Pi Patel, the main character from Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, was forced to suffer the challenge of survival which was caused by the sinking of the boat "Tsimtsum". ... At an early age, Pi's father, who owned a zoo in India, taught Pi many lessons about the nature of animals and human's interactions with them which became central to his survival. ... Richard Parker was the image of God that saved his life. The center of the novel was Pi's religious faith and his will to live at sea. ... He existed with Richard Parker until the very end because the Islamic fait...

• Word Count: 1422
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

The golden carp offers religious tradition, but has valid moral lessons with reasoning. It has magical, religious order which is not connected with Catholicism. ... Antonio wants to see the carp with Cico(83). ... Ultima's owl represents Ultima's life source. ... At the end of the novel, Tenorio kills Ultima's owl and this literally destroys Ultima's life force and she dies very quickly after her owl is killed. ...

• Word Count: 603
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The evolution of Yiddish literature, as seen in the book No Star Too Beautiful, is much like the evolution of life itself. ... As we move on towards the enlightenment period, the lessons are less obvious, but no less important. ... His father responds that they have "neither the power nor the life to do that." ... Other stories from The Mayse Book teach the same lessons through the use of "common people." ... The stories grow in length and appear to be more like modern novels. ...

• Word Count: 1435
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Although this may seem like a simplistic story of a boy growing up, this novel raises some fairly radical ideas, and major inter-conflicts. ... Love life, and if despair enters your heart, look for me in the evenings when the wind is gentle and the owls sing in the hills. I shall be with you-." ... Her statement also give Antonio a framework with which to understand her death by offering a sequence of physical objects that he can see as symbols of her life and through which he can continue to feel his presence. Antonio will be without Ultima and will have to make his own choices without he...

• Word Count: 763
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the gothic novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorn carefully interlaces the theme of good and evil throughout the complex characters of Chillingworth, Hester, and Pearl. ... As the novel progresses, Roger Chillingworth is slowly consumed by evil through his pursuit of revenge on Arthur Dimmesdale. ... In addition, even Dimmesdale, whose eternal bond with her grows strong through the life of their child, still denies her; nevertheless, Hester's loving wings serve as a place for Dimmesdale to find hope and encouragement. ... Each of the characters offer classic lessons on good a...

• Word Count: 1073
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and examine its connection with meaning in life. ... Many events in the nov...

• Word Count: 8991
• Approx Pages: 36
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is filled with many extraordinary creatures such as witches, vampires, demons, and even ghosts. ... The Olympians possessed great power and wielded it with such a tremendous intensity. ... Their eagerly anticipated journey turns into their worst nightmare come to life. ... Needless to say, Poseidon was none too pleased and decided to teach the mortal hero a hard learned lesson. ... They wear me down, pleading with me whenever you're away' (Homer 245). ...

• Word Count: 2649
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School