The document summarizes Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi and how it effectively uses the archetypal hero's journey structure. It discusses how Pi's knowledge of animals aids his acceptance of the call to adventure. It also explores how Pi's diverse religious background helps him survive challenges at sea. Finally, it examines how Pi's coping mechanisms allow him to return to ordinary life after his ordeal. Overall, the document argues Life of Pi is an effective modern example of the hero's journey through its incorporation of the call to adventure, challenges, and return home.
The document provides a summary and analysis of the movie "Life of Pi" and lessons that can be applied to business and life. It discusses how Pi faced adversity after his ship sank but survived through determination, courage, faith and using his resources effectively. Some key lessons highlighted are focusing one's goals and path, planning for challenges, learning to coexist with competition, and never giving up hope even in the darkest of times. The conclusion emphasizes that the movie and Pi's story demonstrate perseverance in difficult conditions and that entrepreneurs should never give up on their dreams.
The document provides information about the film Life of Pi, including the plot summary, technical details, and suggested classroom activities to accompany the film. It describes Pi Patel's upbringing in India, the shipwreck that leaves him adrift at sea on a lifeboat with a tiger, and his efforts to survive for 227 days on the ocean. The dossier includes 8 activities focused on comprehension, vocabulary, characters, and themes in the film.
The Life of Pi was originally a novel that was adapted into a film directed by Ang Lee. Twentieth Century Fox financed and produced the film, with a budget of $120 million. Principal photography took place on location in India, Taiwan, and Canada, as well as in studios. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox in November 2012 and was a commercial success, grossing over $492 million worldwide.
The document summarizes 8 lessons that can be learned from the book and movie "Life of Pi" that are relevant for entrepreneurs. The lessons are: 1) be grateful, 2) don't give up, 3) keep moving, 4) learn to co-exist, 5) don't put all your eggs in one basket, 6) planning is important, 7) branding is the first step towards success, and 8) stay focused. The story of Pi's survival at sea after a shipwreck teaches lessons about perseverance, coping with hardship, and managing scarce resources that can apply to starting and running a business venture.
Here are 3 potential discussion questions from the document:
1. How does Pi's view of animal behavior as seeking order, control and hierarchy relate to his views on human and religious behavior?
2. What does Pi mean when he says people must believe in something, using Mr. Kumar as an example? How does this relate to the author's statement that Pi's story will make readers believe in God?
3. Pi draws many parallels between zoos and religion. What are the "illusions about freedom" that plague both according to Pi? What is the significance of this comparison?
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. It tells the story of Pi Patel, a 16-year-old boy from India who survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger. After the ship sinks, Pi finds himself on a lifeboat with the tiger and other animals. One by one, the animals are killed by each other or die of starvation until just Pi and the tiger remain. They work together to survive until reaching the coast of Mexico where Pi is rescued.
- Pi survives 227 days stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger after the ship he was traveling on sinks.
- He learns to coexist with the tiger and even develops a bond with the dangerous animal as they work together to survive their ordeal.
- The story explores themes of survival, faith, and man's relationship with nature. It highlights Pi's deep belief in God despite facing immense hardship.
This document summarizes the first section of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It introduces the characters of George and Lennie, two migrant workers during the Great Depression who travel together. George is small and quick while Lennie is large with a mental disability. They are dressed similarly in denim clothes. The section establishes their codependent relationship and hints that something could go wrong in the future based on Lennie's fixation with petting animals which has led to their deaths. It leaves the reader with a sense that trouble may be ahead for the two travelers.
The document provides a summary and analysis of the movie "Life of Pi" and lessons that can be applied to business and life. It discusses how Pi faced adversity after his ship sank but survived through determination, courage, faith and using his resources effectively. Some key lessons highlighted are focusing one's goals and path, planning for challenges, learning to coexist with competition, and never giving up hope even in the darkest of times. The conclusion emphasizes that the movie and Pi's story demonstrate perseverance in difficult conditions and that entrepreneurs should never give up on their dreams.
The document provides information about the film Life of Pi, including the plot summary, technical details, and suggested classroom activities to accompany the film. It describes Pi Patel's upbringing in India, the shipwreck that leaves him adrift at sea on a lifeboat with a tiger, and his efforts to survive for 227 days on the ocean. The dossier includes 8 activities focused on comprehension, vocabulary, characters, and themes in the film.
The Life of Pi was originally a novel that was adapted into a film directed by Ang Lee. Twentieth Century Fox financed and produced the film, with a budget of $120 million. Principal photography took place on location in India, Taiwan, and Canada, as well as in studios. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox in November 2012 and was a commercial success, grossing over $492 million worldwide.
The document summarizes 8 lessons that can be learned from the book and movie "Life of Pi" that are relevant for entrepreneurs. The lessons are: 1) be grateful, 2) don't give up, 3) keep moving, 4) learn to co-exist, 5) don't put all your eggs in one basket, 6) planning is important, 7) branding is the first step towards success, and 8) stay focused. The story of Pi's survival at sea after a shipwreck teaches lessons about perseverance, coping with hardship, and managing scarce resources that can apply to starting and running a business venture.
