Charles Martel

Survival in an extreme environment may be hopeless, but Keesh from “The Story of Keesh” and Pi from “Life of Pi” had the will, courage, and good thinking to survive the extreme environment they were put in. Keesh was able to survive in that extreme cold for 13 years. He was also able to kill bears not just with his strength, but with his brain. Pi was also able to survive in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a tiger on his boat. Pi used his brain to think about where there could be food and…

The Lady Or The Tiger SUMMARY In a very olden time, there was a half-barbaric king who built an arena in which his offenders would face their fate. In the arena, which people called the arena of the king, the offenders had two doors to choose, behind one waited a hungry tiger which could tear them apart into pieces, and behind the other waited a lady whom the king chose particularly for them. If they chose the lady, they would be assumed innocent, but if they chose the tiger then they would…

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…

Touching Spirit Bear Connection The book “Touching Spirit Bear” by Ben Mikaelson reminds me of the real world. The part of the book i am relating to is when Cole Matthews was extremely hungry but ignored that necessity and just went to the shore to drink water as much as he would need to pee and be full but of water. Later that day, Cole went to the shore and saw seagulls, he realized that they were eating a fish, Cole was absolutely STARVED so he scared the seagulls away and ate a half seagle…

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 Hindu religion in Piscine’s house (Martel, Ch. 15). Also in Life of Pi, Pi replaces the survivors of the TsimTsum with animals (Martel). Many Hindu gods/goddesses are closely related to animals and also use animals as vehicles (Hinduism for Dummies and HG/GTAV) . The Hindu god, Ganesha, has an elephant head and uses a rat as his vehicle to…

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…

People take many things for granted. What if society didn’t have access to things anymore? What would happen? In the novel, Swiss Family Robinson, a family who is unfortunately stranded on an island, must learn how to adapt to this new setting. Spiteful turtles and aggressive ostriches were just two of the many animals the family needed to learn how to tame. “We placed our entire trust in the mercy of God” (Wyss, P.323); without God they wouldn’t have survived. The Robinsons, a family of six,…

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…