What's the Difference between Life of Pi the Book and Life of Pi the Movie?
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Richard Parker is afraid of the water. He only jumps into the water when they are near the island. |
Richard Parker jumps into the water to chase a fish. He is swimming after Pi and he jumps onto the boat and is able to pull the raft on board. He eventually helps the tiger get back into the boat. |
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Pi finds the Chinese sailors and asks for help. They grab him and throw him overboard. He falls onto the lifeboat and then the zebra jumps in. |
Pi comes along and finds the Chinese sailors trying to lower the life boat. The french cook is sitting in the back of the boat and another sailor is on the front. The zebra jumps onto the boat and knocks the others off the boat and Pi is left with the zebra.
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Pi shoves an oar under the tarpaulin and hung onto it. |
The bow of the boat had a wooden beam sticking out that Pi hung onto. |
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Pi never gets into the boat. |
Pi jumps into the boat on many occasions.
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This doesn't happen. |
Pi's mother asks for a vegetarian meal on the freighter. The french cook gives her liver and sausage and Pi's father grabs him and tries to fight him. |