In this advanced world of technology reading has taken a backseat and students prefer to see the adaptated version of a litearary work rather than read it first hand. There was a time when students/people would see an adaptation and rush to procure the original book. But students today prefer not to resort to reading thus losing out on precious reading experiences and emotional, intellectual enrichment. This has become a serious problem and this paper attempts to study the Ang Lee adaptation of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. The images used in Ang Lee’s adaptation are strong and how it should positively affect the readers today is delved upon.
Key words:- Adaptations, fidelity,
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The film has to its credit 11 Oscar awards, one of which is the coveted “Best Director” award. Fidelity to the original has always been the question or issue that dominates the viewing of the adaptation, leaving the adaptation in the shadow of the original literary work. But adaptations that are loosely based on the original text they can be considered an original work in itself, considering the originality that is incorporated into the adaptation by the scriptwriter or the director. We will observe the movie Life of Pi by Ang Lee and speak about whether the film version has been able to keep the ideological philosophies of the printed version or if it has been compromised to maintain the visual pleasure of its …show more content…
He is the protagonist and the narrator through most of the novel. The son of a zookeeper, Pi has been around animals his entire life and it is evident that he understands them better than most. He is characterized as a boy deeply intrigued by the animals and religion. A fairly sizeable portion is dedicated to his quests to understand the various religions as he follows a more complicated religion which combines the best of Jainism, Islam and Christianity. He is a easily excited about animals, zoology and religion, and he is devastated when he learns that his father has decided to migrate to Canada after selling off part of the animals in the zoo and transporting a few of them with them to Canada by sea. While at sea a storm arises and the ship sinks leaving Pi alive on a life boat. He later realizes that he is not the lone survivor, but has a hyena, a badly injured Zebra, an Orangutan named Orange juice and the very ferocious tiger named Richard Parker for company. Though devastated at the loss of his family he must battle not just the elements of nature, the fear of starvation and everything else that being stranded at sea would entail. He sustains himself on canned water initially and later self filtered water, emergency supplies and sea
Key words:- Adaptations, fidelity,
When Slumdog Millionaire was realeased in 2003 the theatres ran full …show more content…
The film has to its credit 11 Oscar awards, one of which is the coveted “Best Director” award. Fidelity to the original has always been the question or issue that dominates the viewing of the adaptation, leaving the adaptation in the shadow of the original literary work. But adaptations that are loosely based on the original text they can be considered an original work in itself, considering the originality that is incorporated into the adaptation by the scriptwriter or the director. We will observe the movie Life of Pi by Ang Lee and speak about whether the film version has been able to keep the ideological philosophies of the printed version or if it has been compromised to maintain the visual pleasure of its …show more content…
He is the protagonist and the narrator through most of the novel. The son of a zookeeper, Pi has been around animals his entire life and it is evident that he understands them better than most. He is characterized as a boy deeply intrigued by the animals and religion. A fairly sizeable portion is dedicated to his quests to understand the various religions as he follows a more complicated religion which combines the best of Jainism, Islam and Christianity. He is a easily excited about animals, zoology and religion, and he is devastated when he learns that his father has decided to migrate to Canada after selling off part of the animals in the zoo and transporting a few of them with them to Canada by sea. While at sea a storm arises and the ship sinks leaving Pi alive on a life boat. He later realizes that he is not the lone survivor, but has a hyena, a badly injured Zebra, an Orangutan named Orange juice and the very ferocious tiger named Richard Parker for company. Though devastated at the loss of his family he must battle not just the elements of nature, the fear of starvation and everything else that being stranded at sea would entail. He sustains himself on canned water initially and later self filtered water, emergency supplies and sea