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    So do you have a different way of thinking than the people around you, but no one seems to understand you? Well the protagonist from Into The Wild, Shooting An Elephant, and The Stranger .Would understand what you are going through. All the protagonist have a different way of thinking then the people around them. Making them special in their own books, or abnormal to the people around them. I’m going to be comparing these three literality pieces to five outside sources which are V for Vendetta, Assassins

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    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. Keesh lived near the rim of the polar sea and Pi was orphaned in the middle of the Pacific sea. Both of the survivors have to deal with animals that are very dangerous and vicious. In the

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    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 they expected. In both works, The Alchemist by Paul Coelho and Life Of Pi by Ang Lee. The main character throughout their journeys learn and understand the meaning of life and how to succeed in life through natural law and the world of shock and horror.

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    Just in the past 100 or so years we as humans have gained most of our knowledge about the brain, the fact that we have learned such a great deal about something in such a short period of time, is astounding. But, we still have so many questions left unanswered about the brain. It is such a vital part of our body, and we are still exploring it, everyday new discoveries are made. One part that intrigues me is something called the “Flight or fight mode” or hyperarousal / the acute stress response. It

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    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

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    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

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    Life Of Pi

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    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

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    How Did Pi Survive

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    In Life of Pi, the main character is Piscine Molitor, though people call him Pi. Pi’s family was on their way to immigrate to Canada via ship, though the ship sinks in the middle of the ocean and the only survivors are Pi, an orangutan, a zebra and a tiger stranded on a lifeboat. Later on, the orangutan and zebra die, leaving a hungry tiger that is unpredictable and Pi who has limited resources, in the middle of the ocean. If Pi wants to not die and have a chance to survive, he must stay alive from

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    "It's the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I would not be alive today to tell my story" (Martel 89). Richard Parker is, realistically and symbolically, what kept Pi alive throughout the novel, Life of Pi. Richard Parker not only illustrates Pi's emotions of innocence, fear, and savage, but he also symbolizes Pi's id. Id is a part of a human being's unconscious personality that is always present from birth. It is based off of the pleasure principle, which “is the idea that needs should be met

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    Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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    Life of Pi This book, the Life of Pi was mainly about how a middle age boy has to discover what life is going to throw at him. In the start of the book piscine and his family decide to sell the farm and move to Canada in hopes for a better and wealthier life away from India, and on the way to Canada the boat they are aboard, called the Tsimtsum began to sink so he was thrown onto a lifeboat with non other than a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a orangutan, and a bengal tiger. Later on the hyena

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