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    ENG 4U1 November 19th‚ 2012 When life throws obstacles in one’s direction‚ one must grow and adapt to survive. Pi Patel and Chuck Nolan provide good examples of growing and adapting in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and the movie Castaway produced by Robert Zemeck. It is shown through these characters by‚ chuck and pi learning how to find a new source of food‚ having to create an imaginary figure to stay sane‚ and both found a will to survive. * Chuck Nolan and Pi Patel both find themselves stranded

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    Religion In Life Of Pi

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    and hate‚ light and darkness‚ Piscine Molitor (Pi) Patel marks his way into the nature of religion to guide himself of every step he takes of his life changing journey. God leaves Pi stranded‚ stranded in a cramped lifeboat with four wild‚ ferocious animals and stranded with no family left. As an important aspect of Pi’s survival‚ religion is used as a way to find meaning through combining the worlds of Islam‚ Hinduism‚ Christianity which results in Pi finding his true identity. From the days of a

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    Krystal Tam Mr. Wilson ENG4U 4 November 2014 Symbolism in Life of Pi Life of Pi‚ written by Yann Martel‚ has a complex plot. It is a story within a story. It is an adventure novel about a 16 year-old boy called Pi‚ who survives after the ship wrecks. He stays with a tiger on the ocean for 227 days. In the novel‚ the author uses various literary devices to present different themes. One of those devices is symbolism. Its presence is shown everywhere in the novel and it helps readers to truly understand

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    Influence In Life Of Pi

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    stories and judging for ourselves on what we parts could be considered true or false. Through Yann Martel’s award-winning novel‚ Life of Pi‚ a sixteen-year-old boy undergoes extreme survival situations. Within those two hundred and twenty-seven days of being lost at sea‚ he recalls stories that convey as a distraction against his physical difficulties. As with Pi’s life; we also use storytelling‚ experiences‚ and our implicit bias to influence people and our morals. Although storytelling itself

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    Life of Pi Review

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    going to talk about one of the most amazing‚ fantastic‚ incredible and just this awesome movie! Called LIFE OF PI!!!! So let’s get right to it! LIFE OF PI is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel‚ which was published in 2001‚ but earlier this year the movie called LIFE OF PI was released‚ and so far it has been getting really great reviews. The movie is about a 16 year old boy named Pi‚ whose father decides to move to Canada‚ the teen boy sadly has to leave is home‚ friends and lover behind

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    Life Of Pi Rhetoric

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    how the author uses dialect to characterize the character and how well the plot flows in the novel. Violence scene are not really necessary unless it is there to characterize the main character and how it impacts their life. In the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the main character Pi goes through many hard tasks and violent encounters that allow him to improve himself as a character. The goal of violent scenes are not there to ruin the plot but as a catalysis that will give a character in the novel

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    Life of Pi Part 2‚ Chapter 37 Summary How It All Goes Down * Chapter 37 opens with the sentence‚ "The ship sank" (2.37.1). * Pi doesn’t tell us how or why yet – but he’s in a lifeboat‚ in the wind and the rain‚ encouraging Richard Parker the tiger‚ who is in the water‚ to swim up to him. * Pi throws Richard Parker a lifebuoy and just then realizes he probably shouldn’t invite strange tigers into his lifeboat. * Alas‚ Richard Parker jumps into the lifeboat‚ and Pi jumps overboard

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    Life of Pi - Questions for Consideration: Chapters 37-49 1. Give three examples in 37-39 of how the ship is personified? What is the effect of this personification? a) The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp. The effect of this personification is to show how large the ship was and helps to describe the scene of a massive object sinking. b) All around me was the vomit of a dyspeptic ship. The personification here shows that when the ship sank many of the contents

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    Life of Pi Essay Kamalpreet. Singh The Life of Pi was a story about a boy Indian boy named Piscine Patel was stranded at sea for 222 days after his ship which was going to Canada with his family sank. The story starts with him growing up as a child and practicing on his own accord many different cultures such as Hinduism‚ Islam and Christianity as this is happening the amount of money the zoo makes compared to the work they do coupled with his fathers will to stay with the times‚ forces his

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    Life of Pi Analysis

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    also known as Pi Ravi Patel – Pi’s older brother by three years Santosh Patel – Pi’s father‚ owns a zoo in Pondicherry‚ India Gita Patel – Pi’s Mother Satish Kumar – Pi’s biology teacher in Pondicherry Father Martin – A catholic priest that introduces Pi to the catholic faith Satish Kumar – A Muslim mystic that shares the same name with Pi’s biology teacher Hindu Pandit – A man whom is never named‚ he becomes very angry at Pi for practicing religions other than his own Pi Patel‚ a Hindu

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