Yann Martel

In A long walk to water, Linda Sue Park tells the story of a lost boy refugee, destined to cover africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. The story takes place in southern sudan, 1985.In the beginning of the book salva lived a normal life, but it takes a turn when out of nowhere a war began, and salva was told not to go back to his village and just go to the bushes where is is safe.Salva than became a lost boy finding a way to cope with this type of situation where he don’t know…

From rereading this poem “The Tyger” by William Blake multiple times. I can see that this poem is all about him asking this majestic, beast which resembles a tiger, many different questions about it. To start off, this poem is using four quatrains which contains two rhyming couplets in each. It also contains seven syllables in each line besides for this phase “Could frame thy fearful, symmetry” which contains eight syllables in it. Here the rhyming couplets are used as a sense of repetition,…

When Pi tames him this shows that Pi decision about how he was going to deal with the tiger (Martel/Pi 65). Also he remembered that I was on a genuine regulation lifeboat was surely outfitted with supplies”. This explains that Pi is sure that there's water on the boat and Pi is not going to give up on finding water to keep himself alive.“ A sense…

Symbols: The marlin symbolizes the perfect rival. Santiago found something that really tested him and his skills. He appreciates that he found a creature that rightfully tests his strengths. The marlin brings out his best traits. The shovel nosed sharks symbolizes the evil in the world. The shovel nosed sharks are not a deserving opponent for Santiago. He doesn’t take pleasure in battling them because they are thoughtless killers. The lions that Santiago dreams of symbolizes his lost youth and…

The central idea in the poem “America” by Claude McKay is that even though America is strong and powerful in sometimes negative ways, the poet loves and respects her for those qualities. The poet’s usage of analogies contributes to the central idea of the poem by describing the harsh qualities of America. McKay compares the relationship between a citizen and America to a person having a tiger’s tooth sunken into their throat when he says “And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, / Stealing my…

Have you ever been through a serious trauma? Many people have been and have a multitude of ways to deal with it. In the book The Life of Pi, Pi suffers an extremely traumatic experience which he copes with by making a story. The second more realistic story is the reality, the first story is Pi’s way of coping. The reasons behind this conclusion are the impracticality of the first story, the apparent use of a coping strategy, and is written to take the reader's attention. The first story,…

In ‘The Magic Drum’, it seems that the entire myth can be perfectly fit into the ideals and theory of Lillian Feder. The myth can be read as a human reaction to a stressful and possibly deadly situation, where the inhabitants will do what is necessary to survive. In this case, a famine has swept through the village of King Maseni. Turtle is the main focus of this tale as he maneuvers around trying to feed his family. The Leopard has been instructed by the king to alert him to anyone who has food…

Liquid life In the novel, water is so common, so expected, we forget it was there altogether. At sea, there is a boat, a lion and a boy, but no water. However, Pi understands the necessity of water. Being deprived of it, he calls it “liquid life” when it touches his lips, quenching his thirst. Water isn’t just life blood in the book, it’s a messenger and a barrier PI must overcome to survive. Most obviously, you need water to live. After days without water and incredibly weak, PI gets a taste…

I chose the topic of being stranded somewhere. In “The Life of Pi” Pi get set into the sea with a tiger from a zoo. Being stranded alone is stressful enough, but being stranded with a tiger and not knowing what may happen can stress someone out to the max. Pi is a middle aged man who was a vegetarian that needed to learn to eat meat and survive. The tiger helped him learn how to kill and eat the meat from anything including humans. Pi went through so much stress that he broke and couldn’t…

Filming has already commenced for “The Walking Dead” season 7 in Peachtree City, Georgia and the fans are out searching for clues as to what’s happening next. It could also be good news for actors who are into the series and are looking for jobs. There is a “The Walking Dead” Ezekiel casting being called out. Casting calls for Ezekiel, a major “The Walking Dead” comic book character is slated to become a new ally for Rick and Alexandria. In the comic books, Ezekiel is a leader of a survivor…