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    Martel’s "The Life of Pi" is a coming of age story about a young man’s reaching maturity through tragic but uplifting story of loss and miraculous survival. The story is based on a journey which contains adventure‚ tradgedy‚ humour‚ and also the survival of the fittest mentality. Yann Martel depicts a story of a youth who seeks knowledge‚ wisdom‚ connectivity‚ and spirituality through religeon and zoology. Applying the craft’s he has practiced and is taught‚ protagonist Pi Patel seeks survival

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    In the beginning of Life of Pi‚ the author opens up with a detailed description of the sloth‚ the different types‚ the speed‚ and the wittiness. It survives by being slow and because of its slowness; it allows algae to grow on its body that acts like a camouflage with the surrounding moss and foliage. The book starts out in first person with the main character‚ Piscine Patel‚ talking about his name which means "pool" in numerous languages. He found it weird that his parents named him Piscine but

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    Hook sentence: Reason or Belief. A choice people have to choose and whatever the decision‚ must believe is‚ the right one. In the case of ‘Life of Pi’‚ reason and belief both play an important role in Pi’s struggle to survive but‚ reason outdoes/ over ruled belief on numerous occasions. .

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    Life of Pi‚ written by Yann Martel is one of Canada"’"s most acclaimed books. It tells the story of sixteen-year-old Pi Patel"’"s journey while he discovers religion and his own determination and strength. This book is highly recommended for many reasons including the insightful views expressed on religion and life‚ the interesting facts on zoology‚ and the author"’"s unique talent in making something that at first glance seemed totally unrealistic become reality – humour inserted along the way

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    or practicing a religion? Do you now? 2.  Do you think of science as different than religion? Why or why not? 3.  Can science and faith coexist? On Yann Martel (b. 1963) •  The Truth behind the Helsinki Roccamatios (1993) •  Self (1996) •  Life of Pi (2001) •  Beatrice and Virgil (2010) What is Stephen Harper Reading? (2007-2011) www.whatisstephenharperreading.ca Random House‚ 2009. Interview with Yann Martel Posted February‚ 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BzqsKLbGpM The

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    Man’s best friend? The important thing isn’t that we can live on love alone‚ but that life isn’t worth living without it. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the author tells a story of Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel‚ who is struggling with religious and psychological issues. In addition to that‚ after the ship sinks Pi must survive on a life boat with a tiger for 227 days in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Bengal tiger‚ Richard Parker was named after an Edgar Allen Poe character from The

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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 are

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    1. Pi said that the god were his superheroes growing up‚ he mentioned several of the stories of Hindu gods and the qualities of strength‚ power and character they represented. Pi’s love of his superheroes is similar to our regular superheroes by being there to help no matter what the situation would be. People would look up to superheroes or gods in their lives because they want to be like them and do things that the superheroes would do. 2. The impression of Christ Pi gets from the priest is that

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    the reader. Pi tells us that he continued his religious and zoological studies and was a very good student. He mentions that his religious studies thesis addressed aspects of Isaac Luria’s cosmogony theory. He speaks at length about sloths and observes that their very survival is ensured by the fact that they are so slow and dull; they virtually disappear into the background. We learn that Pi is now working‚ though he does not say anything about his profession. We also learn that Pi misses India

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    Blake Solberg Animal Ethics Dr. Patricia McEachern December 4‚ 2012 Life of Pi When I arrived at the theatre to see the movie Life of Pi¸ I was exhausted. I had an architecture project that was due and I was on little to no sleep. I thought that the movie was going to be a bore and I would take the time to take a nap‚ but when the move started after the twenty minutes of commercials‚ it started to get to me. After the ship wreck the director had my full attention. Even though I was hungry

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