Week 15

• 動物園的興起-->因海權時代來臨 --> wonder

       deform creature
        

• Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama film, which directed by Ang Lee.

       

• The origin of Pi's nickname shows how he tried to convince others that his name was possible.

         

• Noah's Ark is a symbol of hope.

       

• The lifeboat reminds audience of the first zoo- Noah's Ark.

       

• Father told Pi how to manage relationship with animals.

Pi learned about the danger of predatory animals from his father. 

        
         Pi tended to tame Richard Parker.

         

•  The  irony  in Life of Pi was when Pi realized that Richard   

        Parker kept him calm.

• How did Richard Parker get his name?

       

            

• the floating island

       

      

        

• Pi was so tired that he don't want to go home.

       Odysseus was too hopeless to go home.

 

• The tiger (Richard Parker) walked into the jungle without looking back at Pi. --> Pi cried.

      

       Why Pi cry at last?

• Why Read Moby-Dick by Nathaniel Philbrick 

        

       
             
        
                       Moby Dick 

• obs- a prefix means something negative

           obscure, obscene, obesity

• Jude of obscure is a novel by Thomas hardy.

• Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a novel by Thomas Hardy.

• Masterpiece, magnum opus (great work) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work. 

       

• The Scarlet Letter is a work of fiction in a historical setting, written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.