Life of Pi
Fiction-Realistic
Setting: The setting narrows
further and further. Life of Pi began in the wide-open spaces of childhood – in
Pi's heady exploration of science and religion. We hear more and more about
Indira Gandhi and the worsening of the political situation in India. India seems
totalitarian, confining. The family leaves. Finally, after the shipwreck, Pi
ends up in a lifeboat with a man-killing beast. You can't get any more
claustrophobic than that. But Pi also dedicates himself to religious rituals on
the boat. He cares for a creature who'd like nothing more than to eat him. He
has a few spiritual insights and experiences wonder. Everything Pi learned as a
boy about zoos and religion comes together in the practice of survival. And the
relationship most would consider dangerous, possibly bloody, turns out to be
one of true friendship. You might be able to say Pi experiences something like
freedom on a twenty six foot long boat.
Plot: Life of Pi is divided
into three sections. In the first section, the main character, Pi, an adult,
reminisces about his childhood. He was named Piscine Molitor Patel after a
swimming pool in France. He changes his name to "Pi" when he begins
secondary school, because he is tired of being taunted with the nickname
"Pissing Patel". His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry, providing Pi
with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal
psychology.Pi is raised a Hindu, but as a fourteen-year-old he is introduced to
Christianity and Islam, and starts to follow all three religions as he "just
wants to love God.". He tries to understand God through the lens of each
religion and comes to recognize benefits in each one.
Piscine Molitor Patel-Piscine
Molitor Patel is the protagonist and, for most of the novel, the narrator. In
the chapters that frame the main story, Pi, as a shy, graying, middle-aged man,
tells the author about his early childhood and the shipwreck that changed his
life.
Richard Parker-Pi’s
companion throughout his ordeal at sea is Richard Parker, a 450-pound Royal
Bengal tiger. Unlike many novels in which animals speak or act like humans,
Richard Parker is portrayed as a real animal that acts in ways true to his
species.
Gita -Pi's mother
is named, but she's mostly just referred to as "Mother." She's an
incredibly warm presence for Pi. She's sympathetic when his father tries to
teach him a lesson about the danger of animals with the zoo's tiger.
The Hyena / The Cook-If
there's anything like pure evil in Life of Pi, it comes in the form of the
hyena, who, in Pi's second version of his experiences at sea, is the cook. In a
way, it's much more understandable in the form of the hyena. It's a vicious
animal and so it shouldn't surprise us that the hyena would eat a zebra and
kill an orang-utan.
The Blind Frenchman /
The Cook-Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba identify the blind Frenchman, who sails
up to Pi late in the telling of the first story, as the hyena. This guy
complicates the allegory, but, like we said, it's not exactly your standard
allegory .
The Zebra / the Taiwanese Sailor-The
Taiwanese sailor simply suffers. In the second animalless story told by Pi, the
cook needlessly amputates the sailor's broken leg to use as fishing bait. The
zebra, in the story with animals, breaks his leg jumping onto the lifeboat only
for the hyena to tear off the limb. Really, the hyena eats the zebra alive, and
Richard Parker finishes the job. The sailor is on the receiving end of grave
injustice.
Santosh -Pi's
father, , carries the banner of the New India. This means he stands for
progress and not religion. He cares about the business of the zoo and worries
about losing Pi to religious fanaticism. When the priest, imam, and pandit
fight over Pi, Pi's father says, in defense of Pi, "I suppose that's what
we're all trying to do to love God" He's practical, pragmatic, and a
successful zookeeper.
Ravi-Pi feels
intense guilt about Ravi. When Pi leaves to investigate the explosion on the
ship, he shakes Ravi but decides to let him sleep. Big mistake. Ravi goes down
with the ship. Pi still feels guilt over this pages and pages later when the
blind Frenchman, in some ways a double for Pi, and a product of Pi's madness,
admits to killing his brother.
The Author-We
think it's a little cheeky for Martel to include himself as a character. In the
novel, he's kind and earnest, considerate toward Pi and initially suspicious of
Francis Adirubasamy.
Mr. Okamoto and Mr.
Chiba-We admit we didn't understand the two investigators at first. They're
hapless. They disagree and lose focus. They seemed more like a comedy duo
suddenly invading a tragedy.
1.
1What does the title mean in relation to the film
as a whole?
The title
mean in the relation to the film as a whole refer to Pi he was a guy who
sacrifice to live in the sea with a tiger and with the three animals .
2.
2 Among the
characters, to whom can you relate to?
I
can relate to the character of Pi because it show me that every problems that
come to my life their where have a solution and we must face that problems.
3.
3Which part of the presentation struck you the
most? Why?
The
part when the Tiger go to the jungle and
never say goodbye to Pi. In that part I was become sad because in real life if
your friends or family go anywhere and he/she never say goodbye to you it was
very sad because in your mind he/she never loves you and respect you but we
know that the tiger is animal and he
have their own shelter to live and give love to them.
4.
4What is the movie’s message?
The message of
the movie that never give up if there have some problems that comes in our
life. Show our love to our parents. Always give a good relation to our wild
animals love them and take care of them.
5.
5Did I
like this in general? Why?
Yes, because it speaks about our faith and
confidence to survive in any situation that he encountered. He never lost hope
and faith to God to survive and give him strength to fight in any problems comes to his
life while he suffer lost in the ocean.
6. 6
Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or
why not?
Yes, because
Pi is a strong man he always have faith to God and he never give up to survive.
7. 7
What specifically did I like/dislike? Why?
I like
this movie because it gives me a reason that every problems have a solution,
never give up cause in the end you will know that you will become successful
and survive any problems that come in our life.
8. Are there
any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?
Yes,
because in the movie we didn’t know who was the main character in the movie the
tiger or Pi but we know that the main character is Pi because he was the person
who tell his story but in the end it will reflect the love of a person to animal.
9.How does
this film relate to the things that are happening in your life?
It relate to my life because sometimes
I have a problem but in my mind I said to myself that, never give up to that
problem because it can cause failure to your life. Always think positive because
God is always with us and give us strength to fight and guide us always.
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