Fri. Ma. 21, 2014 Life of Pi Questions

Today, you were given questions to answer on Chapters One to Five of Life of Pi. I have pasted the questions and instructions below. These are due for Monday.

Life of Pi: Questions

 

INSTRUCTIONS: On a separate sheet of paper, answer each question FULLY. Keep in mind the importance of using correct grammar/punctuation/sentence structure.

 

Study Questions

Chapters 1–2

 

1.      How does the three–toed sloth survive?

2.      Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to nonhumans. Find examples of anthropomorphism.

3.      Describe some examples of imagery, figurative language from this section.

4.      In chapter 2, in italics, who is the narrator and who is the subject?

 

Chapters 3–5

 

1.      Describe how Pi comes to be named after a French swimming pool.

2.      Pondicherry Zoo, which once loomed so large in Pi’s life, is now only a place of memory. Describe a childhood experience or place which has “shrunk” in your memory.

3.      Pi does not agree with people who “think animals in the wild are ‘happy’ because they are ‘free’”. Why?

4.      Describe how and why Piscine Molitor Patel becomes Pi. Describe a similar name change in your school experience.

5.      Pi writes his name on the blackboard with every teacher during the day. He says that “repetition is important in the training not only of animals but also of humans”.  Explain.