Part One (Toronto and Pondicherry): Chapters 1–6 Summary The main text of the book begins with Pi’s declaration that he has suffered a great deal‚ leaving him despondent. The nature of his suffering and its source are not yet clear to the reader. Pi tells us that he continued his religious and zoological studies and was a very good student. He mentions that his religious studies thesis addressed aspects of Isaac Luria’s cosmogony theory. He speaks at length about sloths and observes that their
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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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Tears of a Tiger By Sharon Draper 192 Pages This book deals the issues that can or already influence every teenager in America. It addresses the issues of peer pressure‚ sorrow‚ death‚ friendship‚ teen drinking‚ guilt and teen suicide. Various youth have said "That won’t happen to me" or "I can handle my alcohol" or "I am ok to drive‚ I just had a few!" As teenagers‚ you have countless ideas and myths about drinking alcohol in addition to its affect on you and your body! Teenagers do not
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I have read excerpts from two texts. An informational text titled ‘The Sea Around Us’ by Rachel Carson‚ and a literature text titled ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’‚ by Jules Verne. In both excerpts there are many descriptions of the ocean. Many people debate whether details are described more vividly in informational text‚ or in literature. I feel the ocean was described more vividly in the excerpt from the literature text ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’. I believe the ocean
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The teenage birth rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world‚ and the teenage abortion rate is also high.[11] In 2005 in the U.S.‚ the majority (57%) of teen pregnancies resulted in a live birth‚ 27% ended in an induced abortion‚ and 16% in a fetal loss.[20] The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate was at a high in the 1950s and has decreased since then‚ although there has been an increase in births out of wedlock.[21] The teenage pregnancy rate decreased significantly in the 1990s; this
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launching of the ‘Bagh Bachao Andolan’ which is a movement of several organisations‚ has put the save tiger campagin back on rails. Public awareness campaign is the need of the hour. There are of couse laws against poaching but their enforcement leaves much to be desired. There is also need to coordinate efforts with international campaign to put pressure on countries like China and Taiwan where trade in tiger bones and skin is flourishing despite an official ban. No less important is the need to break the
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global warming are just five of the main reasons humans can be to blame for the extinction and endangerment of animals. I have researched about the following species‚ the Philautus poppiae frog native to Sri Lanka‚ the Asian elephant‚ the Siberian tiger‚ giant panda and the polar bear. Each species seems to be declining at a rapid rate‚ but why? Some would suggest that animal endangerment and extinction is a natural process‚ which to some extent is true‚ but over the last century humans have watched
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Richard Parker is a Royal Bengal tiger with whom Pi shares his lifeboat.Weighing 450 pounds and about nine feet long‚he kills the hyena on the lifeboat and the blind cannibal.He is a animal though he has a human name.But in the first‚he saves pi twice.At the beginning of the story‚Pi is afraid of Richard Parker.And then he tames him‚they essential companionship.Richard Parker goes alone when they reach land. When Pi retells the entire story to two representatives of the Japanese Ministry of Transport
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HITLER AS DICTATOR - 1934-39 Was Hitler a "weak dictator"? The old view (historians in the 1950’s) was that NAZI Germany was a "totalitarian" state. Hitler was the all-powerful dictator. Orders flowed downwards from Hitler. The system of government was like an efficient‚ well-oiled machine. Recent research by historians (1970’s/80’s) now disputes this view. It is now accepted that Nazi Germany was NOT a "well-oiled machine". It was more like a medieval court - with a king (Hitler) surrounded
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Risk and Liability in Engineering Engineering Ethics EE100 Grantham University Nygil Chambers In looking at how the NSPE promotes health and welfare to the public look no further than to their code of ethics. In their code of ethics it states that they hold safety paramount and this is done by only approving documents that are conformed to applicable standards‚ they shall not let their name be used by or do business with a person or company that
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