Yann Martel is a French-Canadian author who was born on June 25, 1963, in Salamanca,
Spain. At an early age Martel was already being exposed to many different cultures. He spent his childhood living in a diversity of different countries to include Costa Rica, Iran, India, France,
Mexico, Turkey, Canada, and the United States. Martel attended Trent University located in
Ontario, Canada from 1981 to 1984, but ended up graduating from Concordia University in
Quebec, Canada with a BA in philosophy in 1985. At the age of 27 Martel decided to make writing his full-time career. One of his first works was a collection of four short stories called
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories. Three years later he published his first novel, Self. Shortly after this he set out to India to begin writing another novel. While in
India Martel began looking for inspiration. The first thing he noticed was the prevalence of animals roaming the streets of India such as dogs, pigs, monkeys and elephants. Another thing he observed was the manifestations of religion. Then the idea for Life of Pi was born. Growing up in a secular environment, Martel replaced the idea of religion with art thus introducing his passion for writing. Being a philosophy major, he had a great knowledge for reason but felt that he was still missing something in his life. This missing piece was faith.
It is only human nature to question our existence. We use literature synonymously with
Falling in love with detailed art work, he decided to attend the Rhode Island School of Design in which he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1978. He started as an illustrator for other authors until his imagination and experience took over. His genre is mostly comprised of imaginative literature for pre/beginning readers. Some of his own book illustrations are single combined with doubled paged artwork.
Children and young people often experience many things which have a direct impact on their development; things such as their family environment and structure, personality, hospital visits, childcare arrangements, and culture.
photography, and then made a photo journal of his work and named the book “How the Other
in history and poetry. At the age of fourteen, he was sent away to school, and
He published 8 novels, 3 short story collections, and two memoirs. He also paid keen interest in Canadian writing community. He found the Writer’s Union of Canada in 2973, and also as chairman in 1977 to 1978. Being a president of the English-Canadian chapter of P.E.N. International, he had the honor to named after an award for male fiction writers in mid-career. He lived for over 30 years at his cottage, Stone Orchard, Ontario, but then moved to Stratford, Ontario. He also lived in France. He died from complications from a hip
The Life of Pi is a book filled with many fantasy adventures that will have an excellent impact on what you may or not believe in. This novel was published in 2001 by author Yann Martel. Yann Martel is a writer who is trying to make sense of life, just like any other human being trying to deal with everyday obstacles. In this book we see that the protagonist, Piscine Molitor also known as Pi takes us through an adventure that will question our faith in religion. Pi is not pleased by only following his ancestors’ beliefs; he believes that there is much more to religion. In The life of Pi we see that Pi argues amongst his family in what he wants to believe in. His father is not at all religious and Pi has taken up religion as a hobby. Now Pi is a Hindu, Muslim and a Christian and he undergoes a tragedy, a shipwreck with his family on voyage to Canada from India. As he goes through this process it puts his faith to the test. At the time of this voyage he is a teenager exploring different beliefs and he sees nothing wrong with believing in three different religions. We can argue that there is a war between religion and science. Pi on the other hand does not argue with those of other beliefs, he calls the atheists his brethrens as well. “It was my first clue that atheist are my brothers and sisters of a different faith, and every word they speak speaks of faith. Like me, they go as far as the legs of reason will carry
at writing because he was not a really good natural writer like his artist works. He
and spent 5 years in prison. In prison he practiced poetry, later he began to make books or
Some people say that he wrote this book knowing that he was going to pass on, and after he died publishers continued to publish books that they found later in his office such as One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Daisy-Head Mayzie, and What Pet Should I Get? (biography.com) (britannica.com) (Smith, Deborah-Grahame) (Foran, Jill) (Wheeler Jill C.) (Sierra,
His parents emphasized the importance of education, and very early on the young Reason showed that he had a calling for mathematics and showed that he was an excellent student at and African American free school.
When he published his first short story, the entire course of his career was altered.
There is about seven years that we cannot account for in his life. It is called the “lost years“ and it heightens the curiosity of the researchers to find some documentation. No one acknowledged his death, nor did anyone write a eulogy acknowledging as being missed or a writer. He laid in a nameless grave for years until he was credited with the writing. They then moved him to the church cemetery. With all the inaccuracies in the information it has led people to believe that someone else wrote the amazing works. Only a few of the suspected people really stood out when I researched it.
He was extremely intelligent and used this to reach logical solutions when faced with problems.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent his much of his life traveling throughout Europe. A lot of his time was spent in France and Geneva. He was born in the city-state of Geneva on June 28, 1712. His mother was Suzanne Bernard Rousseau, and his father was Isaac Rousseau. His mother died a few days later of puerperal fever. Rousseau was raised and educated by his father until he was ten. A minor offense by his father eventually led to him being exiled from the city. Therefore, putting Rousseau in the care of a nearby pastor.
His incredible ideas and full faith in his written profession made him a man of ideas.