Here are 3 potential discussion questions from the document:
1. How does Pi's view of animal behavior as seeking order, control and hierarchy relate to his views on human and religious behavior?
2. What does Pi mean when he says people must believe in something, using Mr. Kumar as an example? How does this relate to the author's statement that Pi's story will make readers believe in God?
3. Pi draws many parallels between zoos and religion. What are the "illusions about freedom" that plague both according to Pi? What is the significance of this comparison?
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. It tells the story of Pi Patel, a 16-year-old boy from India who survives 227 days shipwrecked in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger. After the ship sinks, Pi finds himself on a lifeboat with the tiger and other animals. One by one, the animals are killed by each other or die of starvation until just Pi and the tiger remain. They work together to survive until reaching the coast of Mexico where Pi is rescued.
- Pi survives 227 days stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger after the ship he was traveling on sinks.
- He learns to coexist with the tiger and even develops a bond with the dangerous animal as they work together to survive their ordeal.
- The story explores themes of survival, faith, and man's relationship with nature. It highlights Pi's deep belief in God despite facing immense hardship.
This document summarizes the first section of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. It introduces the characters of George and Lennie, two migrant workers during the Great Depression who travel together. George is small and quick while Lennie is large with a mental disability. They are dressed similarly in denim clothes. The section establishes their codependent relationship and hints that something could go wrong in the future based on Lennie's fixation with petting animals which has led to their deaths. It leaves the reader with a sense that trouble may be ahead for the two travelers.
The document contains questions about chapters 1-4 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It asks about the source of the animals' misery according to Major, how most animals die on Manor Farm, why Orwell introduces the term "Comrade", Major's most significant warning, why Major's song becomes popular, what is signified by capitalizing "Rebellion", why the pigs take the role of organizers after Major's death, the allegorical reference in Animalism philosophy, why the animals don't want Mollie displaying her ribbons, what information justifies the Rebellion in chapter 2, why only pigs can write the Seven Commandments, the purpose of the Commandments, an example of a literary technique used at the end
A Novel Idea: an introduction to the novel, the Early American Novel, and "Th...Mensa Foundation
This document provides an introduction and overview of the novel as a form, early American novels, and the novel "The Coquette". It discusses how novels emerged as a private reading experience and were initially seen as dangerous. The first truly American novel is considered to be "The Power of Sympathy" published in 1789. "The Coquette" was a popular epistolary novel from 1797 that tells the story of a woman who has romantic relationships with two men and dies after giving birth to a stillborn baby. The document provides context around the origins and themes of early American novels.
Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. Through the story, Golding shows that without social structure, humans can revert to a savage state. Key symbols include Piggy's glasses representing civilization and the conch shell representing the boys' new democracy. The Lord of the Flies, a pig's head on a stick, comes to represent evil. Main characters include Ralph representing morality and order, Piggy representing rational thought, and Jack representing savage instincts.
Pi, a 16-year-old boy from India, must leave his home and travel to Canada. During the journey, the ship sinks and Pi finds himself stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, and tiger named Richard Parker. After many weeks of surviving at sea together, Pi and Richard Parker make landfall in Mexico, but must soon part ways. Years later, Pi recounts his harrowing story of survival at sea to the author who pens his tale.
Short story is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. Short stories have no set length.
Students will roleplay as characters from different districts of Panem. They will be divided into teams based on the 6 districts. Each student will create a character from their district by developing the character's name, job, life, family/friends, and opinion of Panem/The Capitol. They will then write a paragraph from their character's viewpoint describing their district and thoughts/feelings as they wait for the reaping to begin.
Ernest Hemingway's novella The Old Man & The Sea follows Santiago, an aging fisherman who has gone 84 days without catching a fish. He sets off on a solo fishing trip and hooks an enormous marlin, battling the great fish for two days and nights before killing it. However, sharks destroy the marlin during Santiago's voyage home, eating all but its skeleton. Though unsuccessful, Santiago's perseverance and struggle against immense hardship demonstrate his pride, determination, and fishing skills, seeking to prove himself and regain respect after his long unlucky streak. The novella explores themes of pride, suffering, human companionship, and a man's integrity and unwillingness to accept defeat.
Four types of internal and external conflict in LiteratureChristopher Healy
The document discusses four main types of conflicts that are often present in literature:
1) Person vs. Self, which involves a character wrestling with an internal decision or dilemma.
2) Person vs. Person, where the protagonist and antagonist directly oppose each other, attempting to outdo or outsmart the other.
3) Person vs. Nature, where characters struggle against external environmental forces like weather events or isolated locations.
4) Person vs. Society, where the protagonist is at odds with a particular social ideology or group.
