Read the “Life of Pi: Credit to Scliar, Please” by El Bloguero and the article “Booker Winner in Plagiarism Row: Author admits idea came from Brazilian novel” by Colin Blackstock. (Articles are in module three Moodle below this link) Write a 1-1.5 paged (double-spaced) response to these articles determining whether or not you think that Yann Martel is guilty of plagiarizing or borrowing Moacyr Scliar’s “intellectual property” or do you feel that the premise of Life of Pi was only borrowed based on a review.

You are encouraged to research more about the plot and characters of Moacyr Scliar’s novel Max and the Cats and you are welcome to read more articles about the issue.

After you have researched both sides of the issue you will determine the following:

Is Yann Martel guilty of stealing the idea for his novel from Max and the Cats or do you believe he genuinely felt inspired by the book review he says he read about Moacyr Scliar’s novel Max and the Cats?

You should use points from the novel, from both articles and from any other information you find on this issue. If you include a quotation from any resource (which you should), you must properly cite it. Please refer to the MLA format link on citations.