...Caleb In the book Life of Pi, the color orange comes up many times throughout the book. The book does not ever tell the reader what the color means, but it gives small subtle hints about what it symbolises. The color orange in the book symbolizes hope, and survival. Just when his life gets horrible the color orange gives hope for Pi. The color orange shows up in a lot of places, from important characters to items that Pi comes across. The lifeboat, arguably the most important item for Pi. Without it, he would have drowned in the shipwreck. A lifeboat is the ultimate sign for survival. The lifeboat is the start of the orange life savers Pi finds over his time. Another vital item for Pis time at sea was the med kit. Since the kit was so important...
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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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...In the book and movie life of pi, determination is a huge part of pi’s life. Its seen in his life from when he was on the boat to just trying to fit in at school.Determination can be seen in all walks of life. “You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it.’’(1.35.91) Pi’s life before the shipwreck was a serious of up’s and downs.From being called pissing instead of Piscine.When the new school year started he was determined to never be called pissing again,before the teacher could call his name he took it upon himself to never be called pissing again.He got up and spelt out his name and said that instead of Piscine that everyone could call him pi.One of the ups in his life was living in a zoo how he describe the sights...
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...The Quest of Pi The Life of Pi a quest with an strong influence of religion that is apparent throughout the story. “We are all born like Catholics, aren't we--in limbo without religion, until some figure introduces us to god” (Martel 58). Piscine Molitor Patel a young Indian teen has a unique infatuation with religion. Yann Martel, the author of Life of Pi, Gave Pi or Piscine an interesting life that is different from others. Piscines’ life is a constant struggle or a quest.. In the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, the first chapter of Fosters’ novel “Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not)” The chapter is clearly visible within the Life of Pi. Including what Pi had: the problems endured through...
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...Primarily, Yann Martel unerringly describes the behavior of Richard Parker, an adult bengal tiger. First of all, in the beginning of Part Two, Pi waits with bated breath as Richard Parker swims to the boat. Though at the time, Richard Parker is struggling due to high waves, icy waters, and fright from the sudden sinking of the ship, he was able to swim to the lifeboat by “beating the water with vigorous, desperate strokes” (Martel 98). Also in the story, Pi describes how Richard Parker “will swim as far as he has to” (Martel 160) in order to reach sustenance. In reality, “tigers can swim five miles ... [and are] said to have clocked more than eighteen hundred feet at seven minutes and eighteen seconds - against the tide” (Alexander). Based...
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... His belief in God was evidently extremely strong and this was demonstrated in several different parts of the novel. Although his belief and faith was constant in the book, it wasn’t as strong as it was in the beginning. The trauma that he went through while lost at sea and the experiences he had had an impact on his faith understandably so. Many of the things he had to go through made him question God at times and wonder why such a higher power considered so amazing and giving, would allow Pi to go through all this suffering and difficulty. Although all of this made him doubt and question his faith, it still never went away. His faith overall gave him the courage, power and hope needed to survive at sea which all proved how religion had an extremely significant role in the novel. Religion is used in Life of Pi to help Pi persevere through his struggles and essentially give him a sense of hope, sanity and individuality. Religion is fundamentally what kept Pi alive throughout the journey he experienced. It was the one motive he had that reminded him to remain hopeful through all the adversity. There were many scenarios he found it very difficult to have hope in, and he could’ve easily given up on everything as I think many others would have done if they were in his situation. He kept his hope and pushed through it and that primarily was the reason he survived. “I was giving up. I would have given up if a voice hadn’t made itself heard in my heart...
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...an end. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is no different. However, some argue that the first part, which deals with Pi’s coming of age and homeland, could be disregarded entirely to make a stronger novel. In viewing the completed work, it is clear that every component, no matter how obscure or bizarre, is absolutely critical to the success of the novel. All elements of the writing, from Pi’s religion to his fascination with sloths, are vital, for they all work together to describe a larger story. At first, the explanation of Pi’s religion and the nature of animals appears to be repetitive and irrelevant. It is nothing more than supportive information, which seems only useful when Pi prays to both Jesus and Vishnu, or when he rattles off facts about female orangutans. As he wrestles with isolation, danger, and despair, he...
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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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...Reading between the lines The second story Pi was the truth leaving the first story as Pi’s way of coping with the traumatic events that happened in the life boat. Pi’s unique background gives life to all the symbolizing and double meanings, explain why the second story is true. Life of Pi is book with deep detail and description, giving a very full pictures. I think Martel uses this to his own advantage. Giving us such a layered story, makes the ending even more of a crash. With such realistic details, it seems impossible for anything other to be true. Pi also seems like a whole and true character, it makes no sense for him imagine it (Shmoop 1). Not only until I sat back ran through my notes did I realise it was staring me in the face the whole story. Almost the whole first part is about the abstraction of religion. The fact that he believes and worships three religions just screams imagination. Pi’s beliefs run wild throughout the entire book, giving his character flesh and blood. In part one, Pi tells us about his childhood. His father owned and ran a zoo, giving Pi a deep...
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...Even though the act of surviving and living can share common factors, In Life of Pi, Pi tells a story of survival compared to Big Fish where Edward Bloom tells a story of life and is conveyed as two completely different lifestyles. Pi tells his story as he has to do anything to be alive, and overcoming many obstacles such as staying alive with all the animals on the raft with him and changing his beliefs, developing as a character mentally and physically, in order to survive. Edward Bloom tells his story as how he makes his life better by chasing the girl of his dreams just so he can be happy, Edward does not develop as character, he continues his beliefs of storytelling and maintains his emotions as a joyful and positive man. In many situations...
