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Graham Green stated “It is impossible to go through life without trust”. This can be interpreted that it is difficult to live without having someone to trust. Everyone must have at least one individual they trust to share experiences with. I agree that life without trust would be very difficult. In Yann Martel’s fiction book- Life of Pi, the zookeeper’s son, Pi, is shipwrecked with a Bengal tiger whom he learns to trust. In the non-fiction book-Into the Wild by John Krakauer, Christopher Johnson

Isn’t it a Mystery how many turning points occur in life? Some stories have life changing impacts in these turning points. Stories that have common turning points are “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, ”Island of The Blue Dolphins” by Scott O’Dell, and “Dragonwings” by Laurence Yep. The characters in these stories all experienced life-changing events. First and foremost, the story “Hatchet” has a significant turning point. Brian was flying in a plane to meet his father in the oil fields of Northern

Life of Pi The movie The Life of Pi is an interesting movie, and a movie I think is very good for people who are curious about life in general. Pi, the main character ends up alone in the middle of the ocean on a very small boat after the ship his family was on sunk during the middle of a severe storm. Pi ended up on the boat with a tiger, zebra, orangutan, and a hyena. Throughout the movie Pi discovers himself, as he sails across the sea and eventually ends up on an island where a few people find

To begin with, extreme survival is very dangerous, 3 skills that you will need are intelligence,mental ability, and skills of measurements. If you have these skills you will be able to survive. With extreme environment you will have to learn about how to use your objects around yourself. Surviving in a place with animals like Keesh and Pi is very risky and need to think fast. Pi’s and Keesh’s environment is very harsh and life threatening because they need to use what they have around their habitat

Saad Hussain Khan Mrs. Giniac ENG4U 13 November 2017 Christopher Columbus who was a famous Italian explorer, once head out in search of India but landed in America, a completely new and undiscovered land by the Europeans. After landing in America he made many trips back and forth to this new land which he believed was Asia. Christopher Columbus is now remembered as the man who discovered the new world. This shows that during any journey one will face many challenges but in the achieve more than

body on alert. The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomic nervous system. It functions as a trigger the fight or flight response. Depending on a person's bust of energy, the body measures the danger in the situation. That’s how the body reads whether to fight, or run away. The autonomic nervous system is the part of the body that controls the bodily functions, like the heartbeat, breathing, and digestive process. What the autonomic nervous system does when the fight or flight mode is triggered

The Will to Survive When trying to survive in an extreme environment, it is crucial to have a sense of intelligence and determination. In the novel excerpt of Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, the protagonist, Pi is stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by an adult tiger and dangerous sea creatures like sharks. Jack London’s ‘’The Story of Keesh’’ introduces a young boy named Keesh who used his skills and wits to hunt and prove a point that he can hunt on his own in an

2. One of the main conflicts of the Life of Pi is that between Pi and himself. For 227 days, Pi was at sea with thoughts to himself thinking of how he “was alone and orphaned, in the middle of the Pacific” (Martel 107). Being by yourself in the ocean with no idea of if you are going to survive can lead to negative thoughts. Especially since Pi could only rely on himself. While he did have Richard Parker, he couldn't “talk” to Richard and expect a reply. His conversations were too himself and he had

Can one believe in God based on a novel? Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi revolves around this question. The question is left upon the readers to pick the story they believe in. The novel refrains from advocating any single religious faith over another. Through a reader’s analytic response of the novel that explores the nature of religious faith itself. This theme was exemplified evidently in the novel’s protagonist, Pi Patel, who is a devote follower of three different religions. Martel uses Pi’s

Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel, is a story of a boy named Pi Patel. In the beginning of the story, Pi tells us how he is named after a swimming pool named the Piscine Molitor. His parent’s friend whom he calls “Mamaji” was a swimmer and tells Pi’s parents how that was the most elegant pool he has ever swam in therefore becoming his namesake. Piscine’s family was Hindu but as he explores more religions, he says he wants to practice two more, such as Christianity and Islam. Throughout the book