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    If you were stranded in the middle of the ocean with a tiger, what would you be thinking about? Well Piscine Molitor Patel also referred to as “Pi Patel” survived 227 days on a lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker. This makes me think that the central theme of this novel is survival, well everything he does, fishing for fish, killing animals and taming a tiger is to survive. He was influenced by this theme because of hunger/thirst and awareness of Richard parker. In the novel The Life

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    What happens when an Individual seeks union with divinity Where the protagonist Piscine Molitor Patel “Pi” is visited by the most extraordinary dreams, trances, visions, thoughts, sensations, and remembrances. In this 2012 American survival drama film Life Of Pi written by David Magee and directed by Ang Lee, Pi is Stranded all alone in the ocean after a shipwreck with nothing but the infinite sky and mysterious ocean accompanied by a tiger who Pi names Richard Parker which is his last remaining

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    Life Of Pi Human Nature

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    Mother Nature has its own unique presence in this world an almost indescribable sentiment to just be in the middle of the sea or in a forest to just sit there in awe of its beauty and aurora. Mother Nature has always been simply stronger than man and technology. Human nature always tends to dominate nature with technology and weapons. Mother Nature can heal, nurture and destroy. In the end it constantly comes out as the strongest. Mother Nature known as the mysterious secretive and most powerful

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    Martel gives us the hyena to show us just how clever, cowardly, and greedy one can be when in drastic measures. At the beginning of the novel, the hyena, Pi and the other animals are thrown on the lifeboat to survive with little to nothing. The hyena takes it upon himself to attack the zebra’s wounded leg, “[he bit] it off and dragged it to the stern” (Martel 120). The hyena strategically aims for the most vulnerable part of the zebra, still keeping in mind that the tiger must have a source of nutrition

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    Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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    Damaged people are dangerous Because they know they can survive. This quote was said by Josephine Hart. I have chosen this quote to express the idea that people who have gone through something usually are able to find closure and get past that obstacle. “Life Of Pi by Yann Martel” describes a teenage boy named Pi whose parents died in a shipwreck. After that tragedy it landed Pi on a Lifeboat with Richard Parker a Bengal tiger, Orange Juice a Hyena and a Zebra in the Middle of the Pacific ocean.In

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    “From The Elephant Pit” is a story about a group of enemies becoming trapped in a hunter’s elephant pit. The hunter aids all of the animals and a man out of the trap, even though the lion says to leave the man because he won’t repay the hunter like the animals will. This parable demonstrates that unexpected good fortune may come to those who help a stranger in need. One may argue this because in the text, the lion helped the hunter when he needed it to return the hunter’s kindness. In the story,

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    Part 1 Pi

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    Dear reader, Part One Pi narrates from an advanced age, looking back at his earlier life as a high school and college student in Toronto, then even further back to his boyhood in Pondicherry. He describes how Mr. Adirubasamy, a close friend of his father’s and a competitive swimming champion, taught him to swim and bestowed upon him his unusual name. We learn that Pi’s father once ran the Pondicherry Zoo, teaching Pi and his brother, Ravi, about the dangerous nature of animals by feeding a live

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    Missing Zebra You've probably seen a zebra at a zoo before. But have you ever seen one at a parking lot or ran over/seen one get ran over? Well you're going to be reading an article about a zebra that ran away from his owner. You're also might feel like the zebra that ran away from his owner. Saturday,April 21 at 7:00pm a twelve year old saw zebra in a parking lot. The 12 year old’s name is Nick Ammons. Nick claims he was washing dishes when he saw a zebra he had to go check it out. Nick

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    Life Of Pi Despite the fact that the story hops over and over again in time, the novel follows Pi 's advancement and development in a customary bildungsroman, or transitioning story. Pi is a willing, cordial, and volatile kid, reliant on his family for assurance and direction. In school, his essential concerns include keeping his classmates from misspeaking his name and adapting to the extent that he can about religion and zoology. However when the boat sinks, Pi is torn from his family and left

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    GradeSaver: Getting you the grade Search GradeSaver Study Guides Q & A Lesson Plans Essay Editing Services Literature Essays College Application Essays Textbook Answers Writing Help LOG IN HomeStudy GuidesLife of PiLife of Pi Summary Life of Pi Study Guide Life of Pi by Yann Martel Buy Study Guide Life of Pi Summary Life of Pi tells the fantastical story of Pi Patel, a sixteen-year-old South Indian boy who survives at sea with a tiger for 227 days. Pi, born Piscine Molitor Patel, grows up

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