1、Life of Pi1 Release time:2012 Director: Ang Lee Box office: about $600 million Award: nominated for three Golden Globe Awards eleven nominations for the 85th Academy Awards2Whats the story about? The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero spent drifting across the Pacific in a lifeboat wi
2、th a Bengal tiger. 3Something about Pi born in India believed in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism the son of a zookeeper had a special knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories 16 years old4 The family emigrated from India to North America. The ship sank. Pis family members all die
3、d. Pi fell on the lifeboat and survived, with a hyena, a gorilla, a wounded zebra, and a Bengal tiger.56 In the first 3 days, the hyena killed and ate the gorilla and the zebra. And then the tiger killed the hyena. 7 In the 7 months, he collected water, fish and shrimp, and used all the sea survival
4、 skills to feed the tiger, as well as to let himself down.8 When they finally reached the coast of Mexico, Richard Parker fled to the jungle, never to be seen again.910Some shots I cant forget the rule of survival the deep mother love Reminiscence of family and home11 The story seems to stop here, b
5、ut the truth is12Two editions of story One was about the drift between the young man and the tiger. The other one was what the novelist concluded. Actually there were just Pi and his mother, along with a cook and a seaman on the boat. The cook killed and ate the seaman, then killed Pis mother, event
6、ually Pi killed and ate the cook.13 The two stories have one thing in common: in the end only Pi survived. 14The first story: metaphor（隐喻） of the reality The second story: the reality15All of life is an act of letting go, but what hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.16Pi: “Religion
7、is a house with many rooms.” Writer: “But no room for doubt?”Pi: “Oh yes! On every floor.”1718If every unfolding we experience takes us further along in life, then, we are truly experiencing what life is offering.19Major themesLife is a story about belief and courage. Life is a story. You can choose
8、 your story. A story with god is the better story. A recurring theme throughout the film seems to be believability. All life is interdependent, and we live and breathe via belief.20Major themesWe gain growth through adversity Some people have described the story as one of personal growth through adv
9、ersity. During this hard experience, Pi tried all he can to survive and to get on well with the tiger. Pi developed alpha qualities as he mustered the strength, will and skills that he needed to survive.21Major themesLife is a travel of defeating animal desire. Live as a monster or die as a good man
10、? Can something brutal and something spiritualist coexist with each other? To ruin ones soul to prevent his/her animal desire. Animal desire and soul go to ruin together. Soul can defeat animal desire. But Pi seems like to choose that being a good guy in life whose heart is protected by animals. 22There is a tiger in everyones heart.23I was flying in the sea, there was a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker inside me. 24THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING!25
