Hannah- Presentatoin

Preliminary discussions: One of the first topics our group tackled was the idea of “Canadianess” in Yann Martel’s novel. At first, I felt as though I could not relate this book to my Canada because my definition was limited to my own experience born and raised in the geographical location of Canada. One of my group members said that their definition of "Canadianess" came from have the personal experience of immigrating to Canada; therefore immediately found a personal relation to Pi's story. My definition to what makes a literary work was meant to be expanded. Through stories and experiences, one can define Literature in Canada.
Since then, some groundwork has been done to affirm what we wanted to communicate with our group project. First, we like the power of “the will to survive” that is so heavily rooted within Martel’s novel. The physiological aspects of the is another measure that we wish to explore through our project. And in addition, religion is incorporated into Piscine’s life and this too speaks a loud message we would like to touch on. Lastly, we would like to incorporate a map to illustrate the travels Pi takes to Canada and emphasize how “Literature in Canada” is defined to us.

Presentation Style? 

A prezi presentation will guide our arrangement of ideas in an esthetically appealing way to illustrate our points to the class. Our plans are to begin with “Abandonment” and use this to initiate the topics we will discuss.

Creative idea: Have a map of the world be the backdrop of the prezi presentation. We would then jump through the geographical locations discussed in Yan Martel’s novel as we move through our points.