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Taekwan Yoon Indulgence in physical comfort is often socially unacceptable. Tainted and corrupted, many individuals throughout history, or stereotypically “rich people”, have manifested their indulgence in physical comfort through their apathetic and gluttonous natures; this has established the correlation between physical sloth and spiritual demise. Heroes are expected to be flawless and impeccable. In an attempt to conform to this conventionality, many authors generate stories in which the

each other and how they communicate. They found something very interesting which can be seen in this quote, “a cat injures mice, and then brings the injured mice to her kittens, which learn to stalk and kill them. Teaching takes a different form in meerkats, which do not stalk prey, but eat poisonous food. Adults defang scorpions and kill or disable other prey before giving them to the young. They adjust the frequency with which they disable prey to the age of the young, gradually introducing them to

What is Altruism? Altruism is a high-level complex word that not everyone may truly understand. Altruism occurs when someone acts to promote someone else, even at a risk or cost to himself or herself. It is a traditional virtue in many cultures and a core aspect of various religious traditions and secular worldviews, though the concept of "others" toward whom concern should be directed can vary among cultures and religions. Altruism or selflessness is the opposite of selfishness. The word was coined

impossible to prove whether or not he was there, just like it's impossible to prove or disprove the existence of God. A phenomenal intermission occurs when Pi comes across an island made completely out of seaweed and populated by thousands of gentle meerkats. Pi's time on the plant-related island is one of the strangest parts of the film. At first, he thinks he is seeing or hearing things that aren't there, but when he can actually stand on it he can't help believing in the island's existence. By day

An individual's course of action is greatly directed by their personal motivations. Yann Martel expertly shows this in his novel Life of Pi, through the actions of Pi while stranded, the interactions between Richard Parker and Pi, and the choice of the two stories at the conclusion. Though Pi is stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, he is still motivated to survive and get back to land. This motivation is what drives him to eat meat, even though he was a vegetarian. Pi, with his three faiths

Pi’s ‘Happy Ending’ One might ask the question, “What is considered to be a happy ending?”. By dictionary definition, a happy ending consists of “a clichéd conclusion in which all loose ends are tied up and all main characters are content”. Throughout Life of Pi, Yann Martel proposes the idea that faith is crucial in finding happiness. What Martel didn’t mention is this ‘happy ending’ would be portrayed in a very unusual way, and come along with a deeper examination in his works. While advancing

It’s not surprising that Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest play writiers. All his tragedies cause us humans to feel for the horrible plots against the main character that Shakespeare put together in continuous extenuating circumstances of sadness. All of these plays are called tragedies, and Hamlet was just the first written by Shakespeare (SparkNotes). Hamlet is the story of a Danish prince whose uncle murders the Hamlet’s father. That same uncle marries his mother, and claims the throne

Life of Pi: The Relativity of Truth The relativity of truth refers to truth relativism, which is the doctrine that there are no absolute truths. The truth is always relative to some particular frame of reference. An example of truth relativism is the “The Dress” trend which went viral because viewers disagreed over whether the colors of the dress were black and blue or gold and white. Because of how a human perceives the color, it could be either of these colors based on how a person sees it. The

Rhett sat awkwardly in the passenger seat of Link’s car as the man drove in silence. The whole day Link had been acting odd and quiet, every time Rhett had tried to start a conversation Link would curtly answer and end the conversation quickly. Rhett wasn’t sure what was wrong with the man, but he hoped tomorrow's episode wasn’t ruined by the man’s foul mood. As they came closer to his house Rhett decided to say something. “Okay, man what's wrong? You've been acting really distant all day.” Rhett

adult male bengal tiger named Richard Parker. As interesting as that sound it is highly unbelievable, Richard Parker would have quickly become hungry and attack Pi. Pi stated when they were on the island on “ He killed beyond his need. He killed meerkat that he did not eat. In animals, the urge to kill is separate from the urge to eat” (Martel,269. Eventually