What's the Difference between Life of Pi the Book and Life of Pi the Movie?
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In the Movie |
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The writer meets Pi's family before he hears about Pi's time on the boat with Richard Parker. |
After Pi has finished his entire story, the writer meets his wife and children. |
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He puts a note in a wine bottle he found in a floating fridge. |
Pi writes a note and puts in in a can of water and throws it into the water.
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Pi stands up and goes to the board and renames himself Pi and also adds on the chalkboard n=3.14. The students all catch on and start chanting 3.14 along with him at each class. |
Pi writes the entire sequence of Pi on the board while the entire school gathers and cheers. A teacher grabs a book and verifies that he has memorized the entire sequence. |
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This doesn't happen. |
When Richard Parker jumps overboard to chase the fish, Pi jumps onto the boat and removes the floor boards and uses them to make the raft much bigger and stronger.
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Pi is so hungry that he tries to eat Richard Parker's feces. |
He doesn't. |