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Analysis of “Hollow at the core”: Deconstructing Yann Martel’s Life of Pi The author Florence Stratton’s main purpose of this analysis is to deconstruct Yann Martel's Life of Pi. She argues various points attempting to dissect and make reason of Martel's choices in the novel. Stratton also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the novel's claims. Stratton’s major claim is that Martel's treatment of religion in the novel is not persuasive in making all its readers believe in God. It

The Lion King is considered a classic and one of the greatest animated films of all-time. Many say that it draws on the epicness of its source material, William Shakespeare’s timeless play “Hamlet”. While the themes of revenge and death are represented in “Lion King”, it is toned down in order to appeal to the primary target audience of children. One message directed towards the audience of children and adults is how natural enemies can cooperate and even become friends, as evidenced in the friendship

and falls to his death amongst the stampede. This event causes Simba to withdraw from his usual personality and become depressed. He blames his father’s death on himself, running away from the rest of the pride, and meets with Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat and a warthog who teaches him a separate way of living life. Now, Simba lives a carefree and happy lifestyle, forgetting about his responsibilities at home. No longer respected, he refutes his past, unable to see the need to return home and help the

In part two, life is constant battle of emotions for Pi who faces adversity throughout his two-hundred-twenty seven days on a lifeboat. In the beggining, Pi watches the Tsimtsum as it sinks swallowing his family in the raging waves. He is now the passenger of a lifeboat alongside a zebra with injured leg, a spotted hyena, an orangutan, and a sea-sick tiger. Below him a sea full of sharks; above him a tempest. Pi stricken with fear and grief, but he clings to survival like a child clings to their

Life of Pi Imagine being on a lifeboat in the middle of the sea, tired and hungry- and with a 450 pound tiger onboard. For Piscine Patel, the main character of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, it’s not just about survival. It’s about the will to survive. I read this book because I enjoy reading adventure books. I feel like I take things for granted, whereas other people around the world struggle much more than I know. The theme of survival is key to this story. Piscine Patel’s story, though fictional

and led Simba to believe that it was Simba’s fault that Mufasa is dead. He then went on to tell Simba that Mufasa would not have died if Simba had been more careful to where he was hanging out. Simba runs away to the jungle where he meets Timon a meerkat and Pumbaa a warthog, after being disciplined. Timon and Pumbaa teach Simba the ways of the jungle and how

can be found all around the world in places near the equator. These places include Africa, Asia, and Tropic of Cancer. The cactus and the mesquite tree are both plants in the desert. Some animals that live in the desert are deer fox, rodents, and meerkats. The hamel plays a big part in the food chain. It has very few predators, including the wolf. To protect itself from predators the hamel has horns that it can use to keep other animals away from them. The hamel is a herbivore, an animal eating

causing him to run away from the kingdom that he has grown to love and calls home. While away, Simba approaches a jungle and meets two friends who teach and nurture him as he grows from a young lion to adulthood. Pumbaa, who is a warthog and Timon, a meerkat, befriend Simba and are the sole proprietors of his transition. The storyline continues, eventually documenting the day in which Simba’s father’s spirit pays him a visit asking him to go back to his homeland and conquer his evil uncle, Scar, who has

reclusive uncle, Scar, seethes with jealousy. Plotting the deaths of his older brother and nephew, Scar stages a stampede where he murders Mufasa and scares young Simba into believing he killed his own father, forcing him to flee. Timon, a showy meerkat, and Pumba, a clueless yet companionable warthog, find Simba unconscious in

He begins to lash out his pent-up frustration on the meerkats. He went from a life-long vegetarian who broke out in tears after killing a fish to someone who killed without mercy. He saw the beast he was becoming and realized that it was essential for him to tame his primal side. If he did not, he would be