Diane Martel

multiple meanings or interpretations to them. Throughout the book Life of Pi there is a multitude of items that can be interpreted for much more than what is simply written in the book. In Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses symbolism to reveal the consequences of excess, the importance of hope, and naiveté. Martel uses the algae island and the meerkats to represent an…

Humans don 't always need to see things to understand them and believe them as real and possible. Religion, science and stories are 3 things in the life of Pi that aren 't seen but are still believed to be real and possible. Science is one of the things humans done need to see to understand and believe in. Orange juice floating towards Pi on her pile of bananas, the canivourous island and Pi surviving with Richard Parker on the boat are scientific feats that were believed by others, even if…

wrote Life of Pi, his most famous book, in 2001. Martel’s trip to India and his deep need for a story to become a successful author developed the amazing and intriguing story of Pi Patel. Setting the story in the in the Pacific Ocean in the 1970’s, Martel wrote about a young boy struggling to survive after his transportation to Canada sinks, leaving him stranded on a lifeboat with dangerous animals. Surviving on a lifeboat with a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan, and a tiger seems near…

In a hero’s journey, there are twelve stages that must be completed.(“Stages of the Hero’s Journey”) In Yann Martel’s novel, “Life of Pi”, the protagonist of the story, Pi, was on a hero’s journey. He completed the twelve stages. Starting with his life in Pondicherry to being stranded in the ocean, Pi never gave up and made it through each stage of the journey. Stage one of a hero’s journey is Ordinary World.(“Stages of the Hero’s Journey”) This stage consists of Pi’s life in Pondicherry. He…

believe in something appealing to the mind. People always side with the light side as seen since the beginning of time, heavily relying on religion and faith to provide backbones of moral foundations. The narrative, Life of Pi, presented by Yann Martel, is a masterful rendition on this form of storytelling. The novel tells of the story of Piscine Molitor Patel, a young Indian adolescent who survived a shipwreck, living on a lifeboat for over two-hundred…

To begin, “Life of Pi” and “The Story of Keesh” they show how both characters find the strength to survive in their extreme environment In “The Story of Keesh”, Keesh lives in a hostile village, in “Life of Pi” Pi is in a threatening environment, but in both stories they gain strength to do what they need to survive. According to the story, Keesh goes to the council to complain about the meat he’s being apportioned they’re rude to him. On page 62 the council says “He is no man that he should…

While there are many similarities between “Sound of Thunder” (SOT) and “Being Prey”, there are also many differences.Some similarities between those stories are they both take place in the outdoors where they are unfamiliar with the location. Also, both stories have predators and deal with danger, in SOT the predator is a dinosaur and in BP the predator in the crocodile. Also, the two stories deal with danger, in both stories the narrators are very detailed about the setting and the story in…

In 19th century Qing Dynasty China, a warrior (Chow Yun-Fat) gives his sword, Green Destiny, to his lover (Michelle Yeoh) to deliver to safe keeping, but it is stolen, and the chase is on to find it. The search leads to the House of Yu where the story takes on a whole different level. As for what “crouching tiger, hidden dragon” means, a message board posting reveals the answer: “The phrase 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' (Wuo hu zhan long) is a chinese idiom in which the words 'Tiger' and…

The book titled Life of Pi written by Yann Martel is an adventurous story, which gives an account of how Piscine Patel, known as Pi, experiences various adventures and misadventures in the sea. Pi is a young Indian teenager who grows up with animals being the son of the owner of a zoo. The story describes how Pi values the faiths of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity, and how he trusts in the values imparted by his family. The ghastly part of the story is the way Pi survives with a Bengal Tiger…

Should people be held accountable for their actions in a life or death situation? Well, in my opinion is they should not be held accountable for their actions in a life or death situation because it’s not likely their fault being in a life or death situation.Many things could of happen in order for someone to be in a life or death situation, for example it could of been in an accident that could've caused this for them to be in this problem, but sometimes people put themselves in this kind of…