Man Booker Prize

In the stories Life of Pi and “ The story of Keesh” the will to inspire in an extreme environment shows how characters survive and try to find a way to stay alive. In “ The story of Keesh” the extreme environment shows how Keesh is trying to find meat for him and his family so they can stay alive. Evidence that show the extreme environment is “ Go ye men, with the dogs and sledges, and take my trail for the better part of a day’s travel, he said there is much meat on the ice” (London 65).…

Are stories even more than what we know; just a fairytale that has no meaning? In the beginning of Salman Rushdie’s novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, a question arises from the character of Mr. Sengupta, “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” (Rushdie 20). Throughout the story, there are many thoughts in which we can find the answer to this question. Many people may say that there is no use for stories that aren’t real in reason of they do not help us in our daily lives. What…

The division between the world of reality and the world of imagination and interpretation can often be drawn across a slim line. Literature often acts as a beacon to portray this imaginary line. Author ask their audience to define their interpretations of reality in order to stir the pot of idealized maturity of what exists and what is merely imaginative. Both literary works, The Life of Pi and “The Metamorphosis”, demonstrate an attempt of an author to stretch the fundamentals of their reader’s…

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,…

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 control what he was doing because he got so hungry, but eventually straightened himself out. The first time he had ever eaten meat was a fish from the sea. He was completely disgusted at the fact that he had to do that to live. The bondage between the man and the beast…

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…

“It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes of unremitting suffering, I should turn to God.” (Martel 358). It is evident that physical manipulation is not the only type of action that a man commit; emotions and morals are also sometimes compromised or accentuated when man is struggling to survive. Pi’s solace in God and religion is his unique way of relieving himself from the harsh reality. Furthermore, Pi finds comfort once again in mentally manipulating situations when…

Yann Martel’s Life of Pi documents the life of a young man who survives 227 days adrift the vast Pacific Ocean with a tiger on a life boat. Piscine Molitar Patel (Pi for short), was a simple but bright young man who was born to an Indian family. While growing up in Pondicherry India, Pi’s father maintained and operated a zoo, where he was let to roam the zoo and interact with animals and staff. Yet, due to India’s Political unrest, Pi’s family decided to move to Canada and in order to do so they…

Jasmine Gong Mrs. Hagen English 9 Per.3 August 26. 2015 Life Of Pi:Judge the main character’s actions Do you have your own experience of an exciting adventure? Through the title of this book, you can clearly know Pi is the main character. Pi has his own exciting adventure experience with a tiger on the sea. Pi found a special and profound relationship with this tiger and they become friends. Pi made many decisions because he need alive. In this book, Pi’s father immigrants their…