Diane Martel

The central idea in the poem “America” by Claude McKay is that even though America is strong and powerful in sometimes negative ways, the poet loves and respects her for those qualities. The poet’s usage of analogies contributes to the central idea of the poem by describing the harsh qualities of America. McKay compares the relationship between a citizen and America to a person having a tiger’s tooth sunken into their throat when he says “And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, / Stealing my…

the island on which they land as an “exceptional botanical discovery” and making assertions on the island’s diameter and such (Martel 246). Contrarily, Martel also exposes the potential facade of this story by offering up another version in which Pi merely watched his family die, his mother brutally murdered, and himself turned into a murderer of his mother’s attacker (Martel 304). With this second story, readers are instantly faced with the conflict to decide which story really happened. The…

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,…

In ‘The Magic Drum’, it seems that the entire myth can be perfectly fit into the ideals and theory of Lillian Feder. The myth can be read as a human reaction to a stressful and possibly deadly situation, where the inhabitants will do what is necessary to survive. In this case, a famine has swept through the village of King Maseni. Turtle is the main focus of this tale as he maneuvers around trying to feed his family. The Leopard has been instructed by the king to alert him to anyone who has food…

Liquid life In the novel, water is so common, so expected, we forget it was there altogether. At sea, there is a boat, a lion and a boy, but no water. However, Pi understands the necessity of water. Being deprived of it, he calls it “liquid life” when it touches his lips, quenching his thirst. Water isn’t just life blood in the book, it’s a messenger and a barrier PI must overcome to survive. Most obviously, you need water to live. After days without water and incredibly weak, PI gets a taste…

I chose the topic of being stranded somewhere. In “The Life of Pi” Pi get set into the sea with a tiger from a zoo. Being stranded alone is stressful enough, but being stranded with a tiger and not knowing what may happen can stress someone out to the max. Pi is a middle aged man who was a vegetarian that needed to learn to eat meat and survive. The tiger helped him learn how to kill and eat the meat from anything including humans. Pi went through so much stress that he broke and couldn’t…

Filming has already commenced for “The Walking Dead” season 7 in Peachtree City, Georgia and the fans are out searching for clues as to what’s happening next. It could also be good news for actors who are into the series and are looking for jobs. There is a “The Walking Dead” Ezekiel casting being called out. Casting calls for Ezekiel, a major “The Walking Dead” comic book character is slated to become a new ally for Rick and Alexandria. In the comic books, Ezekiel is a leader of a survivor…

The novel, Life of Pi, by Yann Martel centers around an innocent, religious and vegetarian Indian boy, Pi Patel. However, when Pi finds himself stranded on the Pacific Ocean after the sinking of the Tsimtsum, and faces starvation and the possibility of death, he abandons his ethics in order to survive. When investigators asked Pi what happened on the lifeboat, Pi tells them a story with zoo animals that have survived the shipwreck as well, one of which is an adult Bengal tiger. When asked by the…

Charles Martel was born on August 23, 686 AD, Herstal, Belgium. He was a merciless warlike ruler who went by as Charles the Hammer. He got his nickname from his victory at Poitiers in 732. Charles was Mayor of the Palace of the kingdom of the Franks. Some facts about him: He rewarded his followers, but crushed his opponents. He gifted his followers by providing land from defeated opponents and from the church. He was considered a generous donator to monasteries, but he greatly doubted bishops…

In 771 it is stated that Charlemagne’s brother became ill and passed away, and Charlemagne was “unanimously elected,” (p.27) which says to me that he had found favor among those who had elected him. I believe that he was a good leader at the time of his existence, considering times were much different. He was relentless and pushed tirelessly forward until he was satisfied; such as the battle he fought with King Desiderius in which Charlemagne “exhausted the King, and forced him to surrender at…