https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv Made with good vibes en-us 2018-11-23 18:55:46 UTC 2025-10-11 16:14:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320429 Survival ]]> 2018-11-23 18:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320429 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320506 "I landed with a trampoline-like bounce on the half-unrolled tarpaulin covering a lifeboat forty feet below." (Martel, 105)

"It was a miracle I didn't hurt myself." (Martel,105)

"I lost my life jacket, except for the whistle, which stayed in my hand." (Martel, 105)]]> 2018-11-23 18:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320506 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320526 "It was its blood that tempted me, the "good, nutritious, salt-free drink"promised by the manual survival." (Martel, 200) ]]> 2018-11-23 18:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320526 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320552 "In my case, to protect myself from Richard Parker while I trained him, I made a shield a turtle shell." (Martel, 205)]]> 2018-11-23 19:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320552 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320571 When the cargo ship began to sank, Pi took a risk and had jumped 40 ft from the sinking ship, down into the lifeboat and had survived without any injuries 

]]> 2018-11-23 19:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320571 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320593 To keep himself alive, one of the things that Pi did, was resort to drinking turtle's blood. ]]> 2018-11-23 19:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320593 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320635 Pi knew that there was nothing stopping Richard Parker, a tiger, from attacking him. And in order to make sure that it didn't happen, Pi knew that he had to train the tiger so that him being attacked would be avoided. So he put the turtle shells to use and had made a shield for himself]]> 2018-11-23 19:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320635 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320807 "As the cartons of survival rations diminished, I reduced my intake till I was following instructions exactly, holding myself to only two biscuits every eight hours. (Martel, 211)]]> 2018-11-23 19:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320807 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320929 To make everything last and to maintain his survival, Pi had to reduce his intake to a certain amount day.]]> 2018-11-23 19:02:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320929 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320960 "When you're own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by such a terrible, selfish hunger for survival." (Martel,120)

One of the themes in this book is survival. And these four points demonstrate that. ]]> 2018-11-23 19:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307320960 sklwalcott1 https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307321163 The theme survival is shown through these four points. ]]> 2018-11-23 19:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sklwalcott1/qmmirh5b6rkv/wish/307321163