"I don't look at a book as a whole bunch of words. I look at it as someone's thinking, and the information the author wants me to know" High School student
This is a wonderful story teller from Nigeria who impresses upon us the idea that we need to check our preconceived notions about who people are and what they are capable in order to allow them and ourselves to understand and experience to the fullest. Purple Hibiscus is a tremendous novel of hers.
DON'T FORGET JOURNALS DUE on Tuesday and CHAPTER REVIEWS due on Monday.
This weekend you have a character sketch to write and submit to Turnitin. Then next week you are going to revise 2 papers but you must do it on Turnitin. This is new for some of us but let's keep our minds open and give it a try. The password and username is on the assignment page. Good Luck and have a great weekend!!
In order to understand and enjoy Life of Pi students need a basic understanding of the three religions that Pi chooses. These religions all offer Pi something important and help to strengthen his faith in God and survive on the life raft for 227 days!
"I know a woman here in Toronto who is very dear to my heart. Though she has lived in Toronto for over thirty years, her French-speaking mind still slips on occasion on the understanding of English sounds. And so, when she first heard of Hare Krishnas, she didn't hear right. She heard "Hairless Christians", and that is what they were to her for many years. When I corrected her, I told her that in fact she was not so wrong; that Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat-wearing Muslims" (1.16.6).
Many people had reasons for not reading the novel up to this point. It's time to get to it. Life of Pi is a great story but it will take time for you to read it.