With the goal of demonstrating Pi´s conflict between emotions and survival, Martel illustrates reason and non-reason throughout section two in Pi´s decisions aboard the lifeboat. With his options limited, Pi considers what may be his greatest chance of survival: ¨I hatched several plans to get rid of him [Richard Parker] so that the lifeboat might be mine,¨ (Martel 157). Reason takes root in the mind of Pi as he contemplates his most rational options. He doesn't let his unreasonable emotions cloud his thought and judgement. However, accepting that he is unable to remove Richard Parker, Pi decides to keep the tiger alive and touches upon the peace he has brought him: ¨It was Richard Parker who calmed me down,” (Martel 162). Martel utilizes
Pi´s evolving relationship with Richard Parker to show Pi´s utilization of both emotion and knowledge. Pi knows keeping the tiger alive is his only rational option, but in addition, his emotions compel him to keep a companion. Nevertheless, reason overpowers Pi´s emotional vegetarian values: ¨Pity about the fat, but given the exceptional circumstances the vegetarian part of me would simply pinch its nose and bear it,¨ (Martel 143). Martel demonstrates that, with survival on the mind, Pi is willing to put aside his morals in favor of practical reason. A non-reasonable individual would rather retrain their morals than survive.
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
Many characters have hopes and dreams which they wish to accomplish. Of Mice and Men has two main characters that go through obstacles to get what they want. In the beginning it is George and Lennie running away trying to get a job. Once both George and Lennie have a job they try to accomplish their dreams. Unfortunately they both can't get their dreams to come true since lennie does the worst and George has to shoot Lennie. Steinbeck uses characterization, foreshadowing, and symbol as rhetorical strategies to make George's actions justified.
Creative Section Prompt: Write a scene where an “unlovable” character is involved in a surprising or unexpected hobby or appreciation for something.
“People who had incurred the displeasure of the party simply disappeared and were never heard of again.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
Contrast. Tone. Metaphors. These literary elements are all used in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s in relation to a larger theme in the novel – confidence. In the book, a man named McMurphy is put into a mental ward run by Nurse Ratched, who has complete power and control over the men. They all fear her and submit to her due to fear, suppressing their confidence and manhood. When McMurphy came, he was like a spark that ignites a roaring fire in the men; they gain back the confidence that they lost and become free. In one passage, McMurphy takes the men on a fishing trip where he helps them stray away from the Nurse’s power and learn to believe in themselves. Throughout the passage, the use of contrast, positive tone, and metaphors of
The subject of death is one that many have trouble talking about, but Virginia Woolf provides her ideas in her narration The Death of the Moth. The moth is used as a metaphor to depict the constant battle between life and death, as well as Woolf’s struggle with chronic depression. Her use of pathos and personification of the moth helps readers develop an emotional connection and twists them to feel a certain way. Her intentional use of often awkward punctuation forces readers to take a step back and think about what they just read. Overall, Woolf uses these techniques to give her opinion on existence in general, and reminds readers that death is a part of life.
Pi talks about getting animals used being around people, testing the “fight of flight” distance, and the need of having to create a stress-free environments (good shelter, food, water, for animals so they're happy, don't kill you, don’t maul you, etc. Pi's father is extremely good at all of this, being a natural zoo
Lao Tzu once said, “Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.” This quote is saying that death is an inevitable definiteness in life. In Virginia Woolf’s essay The Death of the Moth, there is a struggle of life and death, which is delineated as a battle that is not ever won. Woolf utilizes fragmentation within the narration, metaphors to convey the message, and a feeling of pity. As the essay goes on, her metaphors and stylistic choices strengthen the idea that death cannot be beaten.
The topics of “people” “process” and “product” is crucial to a business. In the article “Angry parents file lawsuit against toymaker for product that doesn't work” it states “Angry parents wrote reviews on the Amazon and Toys "R" Us websites. They described experiences similar to those in the lawsuit. "We opened it and did just what the box said only to have it do NOTHING!!" one post on Toys "R" Us read, according to the lawsuit. "It never lit up never made noise nothing." In Winegarden Amazon review, the Tennessee father wrote: "DO NOT BUY THIS TOY!!! It does not work. Next Christmas he is buying Legos, he wrote.” this company might have people and process, but it does not have a good product, so much so, that it resulted in a lawsuit.
The Kite Runner goes hand in hand with the theme in Macbeth: not all things are as they seem. This novel is about an Afghanistan boy named Amir and his friend Hassan. Hassan is Amir’s servant’s son, they always play together, but when guests come over Amir completely forgets about Hassan. They have the annual kite competition and Amir wins; Hassan goes to catch the losing kite for Amir. After awhile Amir searches for Hassan and sees him in an alley, trapped by bullies. Amir runs away instead of helping his so called “friend.” I believe that the author’s message throughout the first few pages is to allude at the irony between Amir and his dad, and to turn your stomach with the heart-wrenching betrayal.
There are many ways that as humans we try to understand and make sense of the world around us. One of the ways we simplify our reality is using metaphors, they allow us to turn unfamiliar and complex concepts into explicit terms. In the Life of Pi the author, Yann Martel, uses metaphors to familiarize distant concepts with the reader. He allows the reader to understand and relate to incomprehensible events. After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a single lifeboat is all that remains. The lifeboat consists of a zebra, an orangutan, hyena, a royal bengal tiger, and a sixteen year old boy, Piscine Patel. The events that follow are unbelievable and physically, spiritually, and mentally challenge and change each survivor.
The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, presents controversial topics and issues among many critics, but is beloved by all for its enlightening and spiritual journey that one boy lost at sea with a tiger undertakes. An allegory is meant to reveal and represent a moral, spiritual, abstract idea, value, or theme through a simpler story. Authors use allegories to help readers understand a complicated idea. This method is effective because, it tends to sympathize with the audience’s childhood fantasies where openness and acceptance was more prevalent in our youth. Thus, the author can convey multilevel meanings through metaphors and symbolism. This book specifically unfolds an allegory through the different elements of a carnivorous island that Pi
Pi, an irrational number, has never really been used to represent irrationality in a symbolistic manner in literature until it was cleverly paired with quite an irrational story in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. The book, published in 2012, takes place in India, Mexico, Canada, and in the Pacific, and is an astounding work of metaphors, hardship, and philosophical ideas about life and its irrationality. Perhaps pulling from his background of extensive travel and Philosophy degree, Martel creates an intricate and multilayered story that pushes readers to keep reading through all 319 pages despite a tying plot. Although the book is technically a work of fiction, Martel, clearly influenced by the realism genre of writing,
Having just experienced the sinking of his family’s ship, and being put onto a life boat with only a hyena, Pi felt completely lost and alone. When he sees Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger from his family’s zoo, it is a familiar face to him. His initial reaction is to save the life of his familiar friend so that he may have a companion, and a protector aboard the lifeboat. Suddenly Pi realizes just what he is doing. He is saving the life of Richard Parker, by welcoming him, a 450 pound Bengal tiger, onto the small lifeboat. He experiences a change of heart when helping the tiger onto the boat. Pi realizes that he is now posing a threat on his own life. With Richard Parker on the boat, Pi is faced with not only the fight to survive stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but the fight to survive living with a meat eating tiger. The change of heart that Pi experiences might possibly mean that he is an impulsive thinker. It may mean that he often does something on impulse without thinking it through, and then later regrets his actions.