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 throwing 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 relates to naming fears. When fear is unnamed (wordless darkness), it persists. Naming it (fighting the opponent) is key. So it matches "You must name the things that frighten you".
• The second quotation "Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter.... But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater" implies that relying only on reason (logic) is not enough. There's more to the universe than just what logic (reason) can provide. So it matches "Some things cannot be understood through logic alone".
• 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?" suggests that our actions of observing (looking upon the world) and telling (using words) shape our perception of reality. 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 throwing 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.