Life of Pi Essay

You can read my Life of Pi Summative Essay here:
http://alexjessays.blogspot.com/2010/03/life-of-pi-essay.html

Exploring Religions

Author's Note: this is a response to the novel Life of Pi

In the novel Life of Pi, Pi Patel becomes involved in several religions. Each religion and its beliefs are fascinating to him. His fascination lead to Pi becoming a regular Christian, Muslim, and Hindu. "At the rate you're going, if you go to the temple on Thursday; mosque on Friday, synagogue on Satuday, and church on Sunday, you only need to convert to three more religions to be on holiday for the rest of your life." (70) Pi hides the fact that he has been practicing all of these religions from his parents, but they learn the truth when they run into the three wise men. "Piscine's piety is admirable. In these troubled times it's good to see a boy so keen on God. We all agree on that. But he can't be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim. It's impossible. He must choose." (69) The young boy is upset that he has to chose between the religions, all of which he has come to love. People should be able to practice any religion they wish, and have many beliefs if they chose. If we can have the freedom of religion in America, why can't Pi?

Fahrenheit 451 Project

My project is supposed to be a newspaper article, but when I uploaded it the header messed everything up so I had to go back and take it out. But at the top it's supposed to say "The Washington Press" and under that the title of the article should be "Technology's Effect On Our Community"

Suppose the local community organization realized that people have stopped showing up for community events and more and more people have been staying at home with their TV's and computers. No one is going to concerts, art shows, and they have come to you (a newspaper reporter), asking you to make an appeal to the people that to be a community we need to get more out there and not just be at home 24/7.

Fahrenheit 451 Project

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, everyone is obsessed with their TVs, as well as in my article. Guy Montag lives in a world where so many people around him are constantly with their wall-sized televisions, interacting with them as if they were real. He breaks free from that group of people, not afraid to be different from everyone else.

Fahrenheit 451

Author's Note: this is a response to the novel Fahrenheit 451

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag lives in a world that is completely flipped upside down from the world we live in. Montag's boss seems to believe that burning everything bad, anything that may get an idea in their head, can solve all problems. "Ten minutes after death a man's a speck of black dust. Let's not quibble over individuals with memoriums. Forget them. Burn all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean." (60) Their government wants no one to have their own thoughts, and everyone under their control. They believe if one person gets an idea in their head, many more could as well, and their whole government would come crashing down.

While in Guy's world free thought is a horrible thing, it is something that is encouraged in ours. We have the freedom of speech, and the freedom of press. For us, anyone is allowed to say or write what they believe. Books are treasured by many, and millions are published each day. In the ironic world in Fahrenheit 451, books are banned unless distributed by the government. People found with books are punished, and many have their homes burned down along as well. As the novel progresses, Montag begins to become like the people he punishes for a living, and he starts to wonder if what his government does is right or not.

Autumn

Autumn

is here

Leaves

of all colors

Red, yellow, orange

Fall

to the ground

The branches

are bare

Preparing

for winter

Spring arrives

Bringing back

The leaves

Once again

The cycle

Of life

Continues

Great Expectations Essay

This is the link to my Great Expectations Essay. Please read it and comment if you have any suggestions!
http://alexjessays.blogspot.com/2009/12/great-expectations-essay_20.html

Great Expectations Quote Response

“..Think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” (p.70) On Pip’s first trip to the Satis House, he has an unforgettable experience. There he meets the beautiful, but cruel, Estella, Pip is ordered by Miss Havisham to play with Estella who only criticizes him. The theme of the novel, love, is shown when Pip becomes infatuated with Estella. As he gets older and matures, his infatuation for her transforms into a real love and real feelings, that unfortunately for Pip, that are not returned by Estella. The quote symbolizes how on the day he first encountered Miss Havisham and Estella, he began to change into the man he would later become in the novel. A man who started out as a poor orphan, but somehow made his way up in society to a gentleman; living off of his fortune, never having to work and goes around doing whatever he pleases.