Miami Dade College- Kendall Campus

Life of Pi

Sasha Kayal ENC1102- Tuesday and Thursday (11:40-3:00) Professor Signore August 1, 2013

Kayal 2 The Life of Pi is a movie thats pretty unbelievable. The journey that young Pi went through is incredible. It is a story that a lot of people would have a hard time believing. In the movie a writer goes to Pis house in Canada, to hear Pis life story. Pi tells him about his childhood and him growing up in India. His father was a zoo owner. The family later decides to move to Canada for better opportunities. They leave on a boat with all their belongings and animals. Later on their journey they get into a shipwreck and Pi was the only survivor. An unbelievable part of this story is how Pi was the only human to escape on the lifeboat with a spotted hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger. Another interesting thing was the orangutan escaped the shipwreck by floating on a bundle of bananas and paddling to the lifeboat. The situation is incredible; it is probably the scariest thing that could ever happen in someones life. A shipwreck is a tragic event but knowing that you are the only survivor is tough and having survived with four animals and one human is crazy. Another unbelievable thing about this story was how a tiger and a man can co-exist. It is unlikely for a starving tiger not to kill any prey in front of him. Tigers are programmed to kill their prey and it is unbelievable how Pi was able to train Richard Parker. Both Pi and Richard Parker were starving many times throughout their journey. At one point of the movie towards the end Pi starts to lose hope and he believes him and Richard Parker are about to die. Pi goes to Richard Parker and starts to pet him and then sits next to him and puts the tigers head on his lap. That is incredibly unbelievable to me. Richard Parker is starving at this point and he can smell Pi. This has meaning and maybe it is saying that tigers have attachments and feelings for humans. This is just a movie, but some people can now question if this could happen in real life. Tigers cannot be tamed enough to the point where if the are starving they rather die then kill the prey in front of them.

Kayal 3 Another unbelievable part of this movie is when Pi and Richard Parker end up on an island with many meerkats and interesting vegetables. Pi later learns after spending a night on the island that the island is carnivorous. The water turns into acid at night. While the older Pi is telling the story he describes the island to be giving him by day but it also takes away by night. It is unbelievable how an island like this exists in the world. After Pi and Richard Parker leave this island they continue their adventure. They end up making it to the land along the Mexican coast. It is pretty unbelievable how Pi Patel survived 227 days at sea with a Bengal tiger. In spite of not believing in everything that happened to young Pi in his story, I do believe that this story and everything that happened to young Pi supports my faith in a supreme being. I believe in God and that by praying to him he does hear you. Pis strong belief in his faith is what helped him survive. He continuously tried to stay positive and pray to God. He believed God was looking out for him and that he has a plan for him. I trust in God and that God has a plan for all our lives. Pi is a very smart man; he is resourceful, and hopeful. He survived this journey and as an older man he said, even though God has seemed to abandon me, God was watching over me. Even when He seemed indifferent to my suffering, He was watching me. And when I was beyond all hope of my saving, He gave me a sign to continue my journey. This story supports my belief because it shows how if a person has strong faith, their faith is what can save them.