The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

The fittest person survives! The fighting man succeeds! He who fights to fit, will 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…

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…

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…

I can relate the situation from the novel Tears of a Tiger to my own life. For example me and my friends are very similar to all the situation in the book. The author wrote “after a while the car started to sway, but I wasn’t sure if it was me getting’ dizzy or if the car really was weaving across the expressway”.This quote from the author shows just how drunk the kids were. Also, in chapter 4 the author says “Then all of a sudden, like out of nowhere, this wall was in front of us, like it…

The Life of Pi is an interesting novel, in which the protagonist, Piscine Patel, finds himself stranded in the Pacific Ocean with a 450 lb. Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Or was he? The novel presents two stories to the reader, one in which Piscine, commonly referred to as Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with animals, and one story in which Pi finds himself stranded in the same setting, but with human counterparts, and a much more gruesome ending. The true story is the one with humans for…

We all have a dark side. Whether we embrace it or not, however, is another matter. In the case of Piscine Militor Patel or Pi he had no choice but to embrace his darkness in order to survive. The author Yann Martel has written a fictional story that is laced with truth in regards to overcoming Pi’s inner demon in the form of a Bengal tiger. Pi’s own inner tiger is Richard Parker. It is Richard Parker that teaches him to embrace his dark side, silence his childish fears and how to beat all odds…

The story “Axolotl” by Julio Cortázar tells us the tale of a man who slowly transforms into an animal. The relation begins with the man explaining how he met the axolotls by chance one spring day. According to the narrator, the lions and panthers from Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, i.e., the zoo that belongs to the botanical gardens Jardin des Plantes, were his friends, but since the lions were ugly and sad and the panthers were asleep, he decides to go into the aquarium one particular morning…

What would you do if you were stranded on a single lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with a Bengal tiger for 227 days? Would you give up? Would you fight for your life? In the book, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Piscine Molitor Patel fought for his life, and was not giving up. Life of Pi is about a sixteen year old boy named Piscine Molitor Patel, who lived in Pondicherry with his family. In Pondicherry, his dad owned and ran a zoo. Then, the family decided to move to Canada for more…

The story of Life Of Pi by Yann Martel has truly taught me how to appreciate the little things in life. Life of Pi shows a journey of a young Indian man named Piscine Molitor Patel or “Pi” and a Bengal tiger across the ocean in a lifeboat. This story was so good that it transformed into a Hollywood movie which director, Ang Lee tried to depict to the best of his abilities. When adapting a book into a movie, there are two things to take into consideration: Those who have read the book and those…

A good cover design attracts more readers. The cover of "LIFE OF PI" has a vivid picture which reveals the main characters, Pi and Richard Parker. The main colors of this cover are blue and white. This cover in which has the peculiar motion picture, the blue background and the title with large fonts successfully appeals to the teenagers. This beautiful picture reveals the main characters and shows the main setting of story. It suggests that Pi lives on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a…