...God”, I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face.” (Martel 76). Pi bumps into his Imam, Pandit and Priest where they criticize the faults of the opposing religion and force their own religion upon him. Out of frustration, Pi blurts out the famous Mahatma Gandhi (who was also a follower of the Hinduism religion) quote, which explains that every religion is true; it is just the way one understands and believes in it. I chose this quote because I can connect with Gandhi’s beliefs through what Pi is saying. The Hindu religion itself has over hundreds of thousands of Gods, which divide into smaller beliefs/practices such as Sikh, Jainism etc. Pi’s lines also allows me to reflect how people in society have become so diverse in what they believe in that they blind themselves in their own beliefs/values disregarding the religious views of others. Ever since the day I was born, I was raised in a Hindu family following the morals and values that were passed on from my ancestors to my parents. As a young child, I always had a belief that that the Hindu religion is the superior of all religion since it is the third largest religion and has over one billion adherents (Religion Facts). I resided in Toronto in my early childhood where I interacted with people from different cultures and religion. I always looked at them in a different way comparing them to the values and morals that I was taught. This part of my life represents the first three stages of the heroic quest pattern. At the...
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...Life of the true story Is the sea alone enough to drive a man mad? Pi Patel survived 227 days at sea in a lifeboat with whom he shared with a Bengal Tiger. Anyone who has read the story should know that Pi grew up in a zoo, he gives his life story, and the second story held none of that. First of all, Pi grew up in a zoo. In the story, Pi is interested in learning Zoology, and his father owned a zoo. He learned how to take care of the animals, and how to tame them. In chapter 71, Pi goes on telling the readers how to tame a wild animal because Pi is starting to tame Richard Parker. “Then I made my point, feet on the gunnel, boat rolling, my single-note language blasting from the whistle, and Richard Parker moaning and gasping at the bottom of the boat. My fifth shield lasted me the rest of his training.”, this quote from the novel proves that Pi certainly survived living with a Bengal Tiger....
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...Life of Pi Theme of Religion At times, Life of Pi reads like a defense of religion. Has science proved religion wrong? Here's a protagonist who believes passionately in both zoology and religion. What about the fact of multiple faiths? Don't these faiths contradict each other, cause wars, and other problems? Here's a protagonist who is Muslim, Christian, and Hindu – all at the same time. The book defends not only the common spirit behind these three religions, but the rituals and ceremonies of each. It's as if all three religions find harmonious common ground in this character. Seems unlikely, but then again, the protagonist argues passionately that the miraculous happens in our darkest moments. Quote #1But I don't insist. I don't mean to defend zoos. Close them all down if you want (and let us hope that what wildlife remains can survive in what is left of the natural world). I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both. (1.4.14) | Do zoos incarcerate animals in confined spaces and make them miserable? Pi doesn't think so: "Certain illusions about freedom" tempt us to this conclusion. In actuality, an animal's life in the wild is more circumscribed than "a knight on a chessboard" (1.4.8). Predator-prey relationships restrict the animal's movement. A zoo enclosure is actually more like a hearth for an animal: a place of comfort and rest. Likewise, most people think of religion as a restrictive...
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...Life of Pi Literary Research Essay In the novel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel uses Pi’s uses of survival that are throughout the novel to show how he overcame his dangerous journey. The use of physical survival was shown by getting food and water to live. Spiritual survival by believing in god and giving up his beliefs and religions to live. And also biological survival and how his uncle was an excellent swimmer which made Pi one too. First, there is the necessity of physical survival: he must keep his body alive. This requires food and water, both in short supply, as well as protection from the elements. Pi knows he must defend himself from the immediate threat, Richard Parker, but he is also aware that there is a whole host of dangers waiting to do him in. Ocean storms, huge waves, sharks, sunstroke, dehydration, drowning—any and all of these things pose a risk to his life. Pi’s inventiveness and resourcefulness (he covers himself with wet clothes to protect his skin from the sun and builds a raft from oars and lifejackets to keep him at a safe distance from both the tiger and sharks) enable him to remain physically safe. As Martel makes clear in his novel, living creatures will often do extraordinary, unexpected, and sometimes heroic things to survive. However, they will also do shameful and barbaric things if pressed. "I will confess that I caught one of his arms with the gaff and used his flesh as bait. I will further confess that driven by the extremity of my need and...
