The book and the movie each share similarities, yet many differences, each giving a unique taste in the reader or viewers mouth. In the movie the director made the scenes based on what he believes they should have looked like. The book allows the reader to create the motion picture in their mind, based on what they would like to see. Yann Martel brings the reader along on an exciting journey featuring a young boy, named Piscine Molitor Patel, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The book brings a high level of quality and beauty to the plate, making it seem “unfilmable.” The director, Ang Lee stated that, “Life of Pi needed to be told onscreen.” The reason the book is almost as good as the book is because of how the story is told, through
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The introduction being much shorter than the book, includes how he convinces his peers to call him Pi, where he grew up and his beliefs, yet cut out his teachers and mentors. Pi falls head over heels for a young woman making his depart seem more unpleasant than the book. Suffering is a key theme portrayed in the book, yet the film shows some moments of beauty, like the lightning storm for example. Ang Lee’s choice of how to show Pi’s journey make all the suffering he bears almost seem worth it. The best example is when he experiences the whale. The graphics of certain scenes were toned down compared to the chapters in the book. The scene where the hyena eats the zebra is not shown and Pi does not catch turtles and use their shells as shields or dry their meat. There also is no daydream of him sucking out bone marrow. Pi does not go blind, nor does he meet another blind soldier, like in the book. Instead a philosophical journey of the fish, sunken ship, and mammals is shown through the eyes of Pi as he is staring into the black waters. The carnivorous island scene is short due to the fact that in the book, they spend a longer amount of time on the island yet in the film they spend only a day. However, Pi is still mortified when he finds the teeth in the plant. The conclusion to the film is more comfortable than the book because, the end of the film shows the future author …show more content…
His father told him that wild animals are not his friends; they cannot be tamed. This lesson stuck with Pi, kept him aware of the tiger’s actions. There is one specific part in the movie that is not mentioned in the book, and that is when he is staring into the eyes of the tiger looking for something more than just his reflection, hoping there is something deeper to this carnivore. Moreover, in the film, the boy and the tiger have a skeptical view of one another. Pi never actually feels in control when confronting the tiger, he just acts like he is. The relationship between the boy and the Bengal tiger fluctuates quite frequently. In the film, Richard Parker is very hostile and despite the fact that Pi manages to survive 227 days with him, the tiger is never actually tamed. As mentioned in the book, Pi uses a whistle and tries to correspond it to the feeling of sea sickness. However, as soon as Richard Parker shows any indication of hostility, Pi backs off. Nonetheless, in the book Pi shows that he has a very complex understanding of the animals at the zoo. He is attentive around the tiger, yet maintains his role as the “alpha male.” There is a part where he marks his territory on the boat that is shown in both the film and the movie, yet in the movie Richard Parker retaliates causing Pi to fall overboard. The most vital thing in their relationship is when Richard Parker makes a
The introduction being much shorter than the book, includes how he convinces his peers to call him Pi, where he grew up and his beliefs, yet cut out his teachers and mentors. Pi falls head over heels for a young woman making his depart seem more unpleasant than the book. Suffering is a key theme portrayed in the book, yet the film shows some moments of beauty, like the lightning storm for example. Ang Lee’s choice of how to show Pi’s journey make all the suffering he bears almost seem worth it. The best example is when he experiences the whale. The graphics of certain scenes were toned down compared to the chapters in the book. The scene where the hyena eats the zebra is not shown and Pi does not catch turtles and use their shells as shields or dry their meat. There also is no daydream of him sucking out bone marrow. Pi does not go blind, nor does he meet another blind soldier, like in the book. Instead a philosophical journey of the fish, sunken ship, and mammals is shown through the eyes of Pi as he is staring into the black waters. The carnivorous island scene is short due to the fact that in the book, they spend a longer amount of time on the island yet in the film they spend only a day. However, Pi is still mortified when he finds the teeth in the plant. The conclusion to the film is more comfortable than the book because, the end of the film shows the future author …show more content…
His father told him that wild animals are not his friends; they cannot be tamed. This lesson stuck with Pi, kept him aware of the tiger’s actions. There is one specific part in the movie that is not mentioned in the book, and that is when he is staring into the eyes of the tiger looking for something more than just his reflection, hoping there is something deeper to this carnivore. Moreover, in the film, the boy and the tiger have a skeptical view of one another. Pi never actually feels in control when confronting the tiger, he just acts like he is. The relationship between the boy and the Bengal tiger fluctuates quite frequently. In the film, Richard Parker is very hostile and despite the fact that Pi manages to survive 227 days with him, the tiger is never actually tamed. As mentioned in the book, Pi uses a whistle and tries to correspond it to the feeling of sea sickness. However, as soon as Richard Parker shows any indication of hostility, Pi backs off. Nonetheless, in the book Pi shows that he has a very complex understanding of the animals at the zoo. He is attentive around the tiger, yet maintains his role as the “alpha male.” There is a part where he marks his territory on the boat that is shown in both the film and the movie, yet in the movie Richard Parker retaliates causing Pi to fall overboard. The most vital thing in their relationship is when Richard Parker makes a