This document provides background information on George Orwell's novel 1984, including summaries of the key concepts and elements of totalitarianism depicted in the story. It notes that 1984 is set in a dystopian future where the totalitarian state, represented by "Big Brother", exerts total control over citizens and enforces perfect conformity through surveillance, fear, lies and punishment. Key elements discussed include the all-seeing "Big Brother" figure constantly monitoring people, and the state controlling all aspects of daily life like what people do, think, eat and feel.
The document summarizes the plot of the film Avatar. It describes Pandora, the home of the Na'vi people. It introduces Jake Sully, a marine who replaces his brother in a program that allows paralyzed humans to control Avatars, Na'vi-human hybrids. Sully begins to bond with the Na'vi, falling in love with one. He must decide whether to complete his mission to destroy the Na'vi homeland or protect his new loved ones, abandoning his old life as a human.
Transcendentalism emphasized connecting with nature on a spiritual level to find deeper truths. It valued individualism and believed that society could corrupt people by focusing on materialism. Transcendentalist authors like Thoreau and Emerson sought the essential truths of life by living deliberately and being true to oneself rather than conforming to society. They found inspiration and meaning in nature and advocated nonconformity.
Here is a 100-word email to Margot using vocabulary from the lesson:
Dear Margot,
I hope you are having an immense day on Venus! The weather must be tumultuous with rain compounding for thousands of days. I can only imagine how resilient the jungle plants have become. Do you ever have a chance to savor anything on your planet, like the smell of flowers? It would stun me to sit down for dinner with the president!
We learned some new words like apparatus, which made me think of the medical equipment in the nurse's office. I bet the jungle there provides a resilient mattress. It must be solemn with clouds blocking the sun for so long. Please write back and tell
The document provides an overview and analysis of John Steinbeck's short story "The Pearl". It summarizes the plot, including that Kino discovers a large pearl that he hopes will improve his family's life but instead brings them danger and misfortune. The document also analyzes major themes like the corrupting influence of wealth, the struggle between social classes in Mexico, and the importance of family. It provides context about Steinbeck and the story's symbolic and allegorical nature.
The document provides an overview of the fantasy genre of fiction. It defines fantasy as using magic and supernatural elements in the plot, setting, or themes. It distinguishes fantasy from sci-fi by fantasy's lack of scientific themes. The document outlines common elements of fantasy like other worlds, creatures, and magic. It also describes common character archetypes and plots in fantasy. Finally, it discusses several sub-genres of fantasy like high fantasy, sword and sorcery, fairy tales/mythology, and tips for writing an effective fantasy story.
Exploring the context of Hoes by Louis Sachar. Lessons ask the students to consider:
The author and the use of flashbacks to tell the story.
Racism and civil rights.
Juvenile Justice and
The importance of setting/place
1) The opening of a story is important to set the tone and hook the reader to keep reading.
2) Successful openings introduce characters, setting, or pose a question to invite the reader to learn more.
3) Examples from popular books demonstrate different types of effective openings, such as describing characters, settings, including dialogue or action, or asking a question.
Cormac McCarthy is an acclaimed American novelist known for his sparse prose style and bleak themes. Some of his most famous works include Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men. Despite his success, McCarthy has remained a very private person who grants few interviews. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and continues to write while also interacting with scientists at the Santa Fe Institute.
The hero's journey follows a common pattern of a hero leaving their ordinary world and embarking on an adventure, facing challenges along the way, and returning home transformed. Some key elements include the hero receiving a call to adventure that disrupts their ordinary life, crossing a threshold into a special world where they face obstacles, overcoming temptations and challenges with help from guides and special items, achieving their goal, and returning home having learned lessons about themselves. This pattern reflects common stages of human growth and is seen in myths, stories, and modern movies.
The narrator will die the next day and wants to confess a story. He loves animals, as does his wife, who has a cat named Pluto. The narrator starts drinking and abusing Pluto. He eventually kills Pluto by hanging him from a tree and cutting out his eye. Their house later burns down, impoverishing them. A cat appears that looks like Pluto but with a white mark on its chest resembling a gallows. The narrator tries to kill this cat but his wife intervenes. He hides the cat's body in the cellar wall but the murder is discovered thanks to the cat.
This document outlines a unit plan for teaching short stories to high school English students. It begins by posing questions about the relevance and value of short stories. The goals of the unit are for students to analyze short stories and their literary elements, develop a sense of community, and write their own short stories. Several short stories are listed to be used, including "The Necklace" and "The Things They Carried." Assessments include a short story fair where students present on stories not covered in class, and an open mic for students to share their original short stories. Stages of the unit design include setting goals, choosing assessments, and providing a writing activity to focus on specific elements of fiction.