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...Life of Pi – Inquiry Essay The important thing isn’t that we can live on love alone, but that life isn’t worth living without it. In the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the author shows that Richard Parker is part of Pi, and is necessary for his survival. This is shown at the end of the novel when Pi reaches Mexico with Richard Parker’s help of survival. However, there are two different versions to Pi’s story, and there is no physical proof of Richard’s existence other than his word. Life isn’t worth living without hope, Richard Parker is necessary for Pi’s survival because he gives him a reason to survive, provides companionship, keeps him from feeling hopelessness. Firstly, Richard Parker is essential for Pi’s survival. He is essential for Pi’s survival because Richard Parker has the strength and viciousness necessary to survive. In the end of the book it is revealed that Richard Parker is Pi. Richard Parker is just a figment of Pi’s imagination a creation of Pi’s mind to help him cope with seeing his mother killed and the rest of the bad experiences he had after the ship sunk. Pi created Richard in order to conjure up those traits that he needs in order to survive; Richard is strong, fierce, and terrifying, whereas Pi is complete opposite. He creates a strong fierce animal with a personality that is capable of doing things he can't, but has to in order to survive. Richard Parker is just Pi’s dark side. He keeps Pi sane, despite of his terrible deeds. In other words, he...
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...tiger in a life raft and tyrannical pigs can give readers a very strong message about their lives. Animal Farm was written as a warning about governmental collapse and tyrants taking advantage of power. Through the story of the rise of evil pigs in the hierarchy of a new system of government in the farm, it portrays a clear message about tyrannical government. Life of Pi also tries to get the reader’s attention, though it tries to urge the reader into having faith in religion rather than warn them. With animals and numbers, the story of a boy stuck at sea guides the reader into understanding the power that religion can give to those who have faith. Both Animal Farm and Life of Pi use the beast...
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...Hero Quotation Analysis Pi Patel’s love for religion is strange but at the same time commendable. My personal views on religion are neutral in the sense that it doesn’t bother me as long as it’s not affecting me. Others can believe whatever it is that they need to believe, as long as they don’t harm anyone and are not forceful towards others with their beliefs. In the quote I chose from part one of Life of Pi, Pi talks about the lack of freedoms religion seems to have: “I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both.” (Martel 14). I’ve always seen religion exactly like that, freedomless and restricting of its believers. I came to this by observing the difference between the people in my life who have a strong connection to go compared to those who don’t. At only a few months old I was baptised. My parents themselves are not very religious, both growing up in catholic families and going to catholic schools they chose to leave religion behind them with school. My grandparents on the other hand and devout Catholics, mother’s mother lives for the church, lives for God and lives for the Bible. Being baptised wasn’t something that bothered me until I became old enough to know what it meant. At church, I was accepted but I was unable to do the things everyone else around me was doing because I hadn’t had my first communion. That rule made me uncomfortable, it sparked my dislike for church. Over...
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...“I know zoos are no longer in people's good graces. Religion faces the same problem. certain illusions about freedom plague them both.(24)” This is when Pi speaks to Yann Martel about religion. From this quote, we can tell that Pi is a very religious person, but as we read through the novel, we would wonder how could Pi practises three religions at the same time? Pi's experience makes him to believe and love God, and in order to understand him more, he choose to participate in three different religions,Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. The first time that Pi ever got to know God was an older sister of his mother brought him to a temple, he became a Hindu since then. In the novel, Pi described the reason why he became a Hindu: “I am a Hindu...
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...Life of Pi is an interesting journey through life and faith in an extraordinary experience. Pi Patel is a man who speaks of his loss, his gain, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi Patel is a Christian Hindu who underwent a series of unfortunate events. Troubles about his own name, chaotic exposure to different religious beliefs, his proximity to his family, his ultimate loss against natural causes, his strive to survive and the adequacy of his whole experience. Imagining how his life could be so surreal, there’s no part in the story that is not interesting enough to not tell. He involved everyone who made a difference in his life. His uncle, who taught him how to swim; the one who swam in the clearest of waters in a French hotel, gave the idea of his name to his own father. The name he dare corrected to his peers and professors. By memorizing every number in the equation of pi, he proved that he is pi. Complicated as it were, no matter how different your name is, challenging your belief of anything brings you closer into harnessing the essence of it. In his quotes, lines as it were, he emphasized that religion should be challenged in order for your faith to grow stronger as climbing through the metaphorical ladder to God. As Pi grew, so did his religious beliefs. Meeting or being introduced, discovering three different religions made him see that there is one god and many gods to believe in. He met Christ as his older brother dared him to drink from the...
