Diane Martel

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. “The Story of Keesh” centers on Keesh, who had to hunt, despite the fact that it…

Charlemagne was a great king. He was King of three different cultures so he ruled over Western Europe when he was king of those three different cultures. He fought a war so that he could keep his country safe. Charlemagne was king of the Lombards, Franks, and was the king of the Holy Roman empire. Charlemagne’s father was king Pepin the short and his mother was Queen Bertrada. He had four sisters and two brothers who were really nice to him, and when his father passed away in the year of 768,…

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…

Winston Churchill once said “when you’re going through hell, keep going”. And that is exactly what Pi Patel did in The Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. Pi, an Indian boy on a voyage with his family, survived the sinking of the Tsunami along with a Bengal tiger. He spent 227 long days out at sea facing many different obstacles. Throughout the story, Martel portrays the life lesson of never giving up by throwing different challenges at Pi and testing his will to survive. These obstacles prove how Pi…

Low Calls High An evaluation of the themes of fear, faith, and nature, and how they influence the journey of Pi and Richard Parker How could one understand the inner workings of the world so vividly through a story about a boy and a tiger? In Yann Martel 's novel Life of Pi, the limits of human faith and nature are explored through an extended metaphor of a ferocious Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, and an extremely pious young adult named Piscine, known as Pi to all. Pi decrypts the intricacies…

In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the main character Piscine Patel, “known to all as Pi Patel,” is a teenage Indian boy who grew up in a family-owned zoo (Martel 22). As the son of a zookeeper, Pi is around animals most of his life, which ultimately makes him aware of certain behaviors that the animals possess. For example, he recognizes that monkeys, especially Orange Juice, are friendly; whereas tigers, such as Richard Parker, were exceedingly hazardous. One day, Pi’s father unexpectedly…

finds out that she is different then most and her journey begins as she discovers herself, and face a number of violent situations where fear play a huge role and finally tries to survive in world full of lies. Throughout the novels Life of Pi by Yann Martel and Divergent by Veronica Roth the main characters Pi Patel and Beatrice Prior go through a journey where they survive the odds, face violence…

What is the meaning of Freedom? Can one ever be completely free? The true definition of freedom becomes a question early in the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, when Pi argues and refutes the claims relating to the cruelty and restrictiveness of a zoo enclosure. Pi claims that an animal is no more confined in its mobility by a physical cage, than, by its survival instincts in which profoundly restrict an animal’s freedom. According to Dictionary.com, freedom is “the state of being free or at…

going? Yann Martel, in his novel The Life of Pi, tells the story of a character who needed exactly that, given his circumstances. In his story, Martel expresses and promotes this idea through a long boat journey and some some incredible animals. Using these circumstances, Martel teaches the reader that in the face of danger, people find comfort in even the most unlikely friendships. In the beginning of the journey, just after the ship Pi is on sinks, taking his family with it, Martel gives…

of Pi” written by Yann Martel, Pi’s true character is personified through the zebra, the hyena, the orangutan, and the tiger. The zebra, is an animal that depicts aspects of Pi’s personality. When the zebra is introduced to the storyline, it is clear there…