However, the film's juxtaposition of the animal story and the human story has led many moviegoers to view the last-minute Life of Pi plot point as a finite "twist," which was not the original intention of Martel with the book, or very likely Ang Lee with the film. Of course, that is purely speculation - since, again, Life of Pi explained that Pi does not elaborate on the human story beyond the revelation that he was alone on the lifeboat.Įven if the connection between the lifeboat parties was missed, The Life of Pi explained that the writer makes the connection for the audience (or readers): the hyena is the cook, the orangutan is Pi's mother, the zebra is the sailor, and Richard Parker is Pi. Maybe he found an island but realized that living is more than just eating and existing, deciding to take his chances at sea instead of wasting away in apathy on a beach eating meerkats all alone. Pi does not mention his other adventures at sea, such as the island, but it'd be easy to strip away some of the fantastical elements in favor of more grounded (albeit allegorical) situations. Scarred from watching his mother die in front of his eyes, Pi kills the cook in a moment of self-preservation, and revenge. After some time, fearing for the limited supplies in the boat, the cook kills the weakened Japanese sailor, and later, Gita. 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 ( played expertly by Suraj Sharma) claims that he was joined by his mother (Gita), the ship's despicable cook, and an injured Japanese sailor.
However, when the agents do not believe his tale, the young survivor tells a different version of his journey. Pi is brought to a hospital, where he tells the animal story to the Japanese officials. As Pi collapses on the beach, he watches the Bengal tiger disappear into the jungle without even glancing back. When the lifeboat makes landfall along the Mexican coast, Pi and Richard Parker are once again malnourished. So, as Life of Pi explained, he stocks the lifeboat with greens and meerkats, and the pair sets sail again. Pi realizes that eventually, the island will consume them. Pi and Richard Parker stuff themselves but soon discover that the island is home to a carnivorous algae that, when the tide arrives, turns the ground into an acidic trap. Until, after several months at sea, they wash ashore on an uncharted island packed with fresh vegetation and a bountiful meerkat population. Though Pi succeeds, the pair remain on the verge of starvation. Life of Pi explained that Pi then sets about conditioning the tiger through rewarding behavior (food and fresh water) so that the two can co-exist in the boat.
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