Discovery Essay
The process of discovery involves uncovering what is hidden and reconsidering what is known.
How is this perspective on discovery explored in your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing? Through the sophisticated and complex notion of emotional and spiritual discovery within Ang Lee’s riveting film Life of Pi (2012) and Robinson Jeffers poem The Deer Lay Down Their Bones (1954) which involves both explicitly and implicitly unearthing the confronting nature of discovery and exposing what is concealed through reexamination of what is widely known. The audiences and the personas perspective of discovery through the concepts of suffering, nature and survival is scrutinised in order to affirm the intrinsic …show more content…
The carnivorous island in Life of Pi, is used as an analogy in order to represent human nature, both beautiful and dark, this is evident by the extreme long shot of the island and it synonymous look as though it is a human. For Pi, the island is his Garden of Eden and is able to provide him sustenance, however, this is merely a facade placed to lure prey to the carnivorous island, “But all that the island gave him by day, it took away again by night”. Lee is attempting to illustrate to the audience the confronting quality of nature which only causes more suffering. Similarly, the great storm scene is able to portray this spiritual discovery through the use of medium long shots whilst Pi states, “Why are you scaring him?… I surrender! What more do you want?”, Pi is directly angry at God and this emphasises how Pi is attempting to reconsider what he believes to be true. The use of low camera angles and non-didactic tone further illustrates Gods omnipotence and the ultimate power He possesses. Through the film, Lee is able to portray his understanding regarding spiritual concepts to the audience in a way which enables one to exercise the thought regarding personal and cultural
The process of discovery involves uncovering what is hidden and reconsidering what is known.
How is this perspective on discovery explored in your prescribed text and ONE other related text of your own choosing? Through the sophisticated and complex notion of emotional and spiritual discovery within Ang Lee’s riveting film Life of Pi (2012) and Robinson Jeffers poem The Deer Lay Down Their Bones (1954) which involves both explicitly and implicitly unearthing the confronting nature of discovery and exposing what is concealed through reexamination of what is widely known. The audiences and the personas perspective of discovery through the concepts of suffering, nature and survival is scrutinised in order to affirm the intrinsic …show more content…
The carnivorous island in Life of Pi, is used as an analogy in order to represent human nature, both beautiful and dark, this is evident by the extreme long shot of the island and it synonymous look as though it is a human. For Pi, the island is his Garden of Eden and is able to provide him sustenance, however, this is merely a facade placed to lure prey to the carnivorous island, “But all that the island gave him by day, it took away again by night”. Lee is attempting to illustrate to the audience the confronting quality of nature which only causes more suffering. Similarly, the great storm scene is able to portray this spiritual discovery through the use of medium long shots whilst Pi states, “Why are you scaring him?… I surrender! What more do you want?”, Pi is directly angry at God and this emphasises how Pi is attempting to reconsider what he believes to be true. The use of low camera angles and non-didactic tone further illustrates Gods omnipotence and the ultimate power He possesses. Through the film, Lee is able to portray his understanding regarding spiritual concepts to the audience in a way which enables one to exercise the thought regarding personal and cultural