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Life of Pi by Yann Martel

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Life of Pi Information
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Life of Pi is a novel by Canadian author Yann Martel. The protagonist Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry, explores the issues of religion and spirituality from an early age and survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean....


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Life of Pi
04/01/2004: 1,778 words, approx. 6 pages
JOHN PAUL RIQUELME ON HUGH KENNER The author of twenty-five books and over a thousand shorter commentaries, many about literary modernists, including Pound, Eliot, Joyce, Beckett, and Wyndham Lewis, Hugh Kenner would likely have ignored or shrugged off the ascription to him of...
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Anne Enright wins Booker Prize
10/16/2007: 551 words, approx. 2 pages
Irish writer Anne Enright won the Man Booker fiction prize Tuesday for "The Gathering," an uncompromising portrait of a troubled family.She is the second Irish writer to win the prize in the past three years, after John Banville's "The Sea" in 2005.Enright had been considered...
 


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Critical Review by Pankaj Mishra
3,302 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following review, Mishra discusses Martel's treatment of the theme of religious faith in The Life of Pi.
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Critical Review by Charlotte Innes
2,760 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following review, Innes discusses the themes of religious faith and doubt in The Life of Pi.
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Critical Review by Randy Boyagoda
1,576 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following review, Boyagoda asserts that the central narrative of The Life of Pi is a powerful and enjoyable tale, but that Martel's confused discourse on religion distracts from the novel's strengths.
 
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Essay Grade: 96%
Courage in "Life of Pi"
1,592 words, approx. 5 pages
In the novel "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, Pi's courageous characteristics allow him to survive his long, brutual journey across the Pacific Ocean. Through the journey, Pi acquired noble courage and a profound value for life. His self-determination and faith in God escalated to higher levels.
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Essay Grade: 86%
"It Is Circumstance That Enables Us to Reinvent Ourselves and the World around Us"
1,491 words, approx. 5 pages
As a result of circumstances, people are often forced to, or make conscious decisions to, reinvent their perspectives on life, their ideology and beliefs in order to adapt to changed situations. This concept of both forced and conscious reinventions as a result of circumstance are captured by the texts "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" a children's short story by Roald Dahl.
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Life of Pi: Determination
1,433 words, approx. 5 pages
This essay looks at a possible theme of Life of Pi, written by Yann Martel. This theme is determination to survive. It gives quotes and facts from the book and talks about factors such as imagination, adaptability and companionship.
 


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