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    Life Of Pi Journey Essay

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    with the barriers we encounter. An impending journey‚ grasping towards change and innovation can test our virtuous tenacity and knowledge in exchange for survival by a brief interruption. In the novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel presents this intriguing journey when protagonist Piscine Patel (Pi) is lost at sea alongside with a Bengal tiger ( Richard Parker) ‚ after the family’s cargo ship sinks . Similarly‚ in the film Castaway‚ director Robert Zemeckis demonstrates this journey when lead‚ Chuck Noland

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    Short Response 03 By this short response‚ I would like to express my thoughts about the poem “Discourse on the Logic of Language” By M. NourbeSe Philip and about the essay “The transformation of silence into language and action” by Audre Lorde. First‚ I would like to say that the poem “Discourse on the Logic of Language” is a very powerful and interesting poem that tries to manifest its idea through a very innovative way. The poem describes the frustration of being

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    Life of Pi Essay Example

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    Humans‚ animals‚ plants and all living organisms are fighting for their rights in order to live in this world. The novel Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel uses a wide range of literary devices to present the different themes in the novel‚ one of which is symbolism. The significance of Pi and what it symbolizes‚ the adaptation of survival and the settings in the novel Life of Pi shows the presence of symbolism in the novel. Yann Martel presents the scenario as being real‚ he is trying to make us believe what

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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 tigers

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    Life of Pi Animal Behavior

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    TOBI: In his book the “Life of Pi” by Yann Martell‚ the author makes multiple references to animal behavior. Through this project we have researched each of the four animals: the zebra‚ Orangutan‚ Hyena‚ and the Tiger on their lifestyles and behavior. In order to write this book Yann Martel explained that he had to do a lot of research on zoo biology and animal psychology. In addition he spent 6 months doing research in India‚ where he visited every single zoo he could find in southern India.

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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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    Hockey Community

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    Discourse Communities are defined as “a group of people that share and hold similar beliefs and ideas and communicate amongst each other through unique interactions”. These communities are all around us‚ from the classes in a university‚ to all sorts of sports lingo. Growing up I was involved in the Hockey Discourse community. The people in the community with me all shared the passion for hockey‚ and it was part of everyone’s life. Not only was it just my team‚ and New Mexico hockey‚ but all around

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    Reader’s Response - Life of Pi Chapter 56 Chapter 56 is a short passage of only three paragraphs but sends a very powerful message about fear.The use of the devices of similes‚ personifications‚ and repetition is present throughout the whole chapter of how fear takes over the human. Fear is described as evil and sneaky. “It is a clever‚ treacherous adversary‚ how well I know. It has no decency; respects no law or convention‚ shows no mercy... Then fear‚ disguised in the garb of mild-mannered

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    The Life Pi: Flying Fish

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    The Life Pi Flying Fish In chapter 61 to 62 Pi encounters an attack of a school of flying fish. Flying fish uses magical realism taking an everyday realistic object and adding a sense of fantasy. Yann Martel uses descriptive language to create a realistic scene. Many religious references are including throughout the chapter in describing the event of the flying fish. ‘I felt I was living the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.’ Saint Sebastian was a Christian Martyr who survived by being executed by

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    May 29‚ 2014 Fear Motivators Does the unknowing fear of doing something push you to be the hero‚ or does it keep you chained down keeping you restrained from doing anything about it. In the novel Life of Pi‚ fear could technically be portrayed as either one. When Piscine Patel‚ better known as Pi‚ discovers his life becomes completely turned upside down after his family tries to find a better life and a new place to call home. He gradually discovers what the true meaning of fear is. After losing his

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