Book Of Life Themes

Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Never Marry a Mexican” deals heavily with the concept of myth in literature, more specifically the myth La Malinche, which focuses on women, and how their lives are spun in the shadows on men (Fitts). Myths help power some of the beliefs of entire cultures or civilizations. She gives the reader the mind of a Mexican-American woman who seems traitorous to her friends, family and people she is close to. This causes destruction in her path in the form of love, power, heartbreak, hatred, and an intent to do harm to another, which are themes of myth in literature. The unreliable narrator of this story was created in this story with the purpose to show her confusion and what coming from two completely different

In an Author’s Note, an anonymous author figure explains that he traveled from his home in Canada to India because he was feeling restless. There, while sipping coffee in a café in the town of Pondicherry, he met an elderly man named Francis Adirubasamy who offered to tell him a story fantastic enough to give him faith in God. This story is that of Pi Patel. The author then shifts into the story itself, but not before telling his reader that the account will come across more naturally if he tells it in Pi’s own voice.

What is wrong with society? And what can people do about it? Society is plagued by hate, discrimination, and selfishness but it can be overcome by love, cooperation, and applying the concept of mind over matter. These questions and answers are provided by the ‘’I AM’’ documentary, where the director Tom Shadyac asked different religious leaders, authors, and historians to find solutions. Through the whole documental he uses these positive qualities of human beings as the three key themes as a cure to an unscrupulous society and to show humans have the power to change the world and make the planet a better place. The three key themes that seem to resonate throughout the documentary are the nature of humanity, the world’s ever-growing addiction to materialism, and human connections.

At the beginning of the story, the protagonist, Cleofilas, had an illusion that all romance is like the ones she had seen on television. However, she soon realizes that her relationship with Juan Pedro was

‘So Much To tell you’ is a novel written by John Marsden that explores many central ideas. The novel is about a girl called Marina who is 14 years old that has been sent off to a boarding school called Warrington to hopefully interact with others and learn to talk again and is given a journal to write down her life. Throughout the novel the writer John Marsden explores many different themes. Examples of these themes are change, identity, isolation, communication, forgiveness and relationships. The themes I will be focusing on are Isolation, Communication and lastly change. Themes are an important part in the novel and are explored through the characters and storyline

“What would I do, if I were Pat? How would I feel?” I kept asking myself while reading In Search of New Life chapter. I can only imagine how shocked, terrified and guilty she must have felt when Mohamed disappeared. Others were consumed with anger and embarrassment wondering whether they should support Mohamed’s decision to stay in the U.S. illegally or report him. How did Mohamed feel? Some threads in the chapter indicate that he had been planning to escape – making such a serious decision must have caused incredible anxiety and fear, but the discomfort he felt when he thought about coming back to his country was probably even greater. He was strong and courageous to make such a decision – the life in Sierra Leone didn’t spoil him, he had

Chapter one in the book Constructing a life Philosophy shows a variety of opinions on life philosophies. From what I understood from reading all four of the views was that they believe it wise for people to be flexible in the way we live our lives. I would like to discuss further what each of them had to say.

In 1983 Aharon Appelfeld published a work of fiction titled Tzili that closely resembled his own personal Holocaust experiences. This work of fiction revolves around a maturing teen who is alone and on the run during the Holocaust. In Tzili, Appelfeld brings to life his characters, which include Tzili, Katrina, Mark, and Linda. Throughout this literary analysis Appelfelds’ memoir Story of a Life will be used to access the parallels that exist between Appelfeld’s own personal experience and his fictional work Tzili.

Due to Pi’s devotion to all of his faiths, particularly Hinduism, not only changed how he thought about his current situation, but also changed how he would think about every single situation after in Martel’s Life of Pi.

In the novel life lessons:two experts on death and dying teach us the mysteries of life and living. The novel talks about many lessons such as

Life of Pi shows that humans and animals should do anything necessary to survive whatever challenges they face to live instead of just accepting death. Whatever ways that help one to survive are necessary, even if they compromise personal values, are vicious, or are wicked. Pi, a human; a hyena, and a blind man all fight to survive in a variety of ways that are examples of this thesis.

Karanvir Dhami Ms. Yu ENG3U March 7, 2011 Symbolism in Life of Pi In Life of Pi there are many literary devices used to present the different themes in the novel. The main literary device used in Life of Pi is symbolism. Symbolism is often used to represent an object to something else, either by association or by resemblance. Most of the names of animals, objects and even humans in this novel have a symbolic meaning. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, symbolism such as pi’s name, the colour orange and the algae island, are used throughout the novel to provide Pi with protection to help him either survive or overcome his emotional pain. The mathematical pi is undefined, infinite and unable to be understood, just like Piscine Patel.

The abstract idea of life cannot be explained by such simple ideas as being animated, breathing, or speaking. Ordinary machines in this century can perform all of these basic functions. The quandary with defining death is not as abstract and elusive as that of life. The problem of defining life and death has plagued philosophers and the religious bodies for thousands of years for one reason; each philosophy or religion has tried to define the meaning of life and death from only their certain perspective. The seemingly appropriate approach to this problem would be to understand the ideas presented in various philosophies and religions and through this knowledge create a new definition for each idea of life

2. Why is this rickshaw driver from India so happy if he barely makes enough money to survive every day? The main reason I think this man is as happy as the average American, is because he does not know any other way of living. For example: people were happy before Ethernet existed, but now what happens if you take the Ethernet away from someone that has used the Ethernet? They will probably go mad. It doesn’t surprise how happy this person is, and I think hes the envy of a lot of people. He is strong, healthy and has a family that supports him. I have seen a lot of rich people that have all the money in the world, but they don’t have health, and they say they would give all their money for health if they could.

Cupid, Texas is a small rural town in Texas where every wish made to cupid usually comes true. However, Natalie had never believed in love until she stumbles upon a darkly tanned, lean muscled and nearly naked man standing in her path. Having never experienced it, it hit her like a ton of bricks – love. She had always been told that when it hits, it feels like a thunderbolt, but now that it had hit her, she found all her sensible and practical thoughts thrown out of the window as she falls in love with a total stranger. But Dade Vega an ex-Navy SEAL does not intend to remain a stranger to the most beautiful girl he had ever seen for long. He is in Cupid to keep a promise he had made years ago to one of his best friends that had served with him in the military. One look at the unexpectedly soaking wet Natalie changes his life forever and he is not so sure he ever wants to leave. But can he promise her love when he has never been one to spend more than a week in one place?