kept him alive for so long and let his mental strength die. The quotation "I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island."(Martel‚ 361) shows his mental courage to take on the physical pain he is about to face when he goes back on the boat. Pi also faced lots of challenges when he was in the boat. His suffering in the boat has taught him many new things about life
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“Pi survives through the lessons learnt during his childhood in India” In the novel ‘The life of Pi’‚ the author Yann Martel takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through the protagonist Piscine Molitor “Pi” Patel. He describes the journey of Pi‚ a sixteen year old boy who survived 227 days on a lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger as a result of their Japanese ship sinking. Pi displays the strengths he gained through his religious beliefs‚ knowledge of animals and zoology. These skills he
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mother‚ father‚ and older brother‚ Ravi. Together‚ the family owns a magnificent zoo that is home to hundreds of animals including tigers and zebras. The foundation of the book describes the zoo and Pondicherry wonderfully and detailed. The author‚ Yann Martel‚ describes the place and you can see it all‚ the town‚ the zoo‚ and the nature of the whole scenery. He makes the reader smell‚ see‚ and feel what Pi smells‚ sees‚ and feels; emotionally‚ physically‚ and mentally. I would have started this book
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Oral Book Report: 10% of final grade Task: Give an oral presentation of 5-10 minutes in length in which you present a novel to the class. Your discussion of the novel must include the following elements: a short biography of the author a description of the main characters and setting a brief description of the main events (without spoiling the novel for other readers!) an analysis of the main theme or themes of the novel an evaluation of the book overall. What did you like? What did you
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is a pyramid that is divided into five sequential sections that reflect the needs of human beings ascending from bottom to top in this order: physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ social needs‚ esteem needs‚ and self-actualization. In Life of Pi by Yann Martel‚ the different needs of Maslow’s hierarchy are embodied in the protagonist‚ Pi’s survival. After the ship he was travelling on sinks in the Pacific Ocean‚ Pi finds himself on a lifeboat with limited supplies and only a Bengal tiger for company.
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1. "If Hinduism flow placidly like the Ganges then Christianity bustles like Toronto at Rush Hour" In this quote‚ comparison is being used by Yann Martel to explain the difference between the two religions. He does this by using two metaphors (the Ganges river and Toronto) to compare. Hinduism flows placidly like a slow moving river because it is one of the oldest religions in the world and therefore more mature because many people have been practicing it for centuries and are.. The way Hinduism
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1. The novel Life of Pie written by‚ Yann Martel’s tells the story of a young man named Pi‚ to be specific sixteen years old‚ which grows up in the south indian city of Pondiocherry. Pi was raised by a wealthy family‚ father being Santos Patel‚ and mother being Gita Patel‚ which owned a zoo‚ and that is where the Tiger(Richard Parker) comes in play. The next aspect of the story goes as follows: since all facet of government power was taken by Indira Ghandi in India‚ and Pi father did not want to
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In the book Life of Pi‚ by Yann Martel‚ the main character gets stranded in a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with only his imagination to cope with. Piscine Molitor Patel‚ also known as Pi‚ uses a figure of his imagination to make a horrific situation better‚ by changing his perspective on the entire ordeal. When Pi gets isolated with his mother‚ a cruel cook‚ and an injured sailor‚ Pi transforms all of them into animals out of fear‚ disbelief and justification. Throughout Pi’s experience‚ he is
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The Importance of Religion in the Life of Pi Peter2 The Importance of Religion in the Life of Pi In introduction of Life of Pi‚ Author Yang • Martel said directly that : "This book was born as I was hungry "(introduction‚1). Hunger is something author refers to the emptiness in faith. The novel’s protagonist Piscine‚ grew up in French Indochina area‚ is a devout Hindus‚ Christians and Muslims
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Abraham Maslow was one of those people. Knowing that motivation is driven by the existence of unsatisfied needs he created a concept called the Hierarchy of Needs. This concept was expressed as one of the many themes throughout the novel‚ Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel asks the reader to reflect on life itself; we are forced to become aware of what we are truly capable of as human beings. We must understand ourselves and the various types of motivation that induce specific behaviors. We must understand our desires
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