Pi's identity transforms greatly over the course of the novel from a young boy to an adult. As a child, Pi was picked on for his name and found solace in religion. He grew up with a love of animals due to his family's zoo. Pi later takes control by choosing to go by his nickname to avoid bullying. His identity is truly changed after being shipwrecked, where he must use survival skills to endure harsh conditions with a tiger. As an adult, Pi is deeply impacted by his experiences and strives to save every resource, but ultimately learns to cope and moves forward with his life through education.
How is the concept of belief explored in 'Life of Pi'?mmcdonald2
Belief is explored as allowing one to find purpose and meaning in life beyond mere facts. Pi's belief systems, whether religious or based in imagination, provide him with a "better story" that helps him survive and find purpose during his ordeal. Adhering only to facts limits one's understanding, while belief through religion, faith or imagination opens one up to see in a more profound way and keep living despite hardship.
The document contains questions about chapters 1-4 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It asks about the source of the animals' misery according to Major, how most animals die on Manor Farm, why Orwell introduces the term "Comrade", Major's most significant warning, why Major's song becomes popular, what is signified by capitalizing "Rebellion", why the pigs take the role of organizers after Major's death, the allegorical reference in Animalism philosophy, why the animals don't want Mollie displaying her ribbons, what information justifies the Rebellion in chapter 2, why only pigs can write the Seven Commandments, the purpose of the Commandments, an example of a literary technique used at the end
A Novel Idea: an introduction to the novel, the Early American Novel, and "Th...Mensa Foundation
This document provides an introduction and overview of the novel as a form, early American novels, and the novel "The Coquette". It discusses how novels emerged as a private reading experience and were initially seen as dangerous. The first truly American novel is considered to be "The Power of Sympathy" published in 1789. "The Coquette" was a popular epistolary novel from 1797 that tells the story of a woman who has romantic relationships with two men and dies after giving birth to a stillborn baby. The document provides context around the origins and themes of early American novels.
Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys stranded on an island after their plane is shot down. Through the story, Golding shows that without social structure, humans can revert to a savage state. Key symbols include Piggy's glasses representing civilization and the conch shell representing the boys' new democracy. The Lord of the Flies, a pig's head on a stick, comes to represent evil. Main characters include Ralph representing morality and order, Piggy representing rational thought, and Jack representing savage instincts.
Pi, a 16-year-old boy from India, must leave his home and travel to Canada. During the journey, the ship sinks and Pi finds himself stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, and tiger named Richard Parker. After many weeks of surviving at sea together, Pi and Richard Parker make landfall in Mexico, but must soon part ways. Years later, Pi recounts his harrowing story of survival at sea to the author who pens his tale.
Short story is a piece of prose fiction that can be read in one sitting. Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century, the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. Short stories have no set length.
Students will roleplay as characters from different districts of Panem. They will be divided into teams based on the 6 districts. Each student will create a character from their district by developing the character's name, job, life, family/friends, and opinion of Panem/The Capitol. They will then write a paragraph from their character's viewpoint describing their district and thoughts/feelings as they wait for the reaping to begin.
Ernest Hemingway's novella The Old Man & The Sea follows Santiago, an aging fisherman who has gone 84 days without catching a fish. He sets off on a solo fishing trip and hooks an enormous marlin, battling the great fish for two days and nights before killing it. However, sharks destroy the marlin during Santiago's voyage home, eating all but its skeleton. Though unsuccessful, Santiago's perseverance and struggle against immense hardship demonstrate his pride, determination, and fishing skills, seeking to prove himself and regain respect after his long unlucky streak. The novella explores themes of pride, suffering, human companionship, and a man's integrity and unwillingness to accept defeat.
Four types of internal and external conflict in LiteratureChristopher Healy
The document discusses four main types of conflicts that are often present in literature:
1) Person vs. Self, which involves a character wrestling with an internal decision or dilemma.
2) Person vs. Person, where the protagonist and antagonist directly oppose each other, attempting to outdo or outsmart the other.
3) Person vs. Nature, where characters struggle against external environmental forces like weather events or isolated locations.
4) Person vs. Society, where the protagonist is at odds with a particular social ideology or group.
This document provides background information on George Orwell's novel 1984, including summaries of the key concepts and elements of totalitarianism depicted in the story. It notes that 1984 is set in a dystopian future where the totalitarian state, represented by "Big Brother", exerts total control over citizens and enforces perfect conformity through surveillance, fear, lies and punishment. Key elements discussed include the all-seeing "Big Brother" figure constantly monitoring people, and the state controlling all aspects of daily life like what people do, think, eat and feel.
The document summarizes the plot of the film Avatar. It describes Pandora, the home of the Na'vi people. It introduces Jake Sully, a marine who replaces his brother in a program that allows paralyzed humans to control Avatars, Na'vi-human hybrids. Sully begins to bond with the Na'vi, falling in love with one. He must decide whether to complete his mission to destroy the Na'vi homeland or protect his new loved ones, abandoning his old life as a human.
