Life of pi
what does pi say is the color of survival and is also a hindu color
orange
The long-term prisoners who were forced to run the crematoriums were supplied with...?
Schnapps (liqueur)
what are 2 sets of traits (4 in total) that the author uses to describe Edward?
young & old and dying & reborn
Commensurate
latin for measure together
adj
equal size, duration, extent
What two other people did the hyena represent
the French cook and the cannibal
what two subjects did Pi major in
religious study/theology and zoology
Frankl believes his wife came to him in what form?
a bird
what famous motto did Edward apparently invent?
immure
greek for crowd and conversation
verb
to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison
how can you take pain and make it optimistic
turn the pain into an achievement
Anthropomorphism
Frankl believed what had the potential to be dangerous to the prisoners?
talking about food
How does Edward outsmart the dog?
he treats him like a normal dog
vicissitude
latin for turn or change
noun
a change variation, or alteration
what religion does pi hold to the lowest esteem
agnostics
who is the following quote talking about/ describing:
"It lifted its eyes and rested them on me. The look was nearly the typical look...blank and frank, the curiosity apparent with nothing of the mental set revealed, jaw hanging open...-were it not for the strain that exuded from every cell of its body, an anxiety that made the animal glow, as if with a fever"?
The hyena
what served as the soul's weapon of self preservation for the prisoners
humor
what creature does the old lady represent?
the fates
philippic
greek term applied to the speeches of Demosthenes
noun
a bitter verbal attack
what were the towns men looking at when Edward was born
a cloud
What is fana?
finish the quote:
"you can always make something out of...."?
what you've been made into
what activity does Edward engage in most while he is dying?
Telling jokes and swimming
tendentious
latin for tendency
adj
intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause
what happened the day William was born?
the football game between Edward's home and Alabama won