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Life of Pi

Life of Pi is a novel written by Yann Martel, featuring a boy who is shipwrecked in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal Tiger. He must fight for his life while simultaneously developing a spiritual connection with the tiger and ultimately, within himself. In 2012, this book was developed into a screenplay.

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How many pages are in the life of pi?

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The resolution is actually pretty ambiguous. Pi survives and is found on shore. He has to tell the story of what happened to him, and tells two versions, leaving it up to the reader to decide which is true: the one with the animals he spent time telling in the story, or one that replaces the animals with human beings from the ship he was on.

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What is the rising action in life of pi?

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When the Tsimtsum sinks and Pi is left alone with a variety of animals in a lifeboat is the first climax. Another climax is when the lifeboat reaches the shore of Mexico.

Who killed the hyena in the Life of Pi?

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The tiger never does die, once pi and the tiger (Richard Parker) reached land, the tiger left pi and went into the jungle never to be seen again. This true for both the book and movie.

What is chaste life?

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How many chapters in life of pi?

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I think the climax of life of Pi is when Pi discovers that his only chance of survival relies on taming Richard Parker. Before this part, Pi had sort of started to give up, believing that he did not have a chance for survival with a tiger on board. However, as the idea of taming R.P. grows in his mind, he starts to pick himself off his feet. Not only did the training of taming Richard Parker increase Pi's chance for survival, it also brought out his strong will to leave, and not succumb to the elements or the tiger. He mentions that Richard Parker was his reason for living, and so Pi never gave up after he stated to accept that Richard Parker needed to live.

Note: I believe this is the climax because it gives Pi a goal to strive for, and makes him stop giving up. Of course, I think this story is more than one pyramid with a climax at the top; it is several pyramids that have different climax's. The most important or bold climax, however, can be very subjective.

What is this life for?

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life is to find all the knowledge possible, to increase your understanding of the world around you, to make friends and find love and have as many happy memories as possible to take you to the after life

What is the significance of the island in 'Life of Pi'?

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The island in the novel Life of Pi represents many different things. The most noticeable of these is the religious symbolism.

The island represents a "Garden of Eden" for Pi, with sweet green algae and a limitless supply of fresh water. This idea of the island as the Garden of Eden continues as Pi discovers the twisted tree in the middle of the island with the small fruit. This tree represents the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden story. This is true because in finding the teeth embedded in the fruit Pi is given the knowledge that if he stays on the island he will die.

The island also represents the basis for a decision that Pi must make. He could decide to simply survive on the island even though it would kill him. He would eat the same fish and the same algae in the same setting for the rest of his life and his health would be no worse. However, Pi leaves the island in search of truly living. Thus, the island represents a crossroads for surviving and truly living.

So among many other smaller symbols, the island is significant due to its religious symbolism and the introduction of survival vs. truly living.

What do you do when you have no life?

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Surround yourself with friends and family that love and support you. Find a hobby that is rewarding and challenging at the same time.

What social issues are represented in Life of Pi?

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I would like to suggest that Life of Pi therefore offers something akin to a split between the imaginary ideology of histoire on the one hand (the tiger tale).

What was life like in 1065?

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Why is the book called Life of Pi?

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In the book "Life of Pi" a guy named Pi Patel, gets trapped in a life boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. His only companion is a bangal tiger named Richard. The reason it is called "Life of Pi" is because it is about pi's life.

Also becasue Piscine Molitor Patel was named after a swimming pool. soon after starting school people would not say his name right so he shortened it to pi.

How do you think life in big cities was different from life on farms and it small towns?

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In the towns, people exchange goods and services for money

Does life fascinate you?

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Is Life of Pi in first person?

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life of pi is about one boys strife to live life with three different religions and then also him surviving on the boat,

What is life to you?

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SHE WAS ONE OF THE SEVEN KIDS HER MOM HAD.WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE KID HER FAMILY MOVED FROM PLACE TO PLACE.SHE LIKES TO THINK OF IT AS AN ADVENTUR E.SHE REALLY COULDN'T SAY IF SHE WANTED TO STAY OR GO SHE WAS JUST A LITTLE KID.

What was life like in the 1944?

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Between 1945 and 1950, the United States was going through a transitional process following World War II. Factories needed time to complete the shift from a war time operations back to a peace-time economy. Returning soldiers were taking advantage of the GI bill to either take loans for the purchase homes or businesses, or going to obtain a college education. America was about to transition into one of the strongest economic periods in its history.

What was life like in the 1790s?

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Life was meek and disease and malnutrition were common. There was a great contrast between rich and poor. Most people were struggling to feed their families. Streets were dirty because all the sewage and rubbish had just been dumped there. The streets where very narrow and the houses close together.

The murder rate was high. About twice what it is now in New York City and five time the US national average.