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Yann Martel, wrote an incredible novel, called Life of Pi. The Life of Pi was phenomenal. Pi Patel was stranded on the ocean, in a life boat, with a tiger, for 227 days. Surviving on nothing but faith and hope. There were two stories. One with the animals and one with the people. Everyone views these two adventures differently. Some may find the first story is better than the second, or vice versa. Which is the better story? Which story is more believable? The details in the text with the…

The narrator of To Kill a Mockingbird exposes us to the diverse nature of her community. Discuss. In To Kill a Mockingbird we are shown a diverse community suffering from racial and social prejudice which is seen through the eyes of Scout Finch. Examples of the diversity of the community are seen in Atticus Finch, Bob Ewell, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. These members of the community, as seen through Scout’s eyes, are very different in nature, values and status, which allow the reader to feel…

Many, when they read Life of Pi, read it only as a story. These people see the book simply as an uplifting tale of a boy overcoming Nature, taming a tiger, and surviving at sea for months. However these people only see the surface of what the book actually has to offer, instead of its true depths. Because, at its heart, Life of Pi is actually an intense allegorical tale, a psychological character study in the vein of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Throughout the story Pi is faced with…

A fallacy is a mistaken belief and today we see them all over the place. In the beginning of the movie, Sister Aloysius Beauvier thought that there was going to be a problem with Father Brendan Flynn and the little boy in the class (Donald Millers). The Father seemed to favorite the little boy and give him special treatment. The Sister thought that there was going to be an issue because of the Father that she had when was in school. After the boy had a meeting with the Father, the teacher smelt…

Beloved, by Toni Morrison, is a story which focuses on the importance of memory and history. The main female character, Sethe, struggles with the haunting legacy of slavery in the form of her memories and through her daughter’s aggressive ghost. Her daughter’s ghost, Beloved, returns in human form to reunite herself with Sethe. Chapter 19 of Beloved shows how a realization Beloved’s identity is beginning to surface. Morrison uses symbolism, characterization of Sethe, and stream of…

MISSION 3 Scripts and Dip is a Denver based guerrilla theatre group whose aim is to build a community of local performers, artists and consumers. Scripts and Dip intends to achieve this development of community through the reading of new produced play scripts by working actors for live audiences at local watering holes of all kinds. Scripts and Dip is a modern approach to dramatic art that fuses the power of a well written script with the fun atmosphere of a local pub’s happy hour. Both…

A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorrain Hansberry and Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, both demonstrate how the protagonists’, Walter Lee Younger and Willy Loman, strive for wealth and happiness within their families, but the distinction between the two characters is evident when Hansberry reveals how Walter Younger is able to overcome his struggles by standing up for himself and his family, while Miller exposes how Willy Loman’s mind is destroyed by the obstacles he faces. Both characters…

August Wilson makes it obvious within the play Fences that the father-son relationships are harsh and not love-driven relationships. The relationships Troy Maxson has with his father and his two sons are very different when compared to each other. In each relationship the son tries to get away from their dad’s control even though Troy feels like he knows what is best for his son, but it only ends up with problems that the father and son have to deal with throughout their lives. The…

John Patrick Shanley wrote a play called Doubt. The setting is held in during a turbulent time in 1964, in Bronx, New York. Most of the events happened in the Catholic Church and school. The events begin to surface when young sister James started teaching at the school. Sister James was worried about a relationship that begin between Father Flynn and a student named Donald. She thinks Father Flynn and Donald may have become too close and informs Sister Aloysius about her observation. After she…

The impact of Pi's past to his future Pi’s past enabled him to survive in a lifeboat with a tiger on the Pacific Ocean for 227 days in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. One’s past can easily influence ability, personality and perspective. Based on Pi’s past, swimming skill, religion and perspective to animal profoundly give him inspiration to find the hope for survival. Swimming skill is the most essential factor to support Pi’s survival on the lifeboat in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Pi is a good…