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    “Life of Pi” is about this boy called Pi‚ who is the son of a zookeeper in India. He grew up in a zoo and was extremely happy at home learning all about the animals that lived around him. This boy‚ who is a Hindu‚ found himself attracted to Islam and Christianity as well‚ so he practiced 3 religions at the same time. When Pi’s father decided to leave India‚ Pi’s family‚ along with some animals from the zoo‚ boarded a cargo ship bound for Canada. Unfortunately‚ the ship sank. Pi was the only human

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    Analog Inputs for Raspberry Pi Using the MCP3008 Created by Mikey Sklar Guide Contents Guide Contents Overview Connecting the Cobbler to a MCP3008 To follow this tutorial you will need Why we need an ADC Wiring Diagram Necessary Packages Python Script Run It 2 3 4 4 4 5 7 9 12 © Adafruit Industries http://learn.adafruit.com/reading-a-analog-in-and-controlling-audiovolume-with-the-raspberry-pi Page 2 of 12 Overview Teaching the Raspberry Pi how to read analog inputs is easier

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    Jessica Jenny English Honors Period 3 Life 0f Pi Essay 9/21/14 “The Use of Geography in Life of Pi” Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ follows the life of a young boy named Pi‚ who is marooned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean after a shipwreck. He is only accompanied by a zebra‚ an orangutan‚ a hyena‚ and a brutal‚ barbarous Bengal tiger. Young Pi must confront the elements and live at the will of Mother Nature throughout the book as he tries to stay alive in the vast abyss of the Pacific Ocean. How

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    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 of

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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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    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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    Mr.Ramer P. Cerillo Lontoc‚ Lyra B. August 28‚ 2014 Quite‚ Tracy Anne Jay O. 1. Why is the movie entitled "Transcendence"? Transcendence meaning climbing or going beyond limitations .When Depp’s character‚ Will‚ got shot and almost killed but then survived. A few weeks later he got seriously ill and has only a month to live. His adoring wife Evelyn‚ decided to upload his

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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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    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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    Pi (short for Piscine Molitor Patel) is a young Indian boy growing up in South India in the 1970’s. His father owns a zoo and‚ with increasing political unrest in India‚ decides to sell up and emigrate to Canada. In true Noah’s ark fashion‚ they accompany the wild animals on board the ship on their journey to the new zoos in North America. The ship sinks and Pi finds himself the only human survivor onboard a life raft that contains‚ rather remarkably‚ a zebra‚ a large motherly orangutan‚ a frenzied

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