here's the full ERP pissed off version i don't care i'm going to submit :D

ERP assignment:

Section 1

1.
Q:Look through the list and decide the literary prize you would like to focus on and explain briefly why you have chosen this particular prize.

"THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE AWARD: this promotes "the fineest in fiction by reawrding the very best book of the year, The prize is the world's most imporant literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and even publishers."

I have decided to focus on the Man Booker Prize award. I chose to focus on this topic because basically I have no idea who wants to award even more prize money when the book already changed the fortune of the author. It would do better to donate the money to charity, since these authors are already earning a lot of money by not being eco-friendly by printing on many sheets of un-recycled paper.

2.
Q:Select a title and do a short write-up on the author who has won the particular prize.

I have selected the book entitled “The Life of Pi”. Yann Martel, a Spain born Canadian author, is the author of this book. Having traveled to all the places in the book, and done extensive research on the topic of his book --- religion. Having spent a total of six months visiting various mosques, churches, and temples; and another year studying religious text, it is no wonder that this book has won a total of four awards, as is still an international best-seller after being in print for four years.


3.
Q:Do you think the judges were successful in choosing a winner in line with the aim of the prize stated above?

Both yes and no. The judges were extremely successful in selecting an amazing piece of literary art as a winner, and thus ties in with the aim of “rewarding the very best book of the year”. However, the judges have not fulfilled the criterion they have set for themselves --- to “transform the fortunes of authors […]” since Yann Martel was already relatively well off before writing the book and after writing the book would be even more so.

Section 2

Q:In what ways has the main character in the novel chosen grappled with his/her environment and problems, and changed it? Do you agree with the methods chosen by the character?

2. The book has many scene changes starting with a monologue of the author followed by a meeting with the man in a coffee-shop, followed by the main character, Piscine Molitor Patel, through his life in college and high school, his father’s zoo, his youth, and most importantly his life on a boat with a 450 pound Bengal tiger.
These extreme changes in environment, especially in political instability and in losing his family and having to survive with a tiger on a lifeboat, assists the development of the character by showing how Pi strives on and wrestles with fate to live.
A great example can be found at the start of the book where Pi, pissed off with people calling him “pissing” over “piscine” in high school, decides to make a move to change his fate and future in college where many of his high school mates are studying in. During the first day of college school, he took the initiative to make sure that the teachers and students knew he wanted a stop to the calling of “pissing” and introduced himself as “Pi” instead. This moved proved highly successful and the name has since then stuck to him like glue.
I really enjoy how Pi tackled this situation to suit him and I can relate to it pretty well since in primary school I had many a nickname, such as water tank, and laughing Buddha, since I WAS fat and funny and I drank lots of water just like I do now. However, I employed a different technique to change to situation suit my favour. I ended up treating these names like a joke and accepting them and ended up setting a trend that everyone in my primary school class having a nickname.
Another example of Pi changing an unfavourable situation to suit his liking would be how Pi decided to train Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger, after the tiger killed the hyena who killed the zebra and orang utan (who lived in the house that Jack built). He realized the danger of living alone with limited rations and a hungry tiger so he decided to befriend the beast.
Having achieved success in this situation, I would feel that this is one of the better ways of changing the surroundings to solve the problem of him being in danger. Yet if I were put in that situation I would probably not have the amazing testicular size to train a tiger.
Yet another example of how Pi magically morphs his surroundings to suit his needs would be how Pi decides to leave the island they first beached upon. Deciding not to change the island to be his home is definitely the best idea to do when you find fruit with human teeth in the place you want to call home. Seriously.





yeahhhhh :D
die. haven't done alot of stuff. looks like no more sleep today >_<

gahhhh
here's my book cover for life of pi XD


i know it's not a good job >_<


and on a totally different sidenote,

Nella Fantasia~ :D