Lifeboat

Some people know her as Margaret, others know her as Molly, and her childhood friends may know her as Maggie but many others know her as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown.” Molly Brown inherited different names throughout her life and some even after her death. She was well known for her trip on the “unsinkable titanic” and her social reform. Margaret Tobin Brown was born in 1867 in Hannibal, Missouri (Labs, Havoc). Her parents were Irish Immigrants. Margaret was taught very little education and held

Why did the Titanic sink? Who was responsible? Could it have been prevented? How many survived? In this essay I will be exploring the truth behind the sinking of the titanic in addition to finding any major factors that contributed to the sinking that could possibly have been avoided. I will be focusing on the history of The White Star Line, construction of the titanic, any safety precautions that could have been taken, the voyage of the Titanic and looking through eye witness testimonies from that

brute force for survival. However, humans are put into unknown situations, the mind is rendered incapable and primal survival instincts take over. The unbelievable story, Life Of Pi, revolves around the voyage of Piscine Molitor Patel. Stranded on a lifeboat with limited supplies and a diverse group of zoo animals, Pi must survive the life as a castaway at sea. The author, Yann Martel, suggests that the desire to survive is more powerful than any set of beliefs, morals, or rationality, as shown through

floating on an island of bananas in a halo of light, as lovely as the Virgin Mary. The rising sun was behind her. Her flaming hair looked stunning” (LOP,111). In this Martel describes how pure Orange juice looked when she was floating towards the lifeboat and he references her to Virgin Mary because she was the symbol of purity and innocence. Another religious layer in the Life of Pi is when Pi said: “I was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific, hanging to an oar, an adult tiger in front

Do you think you could survive many hard challenges on a small boat? The men on the James Caird had to sail in lifeboats after the boat The Endurance sank. From the small life boats they reached Elephant island, from Elephant island five crew men sailed a small lifeboat to South Georgia, finally they used a boat loan to go save the rest of the crew on Elephant Island.The most important strength the men had to have in this survival situation is optimism. Optimism helps people stay positive, stay hopeful

of 227 days oversea of Pi in a lifeboat, in company of a hyena, an orangutan, a zebra and a Royal Bengal tiger. It is a storytelling literary fiction created by using anthropomorphism and animal imagery. Throughout Martel’s presentation in the book, each of the animals represented different characters of various traits, individually impacting Pi’s journey. The Bengal tiger, also known as Richard Parker, represented the animal instincts and

of Pondicherry, his family decides to sell the Zoo and move to Canada. This decision becomes unfortunate when Pi loses his family in a shipwreck on course to Canada. Pi and four animals are the only ones that survive the shipwreck and end up in a lifeboat. Pi goes through this immense change and now must adapt to the situation. An individual must adapt to adverse circumstances

Unfortunately, there were not enough lifeboats for everyone onboard. There was only enough room for about a third of them. In 1912, there were not any laws or regulations on needing a seat for everyone onboard a ship. The passengers with the higher statuses, which were the first and some second class passengers, were the first ones allowed to board the lifeboats. They also integrated the “women and children” rule when it came to boarding the lifeboats. Not everyone could be saved that tragic

A boy lost at sea and a man captured by pirates, who knew they could be so similar? Both of these characters experience hardships, that they have to overcome. Pi is a boy from The Life of Pi who got stranded in the middle of the ocean and Phillip Ashton is a man who was captured by pirates in 1722 but escapes and waits in the Caribbean until he is saved. In the novel Life of Pi, the main character Pi is similar to the castaway Philip Ashton because they both survive tragic incidents, lose their families

Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a zookeeper’s son, Piscine Molitor Patel is traveling to Canada with his family and animals on the Japanese ship Tsimtsum. Unexpectedly, the boat sinks and Pi is the only human to make it out alive. After jumping onto a lifeboat, Pi discovers he’s not alone. A zebra with a broken leg is along for the journey. After a while, Pi discovers yet another animal, a male hyena. Then floating in on a ‘throne of bananas’, Orange Juice, a female orangutan joins the group of unlikely