The genre of the book is action ‚ adventure and young adult fiction .The main characters of the book are Philip Enright Junior ‚ who is also the narrator of the story ‚ 11-year-old boy ‚ living with his parents on Curazao Island ‚ and an old black sailor Timothy : ugly ‚ uneducated man ‚speaking with tough West Indian accent . The other characters are Grace and Philip Enright ‚ the parents of Phillip Jr ‚ and Henrik van Boven ‚Philip ‘s friend from Denmark .The story takes place in 1942 during the
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between animals and characters. At first‚ the zebra represented the sailor who’s a Chinese with one leg broken. Secondly‚ the hyena was the representation of the cook who is arrogant and the female orangutan was the mother of Pi. The most important character‚ the Bengal tiger—Richard parker‚ was Pi himself. 2.3 The potential meanings the animals contain In the first place‚ the relations between the zebra and the Chinese sailor are obvious. The most significant common point is that both of
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Monsters and creatures of Greek mythology Homer the Odyssey tells the tale of a journey of the hero Odysseus and the journey through danger‚ temptation‚ and self evaluation. The monsters of greek mythology test the heroic side of a person and that’s what they did to Odysseus. “This time his opponents are not military‚ instead‚ he encounters various monsters who try to keep him from his wife penelope.” Greek mythology first developed in 700 bc‚ with that a poet named Hesiod’s Theogony who
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General information about Murmansk Murmansk is a unique city. See if you can find it on the globe. It is on the top of Europe. For centuries it was believed that it would be impossible to live here because of the severe climate. But it took a mere 80 years for the biggest city on the planet situated North to the Arctic Circle to be built on the shore of the Kola bay. For many years this ice-free port was a leading Soviet freight port‚ a base for fishing fleets‚ a major naval base‚ and the main home
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Pi Patel is stranded in the Pacific Ocean in a lifeboat‚ with his mother‚ an injured Taiwanese sailor‚ and a French cook. The French cook begins to display signs of sadism from the beginning itself‚ and he kills and eats the injured Taiwanese sailor‚ in spite of repeated admonitions from Pi and his mother. As days pass by‚ Pi and his mother get weaker due to lack of food. The cook then kills and eats Pi’s mother despite
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goods. Once the manufacturing goods were made they were exported back into the “new world” (known as North and South America) for them to buy their goods. 3. Technology aid European sailors in many ways. The magnetic compass was one of their great technologies. It was made around 1000. This device allowed sailors to determine the direction of the ship. The astrolabe was another big device. This was created in the 1400’s. The astrolabe measured the angles of the sun and stars above the horizon.
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by Richard Wright depicts the meeting of an older man named Olaf Jenson and a young sailor named Jim at a motel lobby by the sea port on an August night in Copenhagen. Olaf‚ once a sailor himself is now a soon-to-be sixty year old middle class motel concierge. One night‚ while Olaf is attending to his duties at the front as he does every night Jim comes in seeking a room. Olaf‚ as mentioned before is a former sailor and has been to many different ports all around the world and has seen all kinds of
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where the European sailors would load their ships with guns‚ horses and many other products ranging from pots and pans to textiles which were brought from India. Not to mention the transmittable diseases that were brought by European sailors as well‚ who would then set sail to Africa to exchange theses goods with tribal chiefs‚ kings or local slave traders for slaves. Sometimes slaves would travel 1200km of inland just to reach the ships location. The slaves and European sailors would then embark
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time. Dependability‚ accountability‚ consistency and discipline are all crucially related to being on time. Furthermore‚ promptness also shows that the individual Sailor aims high and has their priorities straight. However‚ being where one needs to be at the appointed time will always be one of the most important aspects of being a Sailor. Tardiness I a great detriment for the command and a work center let alone a small detachment of personnel. When an individual is absent for whatever period of time
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Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla is a six-headed monster who‚ when ships pass‚ swallows one sailor for each head. Charybdis is an enormous whirlpool that threatens to swallow the entire ship. As instructed by Circe‚ Odysseus holds his course tight against the cliffs of Scylla’s lair. As he and his men stare at Charybdis on the other side of the strait‚ the heads of Scylla swoop down and gobble up six of the sailors. Odysseus next comes to Thrinacia‚ the island of the Sun. He wants to avoid it entirely
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