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    Life of Pi - Option 2 In The Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ Pi Patel and Richard Parker travel in a liferaft for many days while stranded in the Pacific Ocean. However‚ the setting helps aid the story in multiple ways. The setting guides the character’s feelings and actions to grow dynamically and adds foreshadow to the storyline. In the beginning of the plot when the weather started to become rough‚ Pi admitted that he was “very afraid” (Martel 101) and he was so frightened to where “his mind could

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    realism‚ book “Life of PI” that was written by Yann Martel in 2001. This extract describe the sank of the ship that Piscine and his family where and Pi’s feeling and reflection of this situation‚ as only him and the tiger from their zoo‚ Richard Parker survived. In the beginning of the prose there is a comparison between the screaming of the sea‚ the wind and Pi’s heart‚ this personification shows how upset he felt later on‚ as he himself felt the storm. In the seventh line‚ Pi is could see the

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    Life Of Pi Freedom Essay

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    freedom places limitations on one’s physical freedom‚ freedom to love and freedom of choice. The novel written by Yann Martel‚ Life of Pi displays that the nature of truth of freedom is that true freedom confines our choices. This is seen through the environment of zoos with animals‚ Pi’s adoption of three different religions and Pi’s solitude on the lifeboat. To begin‚ Pi touches upon the environment of zoos through his lesson on the true context of freedom. His philosophy that contradicts societal

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    were to be in Keesh and Pi’s position. Keesh and Pi both have been struggling to keep themselves alive‚for Keesh he would like to display that he can hunt a bear on his own trying to show that although he is a child he can hunt as a man‚ and have a fair share of the meat that he will eat . As Pi is stranded in the middle of the ocean trying to find a sign of hope or food to keep himself alive as well. In the Life of Pi and “The Story of Keesh” Pi and Keesh exhibit similarities in regards to their

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    Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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    Language Arts Life of Pi is a deep read with a lot of important conflicts inside of it‚ a fantastic book for the future to read. It shows a lot of different aspects of life‚ the will to survive‚ symbolism‚ and humanity/ religion powers and struggles are displayed. Good things and negative things can come out of being a survivor from a shipwreck. A struggle for survival‚ faith in humanity and religion‚ and the power of symbolism are huge parts of this book but more importantly life‚ and the future

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    Life Of Pi Banned Essay

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    In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi‚ all attention is centered on the extraordinary life of Piscine Molitor Patel. He grows up in the Pondicherry Zoo in Southern India. He quickly develops a strong love for animals and is fascinated with every aspect of their lives. As he is growing up‚ he becomes a devout Hindu‚ Muslim‚ and Christian. When he is a teenager‚ his parents decide to try to achieve a better life by moving to Canada. They plan on taking the animals with them to sell to zoos in the United States

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    Olivia Miano Prof. Blanco-Cerda English 1302 16 December 2010 The Quest for the Meaning of Life Yann Martel’s novel‚ Life of Pi‚ is an inspirational story of a young boy fighting for his life as a castaway with the company of a Bengal tiger. Through his religious beliefs and perseverance he is able to survive‚ but with great difficulty. In an allegorical sense‚ this story is brilliant. Pi recreates his story using animals to metaphorically represent the humans who were in his treacherous‚ archetypal

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    utilized in tales to convey moral ideologies. Frequently‚ these animals interact with the human race. This literary technique is modeled in the novel Life of Pi. This novel details the adventure of Piscine "Pi" Martel as he is stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a hyena‚ a zebra‚ a orangutan named Orange Juice‚ and a tiger named Richard Parker. Pi is polyreligious; he is a Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. Pi’s religious beliefs aid him in his struggle to survive. The animals also play an interesting

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    explore a theme In Life of Pi‚ the author Yann Martel analyses how a conflict was used to explore one of the main themes within the text‚ coming of age. Martel uses the conflict between the main protagonist Piscine Patel and Richard Parker the Bengal tiger‚ and how this conflict develops to skilfully teach the reader about what it means to become a fully grown individual. There are three stages to this conflict‚ when Piscine is fighting Richard Parker for territory upon the life boat‚ when Piscine

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    AP English: Literature and Composition Name: Major Works Data Sheet: Do not cut/paste from a website‚ which is a form of plagiarism. |Title: Life of Pi |Biographical information about the author: | |Author: Yann Martel |Yann Martel was born in 1963 and lives in the Canadian prairie providence | |

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