Life of Pi

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This is based on the book by Yann Martel. The book was amazing and for those who dont know about it here is a summery of it


Its In white cause there are a few spoilers in it.

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The novel begins when Pi's father, a zookeeper, moves his family and the zoo's animals by ship to Canada for a new start. The ship sinks, however, and Pi finds himself lost at sea on a lifeboat. He soon discovers, to his terror, that he shares the 26-foot vessel with a female orangutan, a spotted hyena, an injured zebra, and a three-year-old adult Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. What follows is a tale of survival in its rawest form, as Pi must deal with immediate human needs such as thirst, hunger, and shelter, all under the watchful eyes of a predator.

The book has three parts, but works as a whole as well. The first part is a young boy's rumination on spirituality and Indian life. The second part (comprising most of the text) is a blend of a detailed and realistic survival memoir and a fantastic allegory in a medieval style. The last part, when Pi is rescued and the truth of his entire experience at sea is called into question, offers more insight into the dual thirst for survival and faith.

The last part also offers the reader a choice to actually choose the story version they prefer. Martel shows two ways of looking at the same reality and requires a leap of faith to choose the "better" story.

There are three major religions of interest in this story: Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, represented by Pi Patel. The philosophical concept of Atheism is also represented by Mr. Kumar


Richard Parker

Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger that Piscine shares the boat with, was named after an Edgar Allan Poe character from The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838). The book tells of four shipwrecked men who, after many days' privation, drew lots to decide who should be killed and eaten. The cabin boy, named Richard Parker, draws the short straw and is eaten. Tales of cannibalism by shipwrecked sailors were not uncommon in the 19th century, but oddly enough, 46 years after Poe's story was published, the very events Poe wrote about would happen in reality. Captain Dudley and three sailors were stranded in a skiff in the Pacific after the sinking of their yacht Mignonette on the way to Australia. They are forced to eat one of the party to survive, and feast on his body for 35 days – a sailor boy named Richard Parker! Yet another Richard Parker died when his ship, named the Francis Spaight, sank in January 1846. Ten years earlier, in December 1835, an earlier Francis Spaight was wrecked in the north Atlantic: some of the survivors of that wreck too were involved in cannibalism. As Yann Martel said "So many Richard Parkers had to mean something."

I CANT WAIT FOR IT THE BOOK WAS AMAZING!!!

UPDATE!!

It is. There is alot of meaning to it and just the whole idea of him being traped with a tiger and everything.

I just read that M. Night Shyamalan Planned on making the movie a while back but decided not to cause if its twist.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who disliked the book. Seriously, it was WAY overrated. I bought it on a whim last year just to see what the hype was, and was greatly disappointed. I guess I just have high standards when it comes to books.

a film all about the number 3.14?

I wasn't a big fan of the book. I was forced to read it for English last year, and I hated it.

I'd much rather read The Kite Runner.

So I found out today that the tiger in the movie is going to be CGI

That is going to be really stupid. I dont really see how it can be good

That can't be legit because it has the boat all wrong. The lifeboat has two levels with the tiger on the bottom and Pi on the top.

this film better come out on March 14.