Life of Pi's ending can be confusing.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Life of Pi explained that Pi ended his story in a Mexico hospital bed, but the movie's ending was also a little confusing and not clear on what happened to Pi and Richard Parker in the film to lead to that point. Ang Lee's Life of Pi racked up critical acclaim and pre-award season buzz, along with solid box office numbers.
Pi's Animal Story Explained In this version of Pi's tale, the Life of Pi explained that the cargo ship sinks and, during the ensuing chaos in the film set at sea, he is joined on the lifeboat by a ragtag group of zoo animals that also managed to escape: an orangutan, a spotted hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, and a Bengal Tiger . After some time, Pi watches helplessly as the hyena kills the zebra and then the orangutan before it is, subsequently, dispatched by Richard Parker.
Pi's Human Story Explained The Life of Pi ending explained that in this version of Pi's tale, the cargo ship still sinks, but instead of the ragtag group of animals in the lifeboat, Pi claims that he was joined by his mother , the ship's despicable cook, and an injured Japanese sailor. After some time, fearing for the limited supplies in the boat, the cook kills the weakened Japanese sailor, and later, Gita.
Viewers have pointed to the look of anguish on Pi's face during his telling of the human story in the film as "proof" that he was uncomfortable facing the true horror of his experience. However, the novel takes the scene in the opposite direction, with Pi expressing annoyance at the two men, criticizing them for wanting "a story they already know.
That said, aside from all the theological implications, and regardless of personal preference, it's insular to view the Life of Pi ending as simply a dismissal of everything that Pi had previously described since, in keeping with his view that every religious story has worthwhile parts, a third interpretation of the ending of the movie could be that the "truth" is a mix of both stories.
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