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“The Life of Pi” and The Happiness of True Salvation The constant hope to find true happiness and bliss is an essential component of human nature. As Pi finds himself within the short reach of salvation he is overcome by relief as his days of hardship perchance to come to an end: “Can there be any happiness greater than the happiness of salvation?” (260). Salvation does not just materialize out of thin air but is found in the challenges faced everyday by man. In the novel, Life of Pi, Yann…

Perspective and belief will vary from person to person, but what will always remain the same is the truth. Yann Martel, in his book Life of Pi, shows that varying stories can convey the same truth and underlying message, in different ways. In the book, Piscine Molitor Patel, also known as Pi, tells two stories of his time stranded in the Pacific Ocean. In the first story he tells of how he is accompanied by animals that occasionally act like humans. The fact that Pi was able to survive in…

the one male, multiple female arrangement; in this situation there is one reproductive age male, a number of mature females, and young offspring. This polygynous society eliminates male competition and can be observed in species like gorillas and orangutans. The opposite of a polygynous society is a polyandrous or one female and a number of males. This situation is only practiced by a small number of New World Monkeys and only sometimes. The next residence pattern consists of multiple males and…

author called Pi, faced a dramatic accident in his life. While migrating to Canada with his family, his ship sank with an unexplainable cause, killing his whole family. Pi was left in a lifeboat with a hyena, orangutan and an adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Both the hyena and orangutan did not survive, they died. Leaving Pi alone in a lifeboat with Richard Parker stranded in the middle of the ocean. Pi struggled a lot through his journey, his fear is one of the main reasons to make him…

them out of endangerment (“A List of Arguments for and Against Zoos”). In the book, the animals are struggling to survive and resort to eating their companions on the tarpaulin. Here in this situation in the novel when the Hyena eats the zebra and orangutan would most likely not happen in the wild if they Hyena had their other sources of protein and food. According to Animal Time.com, they Hyena can eat insects, birds, snakes, and leftover remains of animals ("What Do Hyenas Eat in the Wild |…

the scam of adults passing them selves off as children, well we have to obey the rules that the EU has inflincted on us, I think I may have seen some of that programme about orangutans, yes it's sad there are so many babies whose mothers have been killed by stupid people. A lot of people in the far east get orangutan babies as pets, then when they get too big for the house, they get kicked…

story are a huge part of the text. If the zebra, hyena, orangutan, and tiger weren’t in the story, there wouldn’t be a story. The other three animals besides the tiger were also important because if they weren’t in the story everything would be different. Pi and Richard Parker would have met differently. Pi most likely would not have felt so secure with him. Pi wouldn’t be as emotionally attached to Richard Parker if the hyena, zebra, and orangutan didn’t fight or arrive on the life…

A dog that just had puppies might foster a new litter of kittens because the kittens and the dog that is fostering them might develop a mutual relationship even if they are different species. In the first article it states “ sometimes different species will work as partners. this textual evidence shows that no matter how animals help each each other it is important for their own survival. for example, the dog that just had puppies knows how to care of of her own but considering that 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 us a peek at the comfort in friendships by giving Pi a temporary friendship in the form of Orange Juice (the orangutan from the zoo). Pi relies on this friendship to keep him still slightly alive and sane in the first part of the long boat trip. After the ship sinks, Pi is left alone on a lifeboat with an injured zebra, a full grown hyena, and a hidden tiger,…

Animal rights is a topic that has been all over the news lately and has raised many questions which makes it a controversial topic. Many argue that animals should not obtain rights as humans. However, animals must acquire a Bill of Rights since they are treated inhumanly and have similar traits as humans. Accordingly, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) claims that animals have the right to earn rights just like any other living creature. The ALDF argues that animals are defenseless against…