Barbara Gordon

mong the shrouded darkness of the door, laid two glowing eyes of yellow. He looked at the princess one last time. His eyes shot the question, “Why?” The Princess responded with a simple, “Her.” Then the tiger jumped out. Unlike everyone else, he put his hands up with valor. Even so, it could not change the result. The Roman tiger jumped on the youth and began to shred him into too many pieces to count. Everyone second her heart raced. Oh how it was worse than all the nightmares combined! Had…

Fictional Survivors Survival is key to everything and every living thing finds ways to survive in their environment. No matter what their environment may be. Even fictional characters from stories and novels like the “Life of Pi” and “The Story of Keesh”, demonstrate signs of survival in their environment. “The Story of Keesh” and “Life of Pi” both characters use their intelligence to think of ways to survive in extreme environments. In “The Story of Keesh”, Keesh survives off his environment…

Throughout the novel Piscine shares his thoughts and feelings, allowing the reader to grasp how he feels at all times. After Pi realizes Richard Parker is on board his lifeboat, an overwhelming number of thoughts and feelings were produced. After first discovering the tiger is on board, he quickly devises several plots in an attempt to kill Richard Parker. Yet soon changes his mind, realizing that he desperately needs a companion. The movie alters this part of the book, leaving out this key…

The Life of Pi, by Yaun Martel, is an adventure filled story about how an indian boy named Pi Patel spent seven months at sea with an adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Throughout the novel, Pi speaks about his life in the boat and the adventures that came as a result of his peculiar situation. He constantly has to struggle with the problem of living with the tiger on the boat, since the tiger could easily kill him. However, Pi intuitively manages to subdue the tiger and make his own life…

Title: Parents of Boy Rescued From Gorilla Investigated: Accident or Negligence? Category: News & Opinion Tags:Harambe, gorilla shot, Cincinnati gorilla Teaser: Police investigate the parents of the 3-year-old boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, but are not recommending charges be laid. Article: The killing of 17-year-old Harambe, the 400-pound gorilla, to save the little boy who slipped into the animal's enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo has triggered outrage. Some say…

The book Life of Pi by Yann Martel tells about Pi Patel’s and Richard Parker’s journey to survival. Piscine Patel is a sixteen year old South Indian boy who survived being a castaway along the Pacific Ocean accompanied by a bengal tiger for 227 days.Pi’s experience shows that multiple affairs in life can transform and develop a person. Pi’s character transformation is based on his life circumstances, spirituality, and relationships, thereby helping the author showcase Pi’s faith to shift the…

Alea Criscitelli LA Comparative Essay “Riding The Tiger” By,Eve Bunting has taught me that when you are doing bad things and you want to get off but you are addicted listen to anyone and tell them because they can help.I can prove this because in the story Danny wanted to get off and when the tiger and Danny want to the basketball court Freddy was there and asked Danny if he wanted to play a game of basketball on the court because when he got off of the tiger they would of ran and…

Winston Churchill once said “when you’re going through hell, keep going”. And that is exactly what Pi Patel did in The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Pi, an Indian boy on a voyage with his family, survived the sinking of the Tsunami along with a Bengal tiger. He spent 227 long days out at sea facing many different obstacles. Throughout the story, Martel portrays the life lesson of never giving up by throwing different challenges at Pi and testing his will to survive. These obstacles prove how Pi…

A 16 year-old male named Pi Patel faced a tragic event after losing his family in a sinking ship, while heading to Canada to start a new life and sell their animals from their past lives of zookeepers. Pi Patel is shipwrecked for 227 in a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutang and a Bengal Tiger. He faces a number of challenges on this unforgettable journey including violence and fear, and discovering his true identity, but with all the challenges Pi Patel survives all odds. In another…

Piscine Molitor is a very diverse character featured in the novel “Life of Pi”, his character is very complex and is more than meets the eye. A person’s personality is a combination of characteristics and qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character. Different situations bring out a variety of different parts from someone’s personality. Many different aspects of Pi come to life throughout the book that allow the chance to understand him at a deeper level. In the novel “Life of Pi”…