Transcendentalism emphasized connecting with nature on a spiritual level to find deeper truths. It valued individualism and believed that society could corrupt people by focusing on materialism. Transcendentalist authors like Thoreau and Emerson sought the essential truths of life by living deliberately and being true to oneself rather than conforming to society. They found inspiration and meaning in nature and advocated nonconformity.
Here is a 100-word email to Margot using vocabulary from the lesson:
Dear Margot,
I hope you are having an immense day on Venus! The weather must be tumultuous with rain compounding for thousands of days. I can only imagine how resilient the jungle plants have become. Do you ever have a chance to savor anything on your planet, like the smell of flowers? It would stun me to sit down for dinner with the president!
We learned some new words like apparatus, which made me think of the medical equipment in the nurse's office. I bet the jungle there provides a resilient mattress. It must be solemn with clouds blocking the sun for so long. Please write back and tell
The document provides an overview and analysis of John Steinbeck's short story "The Pearl". It summarizes the plot, including that Kino discovers a large pearl that he hopes will improve his family's life but instead brings them danger and misfortune. The document also analyzes major themes like the corrupting influence of wealth, the struggle between social classes in Mexico, and the importance of family. It provides context about Steinbeck and the story's symbolic and allegorical nature.
The document provides an overview of the fantasy genre of fiction. It defines fantasy as using magic and supernatural elements in the plot, setting, or themes. It distinguishes fantasy from sci-fi by fantasy's lack of scientific themes. The document outlines common elements of fantasy like other worlds, creatures, and magic. It also describes common character archetypes and plots in fantasy. Finally, it discusses several sub-genres of fantasy like high fantasy, sword and sorcery, fairy tales/mythology, and tips for writing an effective fantasy story.
Exploring the context of Hoes by Louis Sachar. Lessons ask the students to consider:
The author and the use of flashbacks to tell the story.
Racism and civil rights.
Juvenile Justice and
The importance of setting/place
1) The opening of a story is important to set the tone and hook the reader to keep reading.
2) Successful openings introduce characters, setting, or pose a question to invite the reader to learn more.
3) Examples from popular books demonstrate different types of effective openings, such as describing characters, settings, including dialogue or action, or asking a question.
Cormac McCarthy is an acclaimed American novelist known for his sparse prose style and bleak themes. Some of his most famous works include Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men. Despite his success, McCarthy has remained a very private person who grants few interviews. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and continues to write while also interacting with scientists at the Santa Fe Institute.
The hero's journey follows a common pattern of a hero leaving their ordinary world and embarking on an adventure, facing challenges along the way, and returning home transformed. Some key elements include the hero receiving a call to adventure that disrupts their ordinary life, crossing a threshold into a special world where they face obstacles, overcoming temptations and challenges with help from guides and special items, achieving their goal, and returning home having learned lessons about themselves. This pattern reflects common stages of human growth and is seen in myths, stories, and modern movies.
The narrator will die the next day and wants to confess a story. He loves animals, as does his wife, who has a cat named Pluto. The narrator starts drinking and abusing Pluto. He eventually kills Pluto by hanging him from a tree and cutting out his eye. Their house later burns down, impoverishing them. A cat appears that looks like Pluto but with a white mark on its chest resembling a gallows. The narrator tries to kill this cat but his wife intervenes. He hides the cat's body in the cellar wall but the murder is discovered thanks to the cat.
This document outlines a unit plan for teaching short stories to high school English students. It begins by posing questions about the relevance and value of short stories. The goals of the unit are for students to analyze short stories and their literary elements, develop a sense of community, and write their own short stories. Several short stories are listed to be used, including "The Necklace" and "The Things They Carried." Assessments include a short story fair where students present on stories not covered in class, and an open mic for students to share their original short stories. Stages of the unit design include setting goals, choosing assessments, and providing a writing activity to focus on specific elements of fiction.
Pi's identity transforms greatly over the course of the novel from a young boy to an adult. As a child, Pi was picked on for his name and found solace in religion. He grew up with a love of animals due to his family's zoo. Pi later takes control by choosing to go by his nickname to avoid bullying. His identity is truly changed after being shipwrecked, where he must use survival skills to endure harsh conditions with a tiger. As an adult, Pi is deeply impacted by his experiences and strives to save every resource, but ultimately learns to cope and moves forward with his life through education.
How is the concept of belief explored in 'Life of Pi'?mmcdonald2
Belief is explored as allowing one to find purpose and meaning in life beyond mere facts. Pi's belief systems, whether religious or based in imagination, provide him with a "better story" that helps him survive and find purpose during his ordeal. Adhering only to facts limits one's understanding, while belief through religion, faith or imagination opens one up to see in a more profound way and keep living despite hardship.
The document summarizes important elements of the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It discusses motifs of belief vs. factuality and reality being a form of story. It also outlines the symbolism of the animals on the lifeboat representing aspects of human nature. The document analyzes the literary form, tone that shifts from naive to pessimistic to reaffirming life, and perspective of the frame narrative structure.
