Yann Martel

Jacob Vandyke Padden English 10 05 September 2017 Human Tragedy in the Life of Pi Life of Pi was an extraordinary well written book about a young man, whose family owned a zoo. Their boat was caught up into a storm which caused their boat to sink. He was the only survivor from the boat, besides the animals that climbed into the life raft with him. Now he has to find his way home in a raft with dangerous animals. At the end of the book, when Pi is speaking to the investigators, he tells a…

Have you ever wondered what positive things European settlers brought to the Americas. The settlers brought and met new animals, new weapons, and new language. How they brought and met new animals: In the story of “Balboa” he brought new breeds of dogs to Central America. How they brought new weaponry: In the story of “Of Plymouth Plantation” they brought guns and cannons. They brought new language to the natives. There are a lot of positive things the European settlers bring to the new land.…

water, “And so I pushed aside all thoughts of Richard Parker and fearlessly went exploring for fresh water” (Martel 81), this evidence demonstrates Pi’s bravery. Pi finally finds food and water but has to calculate how many days of food that he has so he calculates, “That meant that I had food rations to last me -31 x 3-93 days…. There were 124... So I had water rations to last me 124 days” (Martel 91) according to the evidence Pi shows his intelligence when calculating how much food he has.…

Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to explore Antarctica by boat. In 1901, Sir Ernest Shackleton went on the Antarctic expedition. “In 1908, he returned to the Antarctic as the leader of his own expedition, on the ship 'Nimrod'.” (http://www.bbc.co.uk) "In 1914, Shackleton made his third trip to the Antarctic with the ship 'Endurance', planning to cross Antarctica via the South Pole." Ernest Shackleton has faces many challenges, such as leading the expedition to Antarctica on the ship ‘Endurance’,…

Water was, as Pi put it, “Liquid life.” When Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with only the tiger Richard Parker for company, he soon starts to experience the effects of dehydration. The lack of water numbs his thoughts, makes him feel like “a dried out lizard,” and prevents him from functioning fully. Thus, when he discovers the locker and the supply of fresh water, his reactions is that he finds solace in it and is elated. He describes the fresh water as “a pearl of water,” showing just…

anthropomorphism of the animals in Life of Pi serves to allow readers the choice of believing Pi’s original story or the alternate story he gives the Japanese investigators. Considering how often Pi interacts with animals throughout the novel, it is evident how Martel purposely personifies them in order to leave the reader in a daze. When two Japanese investigators come to question Pi towards the end of the novel, he describes his experience on the boat with Richard Parker; however, the original…

Laying on my board completely silent, 600 miles from civilization. I can not think of a more spiritual and invigorating feeling. The ice surrounding me crackles as air escapes. I watch a baby penguin chick chase an adult around, begging for food. The adult escape the taunting by diving into the water. It zips around beneath the water’s surface and under my board. In the distance there’s a cracking sound from a glacier slowly creeping forward. No matter how many times I’m out here, it feels…

Three men are attending a wedding when an old sailor (the Mariner) stops one of them at the door. Using his hypnotic eyes to hold the attention of the man at the door, he starts telling a story about a perilous journey he took. The gentleman listener really wants to go inside to the wedding party, but he can't pull himself away from this great story teller. The Mariner begins his story. They left port, and the ship sailed down near Antarctica to get away from a bad storm, but then they get…

“When you've suffered a great deal in life, each additional pain is both unbearable and trifling,”(Martel 5) and for the protagonist in the Life of Pi, he has suffered from much pain, and while some of that is simply normal stuff life throws at people most of it is from his horrible journey at sea. In the Life of Pi, Pi Patel loses his family, his home, and at times even his hope and religion leaving him just a bare castaway. When Pi Patel is 16 his family packs up everything they have and put…

The senseless, impossible, reality bending view of the world, is the purpose of the latest picturebook by the celebrated author-illustrator Eric Carle. At first glance, the theme is made evident to readers; the front dust jacket cover illustrates a yellow duck popping out of a peeled banana. The text on the cover reads “THE NONSENSE SHOW”, and is written in a colorful block font, using all capital letters. The dedication page features Rene Magritte’s famous painting The Treachery of Images,…