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...from the book of Life of Pi by Author Yann Martel to Life of Pi by Director Ang Lee. Delving into both works, it should be clear that books will always contain the most detail while the movie will have to compress, shorten, or change so the film can be viewed properly by the audience. As well in most cases, “white washing” or changing the film in some parts will lead the viewers to see a different development that the readers were given. Mainly speaking, the differences from book to film gives the significance of Pi’s growth a change of course. Targeting on Pi’s beginnings and lessons,...
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...Yann Martel: Life of Pi life of pi A NOVEL author's note This book was born as I was hungry. Let me explain. In the spring of 1996, my second book, a novel, came out in Canada. It didn't fare well. Reviewers were puzzled, or damned it with faint praise. Then readers ignored it. Despite my best efforts at playing the clown or the trapeze artist, the media circus made no difference. The book did not move. Books lined the shelves of bookstores like kids standing in a row to play baseball or soccer, and mine was the gangly, unathletic kid that no one wanted on their team. It vanished quickly and quietly. The fiasco did not affect me too much. I had already moved on to another story, a novel set in Portugal in 1939. Only I was feeling restless. And I had a little money. So I flew to Bombay. This is not so illogical if you realize three things: that a stint in India will beat the restlessness out of any living creature; that a little money can go a long way there; and that a novel set in Portugal in 1939 may have very little to do with Portugal in 1939. I had been to India before, in the north, for five months. On that first trip I had come to the subcontinent completely unprepared. Actually, I had a preparation of one word. When I told a friend who knew the country well of my travel plans, he said casually, "They speak a funny English in India. They like words like bamboozle." I remembered his words as my plane started its descent towards Delhi, so the word bamboozle ...
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...exhaustive list. See Excel menu command fx for a complete list of functions | User created | (…)+-*/^ | Mathematic operations brackets sum, subtract, multiplydivideexponentiation (power)=(3*(A5+B5)-C5)/2+D5^1.5 | Exercise 1 Example 1 Kroenke p 387 Example 2 The table shows green grocery sales for a four quarter period Weight of each sold (kg) | | oranges | apples | bananas | QTR1 | 237 | 215 | 125 | QTR2 | 211 | 341 | 228 | QTR3 | 312 | 418 | 421 | QTR4 | 432 | 121 | 121 | Using features of Excel and including any additional rows or columns you may need, calculate the following: 1. The total weights sold for each fruit for the four quarters The average quarterly sales for each fruit 2. The average selling price/kg for each fruit is $3.25 for oranges, $4.99 for apples and $15.25 for bananas, Revenue from each product | | oranges | apples | bananas | QTR1 | | | | QTR2 | | | | QTR3 | | | | QTR4 | | | | 3. calculate the revenue earned for: i. Each type of fruit ii. Quarterly revenue earned iii. Total amount earned If the cost price/kg is $2.15/kg for oranges, $2.50/kg for apples and $6.99 for bananas, determine the...
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...The exercises below are to introduce concepts and features of a spreadsheet program such as Excel. Please note that there are alternative ways of creating a solution and your solution may be different from others. Single argument and user developed functions The table lists some functions that are commonly used in basic spreadsheet applications function | purpose | =sum(B12:B18) | Add contents of range in B12 to B18 | =average((B12:B18) | Average the range | =count((B12:B18) | Count non zero values | =max(B12:B18) | Display the largest value | =min(B12:B18) | Display the smallest value | =B4*C4 | Multiplies the values | This is not an exhaustive list. See Excel menu command fx for a complete list of functions | User created | (…)+-*/^ | Mathematic operations brackets sum, subtract, multiplydivideexponentiation (power)=(3*(A5+B5)-C5)/2+D5^1.5 | Exercise 1 Using appropriate formulae, complete the table below in Excel. Item Name | price | Commission | Camera | $150.00 | $ 15.00 | Omega | $120.00 | | Kodak | $130.00 | | Sony | $140.00 | | F | $95.00 | | Canon | $150.00 | | JVC | $210.00 | | Total | $845.00 | | | | | Commission Rate: | 10% | | Exercise 2 Complete the personal budget worksheet for the period indicated. Add your own figures where there are spaces. Extend the table to include a full calendar year. Personal Budget | | | | Monthly Expenses | Jan | Feb | Mar | Rent | $850.00...
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...Acclaim for Yann Martel's Life of Pi "Life of Pi is not just a readable and engaging novel, it's a finely twisted length of yarn— yarn implying a far-fetched story you can't quite swallow whole, but can't dismiss outright. Life of Pi is in this tradition—a story of uncertain veracity, made credible by the art of the yarn-spinner. Like its noteworthy ancestors, among which I take to be Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, the Ancient Mariner, Moby Dick and Pincher Martin, it's a tale of disaster at sea coupled with miraculous survival—a boys' adventure for grownups." —Margaret Atwood, The Sunday Times (London) "A fabulous romp through an imagination by turns ecstatic, cunning, despairing and resilient, this novel is an impressive achievement. . . . Martel displays the clever voice and tremendous storytelling skills of an emerging master." —Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "[Life of Pi] has a buoyant, exotic, insistence reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe's most Gothic fiction. . . . Oddities abound and the storytelling is first-rate. Yann Martel has written a novel full of grisly reality, outlandish plot, inventive setting and thought-provoking questions about the value and purpose of fiction." —The Edmonton journal "Martel's ceaselessly clever writing . . . [and] artful, occasionally hilarious, internal dialogue . . . make a fine argument for the divinity of good art." —The Gazette "Astounding and beautiful. . . . The book is a pleasure not only for the subtleties of its philosophy...
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