October 1‚ 1962 Dear Diary‚ A lot has happened over the past few months. You absolutely would not believe what happened today. You remember me telling you about that negro‚ James Meredith‚ who was trying to get admitted into the University of Mississippi around the end of May of last year? Well‚ rather than letting it go and forgetting about it like he should have‚ he decided to get the NAACP involved. Apparently they appealed his case all the way up to the Supreme Court and they ruled that
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Foreword February 27‚ 1892 My dearest Camille‚ Oh‚ how I miss you! It seems like ages since we last spoke‚ and I am so very eager to tell you about my travels and the fast-paced‚ beautiful‚ wonderful country that is America. For that very purpose‚ I have recorded my journey here in multiple correspondendces which I have compiled for you! I have been informed that you and Aunt Rosa will be joining us in this fine new country soon‚ so I will prepare you the best I can for the journey. It is a tough
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Dear diary‚ Sorry I haven’t been writing lately‚ it’s just that I haven’t been able to think properly ever since Denny died. I just came back from finding the body and mum and dad haven’t even noticed that I left. Maybe it should have been me and not Denny. He was the better son. He did everything that dad wanted him to do‚ and he was cool about it. He played football and joined the army. Girls were always around him. God‚ why did he have to go! It should have been me!! There are so many things
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We are here at Forres after Macbeth has been crowned King of Scotland. Though it is a joyous occasion‚ I am considering the strange way in which the witches’ prophecies had came true- though i suspect Macbeth has ’’play’dst most foully for ’t’’. I am yet again tempted by the other prophesy that relates to myself of ’’Lesser than Macbeth‚and greater.Thou shalt get kings‚ though thou be none’’and I myself find this a tempting prospectof treachery. Wicked is what man is‚ but i will remain loyal to Macbeth
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Martel’s international literary reputation was sealed with the publication of Life of Pi‚ a runaway bestseller that went on to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize (awarded each year to the best English-language novel written by a Commonwealth or Irish author) and had since been translated into thirty languages. Fox 2000 pictures bought the screen rights to Martel’s novel‚ and a feature film is expected in 2008. Life of Pi is set against the tumultuous period of Indian history known as the Emergency
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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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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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December 1 1955. Dear diary Today is a very special day. I did something brave. Something I never thought‚ I’d have the courage to do. I know that after this‚ my life will never be the same‚ but I’m sure‚ it’s the right thing to do.I was on my way home after yet another long day of hard work. I was so tired when I took the bus although I was happy to finally be on my way home to my dearest husband. After so many hours sitting in a room too small for the number of people‚ I was exhausted. Who wouldn’t
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Dear diary I’m speechless. It’s been an awful and tiring day that I don’t even know where to start. Johnny and I are sitting near the sunset at the moment on top of a mountain in the countryside. Confused? I know. Remember I told you about Cherry valance‚ the redheaded girl I met at the movies with Johnny and Dally? Well‚ it has a lot to do with her. Johnny and I were running away (because of Darry) when we were surrounded by Socs. Don’t worry‚ weren’t out of our territory. The guy who we saw
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living. One’s religion can change as they develop more questions towards the religions they believe in. Religion is one of the central ideas in “Life of PI” by Yann Martel. Religion is one of the minds more most powerful thought. It can make them question who they are‚ what they believe in and in affects their life from many different points of view. Pi‚ the protagonist in the novel practices three religions which are Islam‚ Hinduism‚ and Christianity. These religions will be the one’s making Pi’s
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