The document provides a daily summary of business news highlights from Monday to Friday. On Monday, traders called for clarity on GST policy and Mindtree was recognized as Asia's most admired knowledge enterprise. The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear the Reliance gas dispute case. On Tuesday, Apollo Pharmacy was licensed to sell H1N1 flu medicine and the finance ministry expected the RBI to maintain an accommodative monetary policy. The Sensex closed lower on both Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, inflation was expected to surpass 6% with food prices as the biggest challenge. The Sensex closed lower again. On Thursday, the rupee appreciated against the dollar and HCL Tech received an award while the Sensex closed lower
This document discusses the illustrations of Tomislav Torjanac for the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It provides several links to websites that showcase Torjanac's illustrations for the book and analyze his artistic style and how it enhanced the story. The illustrations brought the characters and settings of the book to life in a vivid visual way that complemented the text.
This document discusses the finalists of a global art contest inspired by the novel Life of Pi. The finalists included Andrea Offermann, Tomislav Torjanac who illustrated the novel, and Joanna Barnum. It also asks if the reader agrees that Life of Pi is among the best novels.
The document summarizes a group project about the Pixar film Wall-E. It outlines the contributions of each group member: Katie Maloney will provide an overview, Rachel Cohen an introduction, Kylie Postell discussion questions, and Farhood Nahavandi PowerPoint slides. The film depicts a dystopian future where pollution and industrialization have rendered Earth uninhabitable, and humanity lives in space while becoming sedentary and dependent on technology.
This document provides background information on the film Forrest Gump and its director Robert Zemeckis. It then summarizes key historical events depicted in the film, including Elvis Presley, the Vietnam War, civil rights events involving George Wallace and Lyndon B. Johnson, the Watergate scandal, and Forrest Gump's interactions with presidents and involvement in Ping Pong diplomacy and running across the country. The summary analyzes how these events are portrayed and their significance to the film's plot and themes.
Wall-E is a 2008 Pixar animated film directed by Andrew Stanton about a robot named Wall-E who is the last of his kind living alone on a trash-covered Earth centuries after humans have abandoned the planet. The film follows Wall-E's encounter with another robot named Eve who is searching for signs of plant life. Wall-E shows Eve a living plant he has been collecting, which Eve takes aboard the space cruise ship Axiom where humans have lived for generations. The plant helps convince the humans to return to Earth and restore the polluted planet to habitability.
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1) The document discusses big data and its key characteristics known as the 5 Vs - volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value. It defines each of these characteristics.
2) The second part of the document summarizes a presentation on business intelligence warehouses and OLAP (online analytical processing). It describes the process of extracting and structuring data from a data warehouse for analysis.
3) The third part of the document provides notes on changing roles of HR, including talent retention, process improvement, leadership development, and trends like managing a global workforce.
Reliance Infratel and GTL infrastructure have put on hold plans to merge their tower operations in a $11 billion deal, affecting Reliance Communication's ability to reduce debt and price its 3G services. ArcelorMittal and Indiabulls are in talks to form a joint venture to mine iron ore in Rajasthan and set up a steel plant in North India. Britannia will invest Rs. 100 crore to set up new plants in Bihar and Odisha to increase production and compete against Parle in the growing Indian biscuit market. Indian Railways has approached NPCIL about setting up two 500 mw nuclear power plants on railway land to generate captive power.
ReadySetPresent (Customer Service PowerPoint Presentation Content): 100+ PowerPoint presentation content slides. Knowing what your customer wants and needs is the number one factor to excellent customer service. Only by improving one’s customer service can your business develop. Customer Service PowerPoint Presentation Content slides include topics such as: understanding the basics of effective customer service, knowing customer wants and expectations, the 4 steps to super service, 10+ slides on what to say and addressing excuses, 10+ slides on implementing a program and examining behaviors, 7 practical steps to customer service, 30 slides on performance standards and quality, looking to the future, Q& A’s, 5 slides on increasing customer satisfaction, the top ten customer complaints, the five most common customer requests, 4 steps to super service, how to's and more!
Decentralized Justice in Gaming and EsportsFederico Ast
Discover how Kleros is transforming the landscape of dispute resolution in the gaming and eSports industry through the power of decentralized justice.
This presentation, delivered by Federico Ast, CEO of Kleros, explores the innovative application of blockchain technology, crowdsourcing, and incentivized mechanisms to create fair and efficient arbitration processes.
Key Highlights:
- Introduction to Decentralized Justice: Learn about the foundational principles of Kleros and how it combines blockchain with crowdsourcing to develop a novel justice system.
- Challenges in Traditional Arbitration: Understand the limitations of conventional arbitration methods, such as high costs and long resolution times, particularly for small claims in the gaming sector.
- How Kleros Works: A step-by-step guide on the functioning of Kleros, from the initiation of a smart contract to the final decision by a jury of peers.
- Case Studies in eSports: Explore real-world scenarios where Kleros has been applied to resolve disputes in eSports, including issues like cheating, governance, player behavior, and contractual disagreements.
