Diane Martel

Laurence Gonzales has taken a collection of these common stretegies and created a survival book for any situation. Through this book you are able to connect similarities in two completely different situations. On one hand in the book Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, Pi is lost at sea after the boat he is on sinks and in the movie Touching the Void where Joe gets injured and has to make the trek down a 20,000 foot mountain alone. Despite having two…

not have lived to share his story. Through Pi sharing his beliefs, the reader is enabled to believe in life and a story greater than life. Yann Martel establishes the importance of belief in regards to the story he shares with the reader in the authors note, claiming it is “a story that will make [the reader] believe in God” (xi). By doing so, Martel sets the infrastructure for the story and the way it will be received by the reader. Claiming to have a story that can make…

Charles the Great, also known as Charlemagne, ruled between the years of 768 and 814 CE. Einhard, a friend of Charlemagne, considers him the greatest king of the middle ages. Still, what characteristics does Einhard consider great, and how are those traits manifested in Charlemagne? Using Einhard’s work, The Life of Charlemagne, we can gleam insight into what made Charlemagne so great, as well as what is the mark of a great medieval king. Einhard, documents how Charlemagne was a great general, a…

to do anything in order to survive. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, this is a common theme throughout the entirety of the story. Pi explains this lifesaving instinct in the tenth chapter of the novel, “All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable ways. This madness can be saving; it is part and parcel of the ability to adapt. Without it, no species would survive.” (Martel 41). In this quote, the will to live is described as a madness,…

circumstances—to touch a tiger[...]” (Martel 37) and shows him how vicious they are by feeding the tiger a goat in front of Pi and his brother Ravi. This metaphor continues, even before Richard PArker is officially upon the lifeboat, and Pi makes an attempt to stop him from boarding as he shouts “Let go of that lifebuoy, Richard Parker! Let go, I said. I don’t want you here, do you understand? Go somewhere else. Leave me alone. Get lost. Drown! Drown (Martel 109) and Pi is trying to hold onto…

strength to fight for his life, his family legacy and the Bengal Tiger. When Pi, just like most people is caught in a situation that he could not possibly ever prepare for, it brings a special fight out in him. In the Story, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Martel displays the four stages of a hero’s journey, innocence, initiation, chaos and resolution that Pi uses to save himself from the tragic repercussions of the sinking ship. Pi goes through these stages…

religion had been very close to my heart. ‘Religion?’ Mr. Kumar grinned broadly. ‘I don 't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.’” (Martel 16). Over history, and since the beginning of human society, religion has had its effect on humans and the way people behave and act. Life of Pi, the novel by Yann Martel, is one of the best novels to analyze for this topic. Martel incorporates religious faith and trends enough in the novel for it to be a prevalent theme. The fundamental purpose of…

Tiger Vs. Lion Time and time again,we wonder about random things. An example of this would be the question, who would win a fight between a male lion and a male tiger? Since they have completely different lifestyles, it would be interesting to catch them in the act. Some things that are different about them are their physical characteristics, and where they live. Although, they have a very low chance in meeting in today’s day and age, they did a long time ago. In this paper, I will discuss the…

The Bourne Identity is an action movie about a man named Jason Bourne, who has been shot, suffered from amnesia, and later been picked up from a fisher boat. He then needs to find out how and why he got shot, who he is, and most importantly, what he is. The movie was directed by Doug Liman, and produced in 2002. Matt Damon is starring as Jason Bourne, Franka Potente as Marie, and Chris Cooper as Conklin. The Bourne Identity is the first of the Jason Bourne movies, the others being The Bourne…

Soul Surfer: A Survivor She was bitten by a shark, but her Bethany’s big courage motivated her to recover and get back to the surfboard. The novel Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton is about a girl named Bethany whose arm was bitten by a shark making her ability to surf almost “impossible” There are lots of historical events that cover the same theme of courage. Two courageous surfers that rescued a man that was drowning in the turbulent ocean, a pilot that saved 155 lives by landing a plane on…