Immigration Patterns
Published on Dec 14, 2015
Life of Pi Inquiry Presentation Immigration Patterns Presenting Tuesday Jan 19th.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
We move to prosper
To escape trajedies
“People move in the hope of a better life” (86)
Parents think “that they might do all right but not their children” (86)
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Canadian Governments Acceptance of Immigratns
Pi's hardships is 1/2 000 000 Syrian children
“forced to grow up too fast [...] in desperate circumstances”
“You must take life the way it comes at you and make the best of it” (101)
Syrian Refugeed drink only 10% of the water Americans drink
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“[Pi's] cupboards are jam-packed. Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages. A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad” (27).
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“animal takes a human being [...] to be one of its kind” (93)
“Within the limits of their nature, [animals] make do with what they have” (20)
“Social rank is central to how it leads its life. Rank determines whom it can associate with and how; where and when it can eat; where it can rest; where it can drink; and so on. Until it knows its rank for certain, the animal lives a life of unbearable anarchy” (48)
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Diversity in cultures
Ignorant people are scared and try to drive away what they can't understand
“Mexican and Canadian officials opened all doors for me so that from the beach in Mexico to the home of my foster mother to the classrooms of the University of Toronto, there was only one long, easy corridor I had to walk down. To all these people I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks” (327)
To conclude
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