- Practical Implementation: Detailed walkthroughs of how disputes are handled in eSports tournaments, emphasizing speed, cost-efficiency, and fairness.
- Enhanced Transparency: The role of blockchain in providing an immutable and transparent record of proceedings, ensuring trust in the resolution process.
- Future Prospects: The potential expansion of decentralized justice mechanisms across various sectors within the gaming industry.
For more information, visit kleros.io or follow Federico Ast and Kleros on social media:
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Network Security and Cyber Laws (Complete Notes) for B.Tech/BCA/BSc. ITSarthak Sobti
Network Security and Cyber Laws
Detailed Course Content
Unit 1: Introduction to Network Security
- Introduction to Network Security
- Goals of Network Security
- ISO Security Architecture
- Attacks and Categories of Attacks
- Network Security Services & Mechanisms
- Authentication Applications: Kerberos, X.509 Directory Authentication Service
Unit 2: Application Layer Security
- Security Threats and Countermeasures
- SET Protocol
- Electronic Mail Security
- Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
- S/MIME
- Transport Layer Security: Secure Socket Layer & Transport Layer Security
- Wireless Transport Layer Security
Unit 3: IP Security and System Security
- Authentication Header
- Encapsulating Security Payloads
- System Security: Intruders, Intrusion Detection System, Viruses
- Firewall Design Principles
- Trusted Systems
- OS Security
- Program Security
Unit 4: Introduction to Cyber Law
- Cyber Crime, Cyber Criminals, Cyber Law
- Object and Scope of the IT Act: Genesis, Object, Scope of the Act
- E-Governance and IT Act 2000
- Legal Recognition of Electronic Records
- Legal Recognition of Digital Signatures
- Use of Electronic Records and Digital Signatures in Government and its Agencies
- IT Act in Detail
- Basics of Network Security: IP Addresses, Port Numbers, and Sockets
- Hiding and Tracing IP Addresses
- Scanning: Traceroute, Ping Sweeping, Port Scanning, ICMP Scanning
- Fingerprinting: Active and Passive Email
Unit 5: Advanced Attacks
- Different Kinds of Buffer Overflow Attacks: Stack Overflows, String Overflows, Heap and Integer Overflows
- Internal Attacks: Emails, Mobile Phones, Instant Messengers, FTP Uploads, Dumpster Diving, Shoulder Surfing
- DOS Attacks: Ping of Death, Teardrop, SYN Flooding, Land Attacks, Smurf Attacks, UDP Flooding
- Hybrid DOS Attacks
- Application-Specific Distributed DOS Attacks
Network Security and Cyber Laws (Complete Notes) for B.Tech/BCA/BSc. IT
Life of pi seminar.marissa ardiel
1. of
There are instances in life in which one can be trapped by certain
situations that seem absolutely impossible to escape. But what if this
isn’t true? What if there is always a choice hiding just beneath the
surface of some sort of personal transformation?
2. Lead:
• The quest pattern is a fundamental
template for all stories.
• The basic concept of the quest
pattern is centered on one
individual’s journey to
enlightenment, in which they
discover certain things about
themselves that were hidden or
silenced before partaking in the
journey.
• The novel Life of Pi follows the
journey of Pi Patel, who, after being
in a shipwreck when moving from
India to Canada, spends two hundred
and twenty seven days sharing a
lifeboat with an adult Bengal tiger.
3. Thesis: Yann Martel's Life of Pi is an effective modern
interpretation of the archetypal quest pattern, the Hero’s
Journey, through its use of the Call to Adventure, the
Challenge and Adventure, and Returning to the Ordinary
World.
7. “Animals are territorial. That is the key to their minds. Only a familiar territory will
allow them to fulfill the two relentless imperatives of the wild: the avoidance of
enemies and getting of food and water. A biologically sound zoo enclosure-whether
cage, pit, moated island, corral, terrarium, aviary or aquarium- is just
another territory, peculiar only in its size and in its proximity to human territory”
(Martel 19).
8.
9. The lesson Pi’s father teaches his sons about the
danger of animals when he feeds Mahisha the tiger, a
goat, in front of them at the Pondicherry Zoo.
10. “I don’t know if I saw blood before turning into Mother’s arms or if I
daubed it on later, in my memory, with a big brush. But I heard. It was
enough to scare the living vegetarian daylights out of me”(Martel 39).
11.
12. Overall, Pi’s previous knowledge and
understanding of animals, acquired by his
attentiveness to zoo habitats and the lesson his
father taught him, proves Yann Martel’s Life of Pi
to be an effective modern interpretation of the
archetypal quest pattern, the Hero’s Journey,
through its natural transition into Pi’s
acceptance for his Call to Adventure.
2. The Call to Adventure
14. • Topic sentence: Secondly, Pi’s diverse religious
background helps him to thrive while in the
Challenge and Adventure stage of the Hero’s
Journey.
