necessary ingredients to a survive. Assignment 2 (pg.14) “The Pondicherry Zoo was the source

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    comparison of The Life of Pi by: Yann Martel and The Tiger by: William Blake 9/24/12 While the book The Life of Pi By Yann Martel and the poem The Tiger by William Blake share many similarities in their symbolism‚ and meaning of the story told‚ their differences are significant enough to create discussion about them. The book Life of Pi by “Yann Martel” is a story about a boy named Pi Patel that lived in a city called Pondicherry‚ India. In the beginning of the book Pi finds himself confused

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    The Life of Pi Yann Matel‚ author of The Life of Pi states‚ “That’s what fiction is about‚ isn’t it‚ the selective transforming of fiction”. From this we can understand that fiction only becomes fiction when non fictional facts are changed. As illustration‚ Pi had made up two stories. right here One of the stories reflected a realistic and plausible story that everyone expect. On the other hand‚ his other story seemed impossible and outrageous. To Pi‚ stories had multiple purposes. This included:

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