Title: The
Life of “PI”
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic, fiction
Characters:
Piscine Molitor
Patel (Pi) -is the narrator for most of the novel,
Richard Parker - The Royal Bengal tiger with who Pi
shares his lifeboat
Ravi - Pi’s older
brother. Ravi prefers sports to schoolwork and is quite popular. He teases his younger
brother mercilessly over his devotion to three religions.
Santosh Patel - Pi’s
father. He once owned a Madras hotel, but because of his deep interest in
animals decided to run the Pondicherry Zoo. A worrier by nature, he teaches his
sons not only to care for and control wild animals, but to fear them.
Meena Patel - Pi’s
wife, he first meet at toronto
Nikhil Patel (Nick) - Pi’s son. He plays baseball.
Usha Patel - Pi’s young daughter. She is shy but very
close to her father.
Gita Patel, Pi's mother-
a loving and understanding mother of “PI”
Shravanthi Sainath as Anandi, Pi's teenage
girlfriend
Setting:
1960-1976.
Pondicherry, India; the Pacific Ocean; Mexico; Canada
Plot:
A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an
epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an
unexpected connection with another survivor ... a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Theme:
Survival, faith in GOD and hope
Symbolism:
Color orange:
It is one of the healing
colors and also it tells that it is a safety color. And it shows that the lion
was a healing animals for PI” for it was the lion who make PI’ forget about the
lost of his family and I think that if the lion was not with PI” he will not
survive the loneliness.
Blue Ocean:
This symbol was the
most important at all the symbol for it was the ocean where the story happens. Where
the death of the people closes to PI” and was his experiences revolve into.the mystery under the sea and the life of people in the sea.
Question:
1.
What does the title mean in relation to the
film as a whole?
2. Among the
characters, to whom can you relate to?
3. Which part of
the presentation struck you the most? Why?
4. What is the
movie’s message?
5. Did I like this
in general? Why?
6. Did I agree with
the main theme/purpose? Why or why not?
7. What
specifically did I like/dislike? Why?
8. Are there any
aspects of theme which are left ambiguous at the end? Why?
9. How does this
film relate to the things that are happening in your life?
Answer:
1.
It tells about the life of PI when he was a
child, how he grows up and also how did he survive in all the challenges that
he is unto. How was his life at sea, how he find the magical island where he
finds shelter and food for a short time when he was starving to death.
2.
Pi” his life was nice and he is also happy. But when
he has problems he thinks of a good plan to solve it. He did not give up
although he only had a small chance to survive, he still grab the chances.
3.
The part that struck me most was when PI” try to
save his family despite of the water that already enter the ship but whatever
he did he still can’t save his family. If I am PI” in the story I still also going
to save my family even if it can cause death on my part.
4.
For my own understanding. I can say that the
movie was also like a reality. Many challenges will come into our life but we
can still survive if we are faithful in God.
5.
For me Yes! I like the story in general for it
has so many messages that can make us realize that life was not always good and
bad. It has to be balance all the time.
6.
Yes! This movie make us people see what are some
difficulties that we encounter in life and what are the things we should do to
be able to survive.
7.
I specifically like the part where he was trying
to train the lion. At first try he did not succeeded but later on he got the
trust of the lion.
8.
Yes! There is. It is when the ship sunk, for me there
has some mystery behind it. Even though it has a storm that time, but according
to PI” he heard some explosion and for me it is not really normal for the ship.
9.
This film relates in me because there is a time
that I feel lost and I don’t know what to do to solve my problems. When I think
of some idea how to solve it I first thinking facing my problem so that I can
already move on. I also try to think of some ideas that are safe to do.
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