15. Pi and his mother speak of why Pi should not
believe in more than one religion.
In his response to his mother, Pi says, “If there’s
only one nation in the sky, shouldn’t all
passports be valid for it?”
16. Pi’s willingness to accept different approaches to
religion helps him to accept different methods of
survival. By participating in three different religions,
Pi understands that he does not have to survive by
only using one method. For example, he uses his
survivor’s handbook, Richard Parker, and various
sorts of food in order to survive.
17. Pi claims to have met Jesus Christ on a family vacation
to Munnar.
Pi says of Jesus, “This Son, on the other hand, who goes hungry, who
suffers from thirst, who gets tired, who is sad, who is anxious, who is
heckled and harassed, who has to put up with followers who don't get it
and opponents who don't respect Him – what kind of god is that? It's a
god on too human a scale, that's what.”
18. • “This SON is a GOD
who DIED in three hours,
“What KIND of GOD isTHAT?”
with moans,
GASPS,
And laments.
WHAT is there
to INSPIRE this SON?”
19. Without being introduced to Jesus Christ through
learning of his suffering, Pi may not have been so
ready to push through his own suffering. In having
to accept that Jesus was a human, as vulnerable as
any other human, Pi was forced to understand
more about his own fragility within the confines of
humanity.
20. • In terms of the Challenge and Adventure stage of
the quest pattern, understanding that suffering is
a large part of humanity helped Pi make certain
decisions such as kill and eat live animals. After
reading the novel in its entirety and then
reflecting on the above quotation, is it not
possible that Pi Patel’s suffering could be directly
related to the suffering of Jesus Christ?
6. Challenge and Adventure
21.
22. • When analyzing the Call and Adventure stage of
the quest pattern, in which Pi discovers he is not
who he thought himself to be, readers discover
that his diverse religious background helps him to
push himself to do the things he needs to survive.
• This plays a major role in Yann Martel's Life of Pi
being an effective modern interpretation of the
archetypal quest pattern, the Hero’s Journey.
24. Topic sentence: Lastly, Pi’s coping mechanisms
throughout the novel are the driving factors behind him
crossing the third threshold and returning to the
Ordinary World.
25. Pi realizes that he and Richard Parker need to
coexist in order to survive.
26. • “…a part of me was
glad about Richard
Parker. A part of
me did not want
Richard Parker to
die at all, because if
he died I would be
left alone with
despair, a foe even
more formidable
than a tiger. If I still
had the will to live,
it was thanks to
Richard Parker.”
27. By using Richard Parker as a means of survival, Pi does not place as much emphasis on
his own suffering.
If Pi had not had Richard Parker to tend to, he may not have found the strength to
survive, resulting in his death and also in him never being able to cross that final
threshold and return to the Ordinary World.
Pi would have never discovered the parts of himself that were capable of taking
drastic measures to survive.
With Richard Parker’s help, Pi learns things about himself he never knew he had.
28. Pi’s use of the two different stories at the end of
the novel.
29. Pi says to Mr. Chiba and Mr.
Okamoto, “In both stories
the ship sinks, my entire
family dies, and I suffer […]
So tell me, since it makes
no factual difference to you
and you cant prove the
question either way, which
story do you prefer? Which
is the better story, the story
with the animals or the
story without the
animals?”
30. Pi uses the two stories
about the animals and the
people as a coping
mechanism in order to deal
with his own guilt. He never
says which one is true, but
readers get the sense that if
he did not present two
variations of his experience,
there is a distinct possibility
that Pi may not have been
able to keep his sanity
intact when he crossed the
final threshold after being
rescued into the Ordinary
World.
31. Coping mechanisms seem to make up a large portion of
Life of Pi, and the role they play in helping Pi’s transition
into the Ordinary World run more smoothly, shows
readers that the novel is an effective modern
interpretation of the archetypal quest pattern, the Hero’s
Journey, through the stage Returning to the Ordinary
World.
32. Yann Martel's Life of Pi uses the Call to Adventure, the
Challenge and Adventure, and Returning to the
Ordinary World stages of the Hero’s Journey in order
to demonstrate that the novel is an effective modern
interpretation of the archetypal quest pattern.
33. To enhance the efficiency of this process, it is noteworthy to
mention:
• Pi’s knowledge of and previous experience with animals
• His assorted religious background
• The stories he tells in order to cope with the events of his
journey
It is ultimately the aforementioned characteristics that lead Pi
to fall so effortlessly into the various stages of the Hero’s
Journey.
34. Life of Pi, though full of heartbreak, is a novel
riddled with wonder, mystery, self discovery, and
most of all, an everlasting sort of faith. It is a novel
that can and will leave its imprint on the youth of
our generation, who, as Pi suggests, may refuse to
be told which story to believe and opt instead, to
choose which story they want to believe with the
help of Yann Martel’s influential and meticulous
story telling.