Diane Martel

Life of Pie is a novel written by Yann Martel who was born on June 25, 1963, in Salamanca, Spain. It is basically a fictional story about a boy struggling through the difficulties after a shipwreck in which his whole family died along with the crewmembers. He learns new ways to survive at the sea. It teaches a person to stay patient and not to lose hope in any circumstance. The first part of the novel is narrated as in the first person by Pi himself. Pi recounts his story from the background…

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to crash land in the ocean well I have. This is the story of how me and my friends survived a plane crash a killer shark and a deserted island. All we wanted to do was help build houses. It all started out like any other day I woke up got dressed and got my coffee and went to school. When I got to home room I sat down and that is wen mrs.alexander announced that we were go to north africa to help build houses she said that there had been a tsunami.…

in unsuitable enclosures are the most obvious example. Every animal has particular habitat needs that must be met. If its enclosure is too sunny or too wet or too empty, if its perch is too high or too exposed…then the animal will not be in peace” (Martel 40). The zoo has regulations that they need to abide by in order to keep zoos clean and well…

him visiting a carnivorous island where the only animals were meerkats. The second story tells of the boy on the lifeboat with three other survivors but, one turns cannibalistic and consumes the two other passengers. In the book Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, at the end of the book Pi tells Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba to take the better story as the true story. In my opinion the first story is the better story, therefore making it in my belief the true story. The meerkat bones are…

It is scientifically proven that one's emotional state affects his or her attitude, making it the most important factor to survival. In Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi, Piscine Patel, known as Pi, encounters a traumatic experience, and an incredible journey of survival. To bear the difficult conditions he endured, Pi relied on his emotional state to keep him sane through a healthy balance of different emotions, and the importance of his animalistic side. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, Pi’s…

survive to succeed! In Life of Pi by Yann Martel the main character Piscine, also known as Pi is on a ship when tragedy strikes, and a terrible storm sinks the ship. As the only human survivor, Pi is not alone; a tiger named Richard Parker has also found refuge on the lifeboat and so did several other animals. In the novel Life of Pi, Martel uses the animals to create a self identity out of survival by portraying indirect characterization and simile. Martel uses the animals to create a self…

Laura Ann and I agreed that throughout this gruesome and disastrous section of The Life of Pi, Pi demonstrates true endurance and determination. Pi is put to an extreme test of survival when the cargo ship he was traveling on, sinks. He is the only human survivor along with a few other animals. This unlikely bunch find their way onto a life raft and fight to survive. One of these animals is an orangutan named Orange Juice. Orange Juice plays a very important role in this ordeal for Pi. She is is…

“Tonight, we will hunt- you and I (Page 228).” The title of the story is “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. My first paragraph will explain how Zaroff, one of the main characters is adventurous. The second paragraph is going to explain how I think Zaroff is talented. Lastly, my third paragraph will explain why I think Zaroff is harsh. “Hunting tigers ceased to interest me some years ago (page 222).” First i'm going to explain how I think Zaroff was an adventurous person in the story…

Emotions in Hues Other than being painted all over the earth and giving beauty to all objects, color can hold a deeper meaning than what many people acknowledge. Recurring color represents a repeating emotion or meaning. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, there are several colors representing feelings that accompany Pi and his journey in the lifeboat. He does so with only the company of a tiger and his own thoughts. Whenever the color orange is brought up, there is a feeling of hope, a…

In Life of Pi, by Yann Martel, it shows that there are many steps to Pi’s heroic journey.(Knight) You don’t just become a hero overnight.(Knight) In the beginning of the story he was nobody important, he was a religious man, he studied Hindu, Islam, and Christianity.(Martel) When the boat is sinking the crew members threw him overboard, he didn’t panic, he did the mature thing and found a lifeboat where we could stay on. He didn’t know at the time that he would be sharing it with a 450 pound…