Barbara Gordon

Key to Survive To be able to survive in these extreme environments both characters must be mentally and physically strong. In both stories of, ”The story of Keesh” and “The life of Pi” both character’s use intelligence and bravery to survive in these hard environments. The story of Keesh is based on a 13 year-old boy who hunts for food not only for him and his mother but also for the whole village. Keesh stands up for his mother and himself during a council meeting, and when he does…

Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to explore Antarctica by boat. In 1901, Sir Ernest Shackleton went on the Antarctic expedition. “In 1908, he returned to the Antarctic as the leader of his own expedition, on the ship 'Nimrod'.” (http://www.bbc.co.uk) "In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship 'Endurance', planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole." Ernest Shackleton has faces many challenges, such as leading the expedition to Antarctica on the ship ‘Endurance’,…

One of the most fundamental aspects of humanity, is the need for community. The process of socialization is crucial for survival. In Yann Martel 's Life of Pi and the movie Cast Away, the severe effects of social isolation are depicted. Pi Patel is a young Indian boy in search of faith and Chuck Noland is a grown man whose identity revolves around the concept of time. Between the two narratives lies a similar message regarding man 's will to live. Both protagonists reach extreme points of…

Perspective and belief will vary from person to person, but what will always remain the same is the truth. Yann Martel, in his book Life of Pi, shows that varying stories can convey the same truth and underlying message, in different ways. In the book, Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, tells two stories of his time stranded in the Pacific Ocean. In the first story he tells of how he is accompanied by animals that occasionally act like humans. The fact that Pi was able to survive in…

The senseless, impossible, reality bending view of the world, is the purpose of the latest picturebook by the celebrated author-illustrator Eric Carle. At first glance, the theme is made evident to readers; the front dust jacket cover illustrates a yellow duck popping out of a peeled banana. The text on the cover reads “THE NONSENSE SHOW”, and is written in a colorful block font, using all capital letters. The dedication page features Rene Magritte’s famous painting The Treachery of Images,…

In A long walk to water, Linda Sue Park tells the story of a lost boy refugee, destined to cover africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. The story takes place in southern sudan, 1985.In the beginning of the book salva lived a normal life, but it takes a turn when out of nowhere a war began, and salva was told not to go back to his village and just go to the bushes where is is safe.Salva than became a lost boy finding a way to cope with this type of situation where he don’t know…

Yann Martel’s Life of Pi encourages readers to choose between Pi’s two versions of his story at sea. However, I will argue that it is important to understand both the human and animal story. Pi’s human story is disguised by the fictional animal story in order to conceal the inhumane and savage acts of people Pi encounters at sea. Furthermore, the imaginative fabrication of Richard Parker in Pi’s animal story aids the reader in understanding the trauma and immoral actions that Pi endures on his…

A zebra, an orangutan a hyena and a tiger? Or, a Taiwanese sailor, a mother, a French cook, and Pi? These are two stories that give the same meaning, but one tells a better story. In Life of Pi by: Yann Martel, Pi gets stuck on a lifeboat for 227 days after he is the victim of a shipwreck. He is forced to survive the harshness of the sea. After a truly incredible journey to ultimate survival, Pi tells the story of his miraculous survival in the company of a tiger to Japanese men from the…

In the stories Life of Pi and “ The story of Keesh” the will to inspire in an extreme environment shows how characters survive and try to find a way to stay alive. In “ The story of Keesh” the extreme environment shows how Keesh is trying to find meat for him and his family so they can stay alive. Evidence that show the extreme environment is “ Go ye men, with the dogs and sledges, and take my trail for the better part of a day’s travel, he said there is much meat on the ice” (London 65).…

Have you ever been through a serious trauma? Many people have been and have a multitude of ways to deal with it. In the book The Life of Pi, Pi suffers an extremely traumatic experience which he copes with by making a story. The second more realistic story is the reality, the first story is Pi’s way of coping. The reasons behind this conclusion are the impracticality of the first story, the apparent use of a coping strategy, and is written to take the reader's attention. The first story,…