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...collaborative yet independent: Information practices in the physical sciences december 2011 Acknowledgements This report was the result of a collaborative effort between the Research Information Network, the Institute of Physics, Institute of Physics Publishing and the Royal Astronomical Society. They would like to thank the study authors at the 1) Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 2) Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics, 3) UCL Centre for Digital Humanities and the Department of Information Studies, University College, London, 4) e-Humanities Group, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences (KNAW) and Maastricht University, and 5) Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC), University of Oxford. The main authors for this report are: Eric T. Meyer, Monica Bulger, Avgousta Kyriakidou-Zacharoudiou, Lucy Power, Peter Williams, Will Venters, Melissa Terras, Sally Wyatt. For the full acknowledgements, please see the project website: www.rin.ac.uk/phys-sci-case contents executive summary Overview method cases Tools and practices of information Information sources 68 69 77 78 4 4 4 4 research software dissemination complexity conclusion and recommendations Information retrieval Information and data management data analysis citation practices dissemination practices collaboration Transformations in practice New questions New technologies recommendations 79 84 84 85 85 86 86 87 88 90 91 92 Glossary Information in the...
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...Bash Guide for Beginners Machtelt Garrels Garrels BVBA Version 1.11 Last updated 20081227 Edition Bash Guide for Beginners Table of Contents Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................1 1. Why this guide?...................................................................................................................................1 2. Who should read this book? .................................................................................................................1 3. New versions, translations and availability.........................................................................................2 4. Revision History..................................................................................................................................2 5. Contributions.......................................................................................................................................3 6. Feedback..............................................................................................................................................3 7. Copyright information.........................................................................................................................3 8. What do you need? .......................................................................................................................
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...best-sellers, Plan of Attack and Bush At War. Mr. Malseed is a graduate of Lehigh University. The Web site for this book is at www.thegooglestory.com. 1 #168 1) The Genesis of a Great Idea 2) “Not since Gutenberg invented the modern printing press more than 500 years ago, making books and scientific tomes affordable and widely available to the masses, has any new invention empowered individuals, and transformed access to information, as profoundly as Google. With its colorful, childlike logo set against a background of pure white, Google’s magical ability to produce speedy, relevant responses to queries hundreds of millions times daily has changed the way people find information and stay abreast of the news. Woven into the fabric of daily life, Google has seemingly overnight become indispensable. Millions of people use it daily in more than 100 languages and have come to regard Google and the Internet as one. The quest for immediate information on anything and everything is satisfied by ‘googling’ it on a computer or cell phone. Men, women and children have come to rely so heavily on Google that they cannot imagine how they ever lived without it.” —D avid Vise and Mark Malseed 3) Strange as it may sound considering the fact Google is today worth more than Disney and General Motors combined, Sergey Brin and...
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...HAL R. VARIAN 1 NORTON To my parents Copyright @ 1992, 1984, 1978 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America THIRD EDITION Library o Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data f Varian, Hal R. Mlcroeconon~lc analysis / Hal R. Varian. -- 3rd ed. p. an Includes blbllographlcal references and index. 1. Mlcroeconomlcs. 1. Title. HB172.V35 1992 338.5--dc20 ISBN 0-393-95735-7 W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10110 W. W. Norton & Company, Ltd., 10 Coptic Street, London WClA 1PU CONTENTS PREFACE 1 Technology Measurement of inputs and outputs 1 Specification of technology 2 Example: Input requzrement set Example: Isoquant Example: Shortrun productzon posszbzlztzes set Example: Pt-oductzon functzon Example: Transformatzon functzon Example: Cobb-Douglas technology Example: Leontzef technology Activity analysis 5 Monotonic technologies 6 Convex technologies 7 Regular technologies 9 Parametric representations of technology 10 The technical rate of substitution 11 Example: T R S for a Cobb-Douglas technology The elasticity of substitution 13 Example: The elastzczty of substztutzon for the Cobb-Douglas productzon functzon Returns to scale 14 Example: Returns to scale and the Cobb-Douglas technology Homogeneous and homothetic technologies 17 Example: The CES productzon functzon Exercises 21 2 Profit Maximization . Profit maximization 25 Difficulties 28 Example:...
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...Tasks ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Part 1: Page Quality Rating Guideline .................................................................... 7 1.0 Introduction to Page Quality Rating................................................................................................................. 7 2.0 Understanding Webpages and Websites ........................................................................................................ 7 2.1 2.2 What is the Purpose of a Webpage? ....................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Your Money or Your Life (YMYL) Pages.................................................................................................. 9 2.4 Understanding Webpage Content...
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...Standard 1: A school administrator is an educational leader who promotes the success of all students by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community. The effective administrator: 1.1 Uses research about best professional practice. Cooperative Learning "Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other's learning." WHAT IS IT? Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. WHY USE IT? Documented results include improved academic achievement, improved behavior and attendance, increased self-confidence and motivation, and increased liking of school and classmates. Cooperative learning is also relatively easy to implement and is inexpensive. HOW DOES IT WORK? Here are some typical strategies that can be used with any subject, in almost any grade, and without a special curriculum: Group Investigations are structured to emphasize higher-order thinking skills such as analysis and evaluation. Students work to produce a group project, which they may have a hand...
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