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Life of Pi is a novel written by Yann Martel. It is a tale of survival, hope and fantastical events that may at times seem unbelievable. In the story, animals represent our different personalities and shed light on the different facets of our society. The zebra, rather our vulnerability, the Hyena/evil, Pi, Orange Juice the orang-utan or more precisely maternal instincts and Richard Parker, the tiger Interact with each other on the tiny lifeboat that is life. In Pi 's alternate story that he…

Ian Augsburger Mr. Whitmore June 5, 2016 Period 6 Life of Pi The title, like many other great novels do, sums the story into a neat and simple package. Life of Pi reveals his whole life, from the author's observations and from Pi’s narration. It shows his ideology and religious beliefs leading up to the point of the ship’s sinking. Life of Pi can be categorized as fiction as it does not depict the truth. Life of Pie was written by Yann Martel was written on September…

Three different social groups are looked at in Life of Pi, that being Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. The mainstream religion in Pondicherry is Hinduism. Islam is inferior compared to Hinduism and Christianity. In the middle of the novel, the Priest, the Pundit, and the Imam argue over whose religion is greater and justify their answers. Both, the Pundit and the Priest come to agree that Islam is a religion based on violence. All three men do not know much about the other’s religion, but they…

Disney is known for producing well-rounded children’s movies that promote high moral standards. Children think the story of The Lion King is about a young cub, Simba, who looses his father but returns to Pride Rock to save the Kingdom his father once ruled. However, behind this tale, there are political undertones (Hierarchy and race in Disney- Lion King). For instance, in The Lion King, lions are successful because they know how to rule. They have gender norms, they know the appropriate time to…

Life of Pi is a fictional novel written by Yann Martel. The main character of this book is Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as Pi Patel. He’s a sixteen year old gentle vegetarian who holds religion very dear to his heart. Overall he was stranded in the Pacific ocean for 227 days with a tiger named Richard Parker. The book is divided into 3 parts, Toronto and Pondicherry, The Pacific Ocean, and Benito Juarez Infirmary, Tomatlan, Mexico. Firstly, in part one we learn that Pi lives in…

Abandonment and neglect are problems that people have been trying to solve for a few decades. Not many solutions have been found so far. Abandonment of animals can lead to more problems than just overpopulation, such as disease, injury, and loss of livestock and crops. Shelters and zoos neglect animals as much as pet owners by abandoning older animals on roadsides, not meeting their needs and care standards, and overcrowding them. Animals are abandoned everyday for multiple reasons. "It…

simply not true. Both Hauser and Page cite a variety of studies that disprove what Don Griffin has called the "groans of pain" theory. Page discusses evidence for a specific vocabulary of vocalizations in animals such as the chicken, squirrel, meerkat, and prairie dog. Cockerels have different alarm calls for ground and aerial predators. It is unlikely that a predator would elicit a different emotional state in the chicken depending on whether it was on the ground or in the…

final A few things i learned 10 years after Sammy’s death……. As the ten year anniversary of Sammy’s death approaches, I have been thinking about a few things I’ve read, observed or experienced and thought I would share a few of my perspectives as a grieving mom. Please note, these are my perspectives as an individual mom. By no means do these include what others have said and done in the past. Everything anyone has done for our family during the loss of our son has been so appreciated.…