Life of PI
Title: Life of Pi
Genre: Fiction:Realistic Fiction
Characters: Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, Gautam Belur as Pi, age 5,Ayush Tandon as Pi, age 13, Suraj Sharma as Pi, age 16, Irrfan Khan as Pi, adult, Tabu as Gita Patel, Pi's mother, Addill Hussain as Santosh Patel, Pi's father, Ravi Patel, Pi's older brother, Ayan Khan as Ravi, age 7, Mohamed Abbas Khaleeli as Ravi, age 15, Vibish Sivakumar as Ravi, age 18,Gerard Depardieu as the Cook, Po-Chieh Wang as the Taiwanese Sailor,Rafe Spall as the Writer, Shravanthi Sainath as Anandi, Pi's teenage girlfriend,Andrea de Stefano as the Priest
Setting: 1960-1976. Pondicherry,the Pacific Ocean,India, Mexico, Canada
Theme:
Symbolism: Tiger:which symbolizes fearless attitude, as we all know, tiger is very known as a fearless animal. That's why the animal who accompanied Pi is tiger so that he will not lose hope and never get fear.
1. What does the title mean in relation to the film as a whole?
- The title mean the adventure of Pi as he encountered so many things in his life. His adventure after the incident that happen really made up his whole human being.
2. Among the characters, to whom can you relate to?
-I can relate most of Pi because no matter what the faith brought him, he is still tries to fight and never gave up.
3. Which part of the presentation struck you the most? Why?
- I struck the most when Pi fall into an unkown and magistic island. I felt so wow when I saw those creatures who lived there.
4. What is the movie’s message?
- I think the movie's message is to make people realize that life is full of and adventure and challenges, the only thing that won't bring you down and succeed is your determination to fight and survive.
5. Did I like this in general? Why?
-Yes, I like this movie because a lot of inspiring scenes and happening are can be found here.
6. Did I agree with the main theme/purpose? Why or why not?
-Yes. because the purpose of the film really achieves it's purpose because it really captures and inspired the people who watched it.
7. What specifically did I like/dislike? Why?
-I dislike the part when the hyena ate the zebra because I came to realize that in th time of suffering, the only person who can save your life is yourself.
8. Are there any aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?
-Yes, the family of Pi because they are gone and out of the story after the incident.
9. How does this film relate to the things that are happening in your life?
-This things relate to the happenings of my life because as a students, I am strugling for success, and as I struggled for success, there is always downs along the way. I don't and never give up despite of all.
