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Life Of Pi Personal Response Essay

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1.10 Responses Response #1 1.10 Life of Pi Yann Martel Film Matthew Thorburn The film ‘Life of Pi’ is about a survival experience stranded on a boat with a Bengal tiger. In their journey together they form some sort of friendship. This would seem unlikely as tigers are known for killing humans but the two of them learn to respect each other’s territory on their boat. When I watched this film it made me think of the difficulty of being able to survive on your own. Especially when you’re in dangerous place. It made me think of this because Pi only relied on luck to survive. He wouldn’t have been able to survive otherwise. He was always was just at the verge of death when something keeps him alive. Eventually on the journey it all turns bad. They …show more content…

The book is about his life growing up and also talks about why he was imprisoned for 27 years. He was accused of being a terrorist and was sent to Robben Island prison. He was jailed for his role as leader for the ANC which was an anti-racism group. After serving his sentence in prison he is recognised all around the world for leadership as the president of South Africa. He helped to rebuild the countries society and make it a better place. Throughout his life he was leading the anti-apartheid movement which was fighting racism in their country. This has had a major effect on today’s society as we are no longer separated because of our skin colour. Even after being imprisoned Nelson Mandela still fought for his rights and because of that, he achieved his goal. This book is a good example of the fact that you can do anything if you don’t give up and keep going for your goal. Nelson Mandela is a very good example of this as he never gave up and in the end, it paid off. It made me feel like you can do anything if you don’t give

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