What's the Difference between Life of Pi the Book and Life of Pi the Movie?
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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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This never happens. |
A whale is shown jumping out of the water and flying through the air and over Pi, Richard Parker and the life boat.
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The new school year starts and each student calls out their name and the teacher ticks their name off the list. |
The teacher calls out each student's name and the students say "Present". |
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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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The Writer talks to Mamaji in Pondicherry and he tells him the story. The writer decides that he must find Pi. |
The Writer doesn't hear the story from Mamaji, only that he should find Pi to hear the story. Pi tells the writer the entire story. |