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In the novel Life Of Pi, as Pi is on his journey after the shipwreck stuck on the ocean alone, he has to survive through lessons he was taught. Pi survived after being stuck in the pacific ocean for 227 days with a tiger named Richard Parker. Survival comes from conquering many hardships and difficult challenges, but you need to get past it with the sources and lessons you have been taught. As Pi was thrown overboard he began to have doubts which had started his journey to survive. When Pi…

The autobiography of Booker T Washington titled Up From Slavery is a rich narrative of his life from slavery to one of the most influential motivational speakers, educators, visionaries’, founder and President of prestigious Institute of his time. He was a man determined to see his race educated and have economic opportunities as well society advancement, he was diligent, to see these tasks were accomplished with honesty and hard- work. On July 1881 Mr. Washington established the second colored…

As the head of Tuskegee Institute Booker T Washington was a key historical figure and spokesperson for the black race between the 19th and 20th century. He believed African Americans should grow and develop through the likes of effort and education. Instead of seeking to achieve social and political equality with the Caucasian race. His impact on the history of the black race and his fight for desegregation. Was only one of the many individual and political attempts to right the wrongs between…

Life of Pi Meaning of the Zoo Pi grew up in a city of animals, after all his family did own a zoo. Pi knows everything there is to know about his animals in the zoo, but what if the zoo in Life of Pi is more than just to show that Pi knows a lot about animals. The reason the author of Life of Pi included the part about the zoo was to introduce the animalistic savagery that would become a theme throughout the book. The meaning behind Pi growing up in a zoo was so that the author could introduce…

Honors Summer Work 1. Main Characters Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi)- A. In the book Piscine is the main narrator. His name comes from the French word for pool. B. Pi studies zoology and religion and is fascinated by how people and animals behave. Pi doesn’t want to kill Richard Parker because of these traits. C. Pi was a vegetarian at the beginning of the book but during the book he became more predator-like; he started hunting meat for his survival. Richard Parker- A. Richard Parker is a bengal…

The fragments Yann Martel puts together in this chapter of Life of Pi really makes the story come to life. At this point in the novel, Pi is becoming content with his surroundings. He begins by detailing the night sky, moon, and shining stars; as Pi goes on with his description we begin to see various notions of light and dark imagery. The composition of darkness infers danger, whereas light gives us a sense of faith. If Martel were to merely say “the night sky is pitch black”, we would see no…

Life of Pi is essentially a story that strives to explain, prove, and show in detail the conscious and unconscious mind theory known as the Iceberg Theory by Sigmund Freud, a famous psychoanalyst. This theory includes three basic parts. 1, the id which essentially is the survival mode of the mind. The instinctive part. The part that is believed to be instilled in all human’s minds from day one and we fight this primitive part on a daily basis. How do we fight it you ask? Well the second part of…

In the novel “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel discribes the life of a Indian boy name Piscine Molitar Patel and what he undergoes to finding his true beliefs. Faith plays a signifiant in shaping Pi’s personality. Pi’s significance of Hundusim, Christianity, and Islam helps him discovery his own beliefs on religion. Growing up Pi’s mother and auntie practiced Hinduism. As Pi comes to age he discoveries sprirituality. Pi curiosity in relgions grew as he discovered there was more than the…

Life of Pi and The Story of Keesh Survival in an extreme environment requires intelligence, ingenuity and resilience. In the story “The Story of Keesh” Jack London portrays the fundamental character Keesh, who use wit and resourcefulness to survive in the extreme environment of the Arctic, and in the story “Life of Pi” Yann Martel depicts how the main character Pi use ingenuity and resilience to survive alone in the middle of the Pacific ocean with an adult tiger.…

Life of Pi is a novel written by Yann Martel which explores the many aspects of a journey of a young boy named Pi regarding his religious connection towards the world. Martel displays a range of techniques and stylistic devices and imagery so he can portray the novel through a variety of archetypal lenses and psychoanalytical techniques. At the very beginning, of the book Life of Pi, the story is framed as "a story that will make you believe in God." This idea becomes interpreted differently…