They are the author's memories and impressions with the man he based Life of Pi off of. If you read the introduction(which is all in italics) he talks about how he came to write the book, and one thing the author mentions is the first meeting of real-life Piscine. So while the story is going on, the author adds in his thoughts on the main character.
The story of Broken Chains was written by Gary Soto. Gary Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, the setting of many of his stories, poems, and autobiographical pieces. In his writing, Soto tries to recreate the sights and sounds of the Mexican American neighborhood in which he grew up.
The story is about Alfonso's first date. The story presents problems like the ones many of us face. He worries a lot about how he looks, and everything seems to go wrong.
Here we have a paraphrased version of the passage where it is shown that he had insecurity issues since he was a little kid.
<em>When he was four years old, he decided to face the situation and make it to Sandra's house, walking doubtfully and slowly as walking in the water up to his waist. His face was red by the shame. He wondered at how things could go wrong in this his first date, Sandra would probably laugh at him. </em>
This excerpt from "Broken Chain" includes details that could illustrate a paragraph about conflict, internal conflict actually:
1) He liked what he saw until he smiled and realized for the first time that his teeth were crooked, like a pile of wrecked cars. He grew depressed and turned away from the mirror.
Gods can't die while human can.
Answer:
Most people have more bravery and wisdom in them than they know.
Explanation:
Bilbo is a hobbit, which means he is a small creature without much influence in the universe created by Tolkien, in his book "Hobbit". Bilbo is not influential, not even in his own society, however, he participates in a great adventure to protect and help all the beings that exist in this universe, showing himself to be a being of great courage and wisdom, even though his appearance and reputation say the opposite.
These qualities are not recognized in Bilbo, even by himself, but Gandalf, a powerful and influential wizard, declares, in the field of men and elves, that there is more to Bilbo than meets the eye, highlighting the theme "most people have more courage and wisdom of what they know. "
Answer:
Polite - behaving in a good way and caring for other people's feelings
Fair - treating everyone equally
Logical - using reason
Realistic - accepting things as they are
Complete - to the greatesr degree possible
Suitable - right or appropriate
