Life of Pi and Cast Away
Comparative Essay Outline
Paragraph 1 (Introduction)
General sentence to introduce the essay: When people are faced with isolation, they must have the will to survive spiritually, physically, and emotionally. Piscine Malitor Patel and Chuck Nolan, the protagonists, demonstrate these attributes very well.
Points to be covered in the essay (what are the 3 similarities?)
1. Pi survives physically with the help of Richard Parker while Chuck Nolan survives with a volleyball named Wilson
2. Pi is able to survive emotionally by telling an imaginative story while Chuck Nolan survives by keeping the picture of his wife in a locket
3. Pi survives spiritually by praying every morning while Chuck Nolan decides to keep
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When Pi witnessed his family die as well as the Frenchman losing all sense of humanity, he cannot bare to narrate the events. That is why he devises an imaginative story about animals killing each other, because it is natural in them and less heart-breaking.
Point 2: (explain how the first common topic is seen in Y then give a specific example to show this)
Every night before Chuck Nolan goes to sleep, he makes sure that the locket his wife gave him is with him. This gives Chuck Nolan the ability to stay strong because it makes him want to fight harder to survive in order to see his wife again.
Summary/Transition (one sentence that sums up everything you have written about in this paragraph with a lead-in to the next paragraph)
Throughout the novel and the movie, the main characters display how they survive emotionally in many specific ways. At the same time, they also illustrate how they were able to survive spiritually.
Paragraph 4 (Point of Contrast 3)
Topic sentence (Introduce your paragraph with your first contrast point from your thesis – what is the first similarity in both works?)
Finally, in the novel Life of Pi, and movie Cast Away, the main characters demonstrate how they survive spiritually
Point 1: (explain how the first common topic is seen in X then give a specific example to show this)
Every day, Pi expresses his faith to Islam as well as
Chuck Noland is a FedEx worker who is obsessed with his job, a workaholic. He is trapped in the captivating life of time, power, and structured planning. He is always working against the clock. His job has taken over his life. He is so deep into his personal career that he doesn 't spend enough time with his fiancé Kelly, his time is always put into working all day. Chuck also has a problem with socializing with his co workers. He treats his co workers in a more boss-to-employee relationship instead of a friend-to-friend relationship. Chuck is involuntarily sent on a quest when his plane crashes into an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. During his quest, Noland has to realize
After losing Wilson one night, Chuck regrets the loss and begins to go ahead with Wilson’s original idea
Part 1: Give a general introduction to the problem, including the thesis statement. The thesis statement should present a clearly defined position on a debatable topic.
Write your second body paragraph from another text, focusing on the same element as mentioned in your introduction paragraph.
He loses faith in himself some time after arriving on the island, so he decides to commit suicide by hanging himself over a cliff. Luckily, the tree branch that supported the noose snapped which would mean him falling to his death instead. Chuck then realizes that it's a sign that he needs to live. Before the departure of the island, Chuck doesn't have much faith that he will survive the trip back to civilization since he writes, "Tell Kelly that Chuck Noland loves her" on a rock in case somebody comes across it later on. If he was certain that he'd succeed in the journey back, he would not be doing so since he could tell her himself in person. Shortly after departing, he encounters a whale swimming close by. It is the first living thing that's seen throughout the movie after the crash, other than Chuck himself and his food sources. There are no sound of birds, either. This gives him more faith that he will arrive back to civilization where people are alive. Wilson is the only companion Chuck has on the entire island, and he frequently holds conversations as well as arguments with Wilson in order to stay sane. It becomes his closest and only companion; Chuck stores so many of his thoughts and emotions in the volleyball that it begins to appear alive. He puts all of his faith in the volleyball. This can be shown when he nearly loses Wilson on
Move through this set of information in this order. This will give your introduction the appropriate set-up and flow.
B. Claim about Reading 1 (state what is the claim that you will be making about your first reading.)
Vance has portrayed the theme of resilience, persistence, and grit many times throughout this story and his life.
c. Explanation of the central points from the article(s): Avoid just using a quote from a source. Explain what you think the author means.
Lastly, prove we master the topic in math and reading. I think we can prove we know the topic
Chuck from Cast Away, on the other hand, stayed alive because of his strong value for companionship. While he was on that island, even though though Kelly, his probable fiancee, was not physically with him, she kept him going, and the prospect of seeing her again motivated him to keep breathing. He also had a physical companion, and though Wilson was not human, he became essential for Chuck’s survival. Chuck turned a volleyball inside a FedEx package into a companion that he gave a name to, talked to, and argued with. Interestingly, it was as if he made Wilson smarter than him, and while discussing his escape plan with Wilson, Chuck credited him with the idea of using the porta potty as a sail.
Chuck demonstrates love with his relationships with Wilson and Kelly. To comfort himself, chuck makes Wilson, does everything with him, protects him, and talks to him. Before Chuck leaves the island he kicks Wilson and can't find him. He has such a strong relationship with Wilson that he panics and cries. When leaving the island he makes sure Wilson is secured on the raft and swims after him when he falls off doing anything he can to try and get to wilson.
Has anyone lived a life without misfortune? Doubtable; even the person with what could be described as the ideal life deals with some form of adversity. The novel, Speak, and the short story, The Third and Final Continent, both use plot as a way to convey themes of hardship. Moreover, these texts both use symbolism in order to develop their themes as well. The Art of Resilience and Speak utilize characterization as a method of developing their respective themes. Speak, The Third and Final Continent, and The Art of Resilience each deal with the theme that all people must learn to cope with adverse situations.
II. Introduce the subtopic that you intend to focus on, explain basic info about that topic