Author, Life of Pi

Context
and
Purposes
of Text

Lord of the Flies

A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance

Setting Life of Pi

Lord of the Flies

A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance

Major Life of Pi
Characters

Why are
they
important? Lord of the Flies

What do
they
show/do?
A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance

Themes Life of Pi

Lord of the Flies

A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance

Major Life of Pi
symbols
and
motifs

Lord of the Flies

 A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance

Tone Life of Pi

Lord of the Flies

A Long Way Gone

Harlem Renaissance
First annotate and comment on style and then connect to major themes within the novel, write an analysis for
each using the Point/Evidence/Explanation/Discussion structure:

Text: That morning we thanked the men who had helped bury Saidu. "You will always know where
he is laid," one of the men said. I nodded in agreement, but I know that the chances of
coming back to the village were slim, as we had no control over our future. We know only
how to survive.
Point (theme)

Evidence
(embed quote)

Explanation
(analysis of quote)

Discussion
(contribution to
the theme)
Text:
Life on a lifeboat isnt much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces.
The elements couldnt be more simple, nor the stakes higher. The lower you are, the higher
your mind will want to soar.

Text:
The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the
sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the
beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing
of teeth and claws.

D
text: Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart, and the fall through the air of the
true, wise friend called Piggy.

text:
I know zoos are no longer in peoples good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions
about freedom plague them both.

text:

...hair much too long, tangled here and there, knotted round a dead leaf or twig; clothes, worn
away, stiff like his own with sweat, put on, not for decorum or comfort but out of custom; the skin
of the body scurfy with brine.
 text:

When I was a child, my grandmother told me that the sky speaks to those who look and listen to it. She
said, "In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering,
joy, and confusion." That night I wanted the sky to talk to me.

text:

Jack was the first to make himself heard. He had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but
nobody minded.

Any other quotations worth remembering? Write them down here? Write down anything else which you feel is
important to remember ahead of your end-of-year test on Monday.