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    The last animal, Richard Parker, symbolizes Pi, his animal like instincts when he was stranded at sea, as he must complete many tasks to survive which in the real world he would find very hard to do. Richard Parker can symbolize many things, Pi himself and Pi’s fears. Richard Parker represents Pi himself, and his inner strength. In Mexico, when Richard Parker left Pi and is never to be seen again, it shows that Richard Parker was only what Pi needed for strength and that he never was real. He also

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    “Life will defend itself no matter how small it is” (Yann 47). Life of Pi, by Yann Martel is a novel that explains how even though you lost everything you can overcome almost everything. This novel is about one boy’s family who owns a zoo, then took a trip with all the animals, yet instead of arriving to their destination life had another thing in mind. Martel describes despite whom it are you can be friends with them. The boy has a {named Pi} family who thinking of moving to Canada and the boat

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    The Mapping exhibit at ASU’s art museum was founded by Mary Hood. Who is the director in the Arizona State University School of art. The idea behind the exhibit was to have Native Americans and other “indigenous” artists work alongside students at ASU. Together the groups would make limited editions prints. These prints would reflect the medium or techniques that the student uses. These mediums could be painting, weaving, beadwork, or ceramic. The term mapping, means a multiple artist printing. This

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    Moving with your pet cat is harder than moving with other pets. This is because cats have hard times adjusting. Cats have minds of their own and they are likely to stick closely to their usual routines. You might always think that moving is very tiring and stressful but your cat is more stressed. He doesn 't know what 's going on, of course. Even he is just a pet. You must consider his needs in order to have a stress-free moving. It will bring ease to your cat and to you. To help your cat understand

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    his fault. Simba goes into exile to punish himself for what he thinks he has done. Scar then tells the pride that Mufasa and Simba were killed in the accident, and he takes over as king. In the desert, Simba meets Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat. Simba grows up in the company of his friends with the motto “hakuna matata” meaning “no worries” in Swahili. Nala, Simba’s childhood friend, visits him and tells him that life is horrible under the rule of King Scar. With the help of his friends

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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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    after, the boat pulls up to a strange island of trees that grow directly out of vegetation, without any soil. Pi and Richard Parker stay here for a time, sleeping in their boat and exploring the island during the day. Pi discovers a huge colony of meerkats who sleep in the trees and freshwater ponds. One day, Pi finds human teeth in a tree’s fruit and comes to the conclusion that the island eats people. He and Richard Parker head back out to sea, finally washing ashore on a Mexican beach. Richard Parker

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    Long before living in the Anthropocene when humans become the Earth system’s stewards, back when we just discovered fire, we used it to our advantage in hunting and digesting more protein-rich food. This shift in diet enhanced our physical and mental capabilities: human’s brain size nearly tripled up, rendering the ratio between our brain and body size the greatest among mammals. The increased mental capability was one of the component needed for the development of spoken language. Since spoken

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    Ever since the early history of humanity, an event was considered as an occurrence that marked an important part of one’s life or one of many significant occasions. The majority of those rituals were sport based as it was something that provided a mutual joy that people could share and honour important religious figures, such as the ancient Gods. One of the first massive religious festivals that showed this were the Olympic Games, held in Greece, dating back to 8th century BC. Even though the first

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    touched by the unity portrayed within the song. Although he hadn’t been present in the meeting, he regretted missing out, and was anticipating the conclusion of the gathering to ask Old Benjamin what had occurred. It was an unusual friendship, for a meerkat like Joel to befriend such a soulless donkey like Ben. In reality, the old mule had

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