Question

read the quotations below from yann martels life of pi. match each one with the theme or lesson it suggests. you must name the things that frighten you. some things cannot be understood through logic alone. our observations shape reality. quotation if your fear becomes a wordless darkness you avoid... you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you.
eason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter.... but be excessively reasonable and you risk thro ying out the universe with the bathwater.\ \isnt telling about something-using words, english or japanese-already an invention? isnt just looking upon this world already something of an invention?\

Explanation:

• For the first quotation "If your fear becomes a wordless darkness you avoid... you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you", it emphasizes the importance of confronting and naming fears. The theme "You must name the things that frighten you" aligns as naming fears (opponent) helps in dealing with them instead of avoiding (wordless darkness).
• The second quotation "Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter.... But be excessively reasonable and you risk thro\ying out the universe with the bathwater" shows that while reason (logic) is good for basic needs, relying only on it (excessively reasonable) is bad. This matches the theme "Some things cannot be understood through logic alone" as it implies there's more than just logic (universe - beyond basic, non - logical aspects).
• The third quotation "Isn't telling about something—using words, English or Japanese—already an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?" implies that our descriptions (telling, looking - observations) shape how we see the world (reality as an invention). So it matches "Our observations shape reality".

Answer:

1. "If your fear becomes a wordless darkness you avoid... you open yourself to further attacks of fear because you never truly fought the opponent who defeated you" → You must name the things that frighten you.
2. "Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter.... But be excessively reasonable and you risk thro\ying out the universe with the bathwater" → Some things cannot be understood through logic alone.
3. "Isn't telling about something—using words, English or Japanese—already an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?" → Our observations shape reality.