Life Of Pi Film Analysis

The Life of pi film focuses mainly on a young boy named Pi and his journey while he was stranded at sea after the ship that his family had been on, had sunken. There are different themes that one could see while watching the film but the themes “where can God be found” and ‘’ecological meaning” played a very significant role in the film.

Where can God be found?

There were various scenes where God could be found. The film emphasis that God can be found anywhere. According to the film, God can be found when stranded at sea, he can be found during a storm and he is around everywhere. When looking at it from a religious perspective, God was found in the first scene of the film. The scene where the botanical garden was shown with an abundance of life showed God presence. This scene is similar to the book of Genesis because of the botanical garden and the variety of animals that lived in it.

During the main scene, where the ship had sunken during the storm. It came across as God has abandoned Pi and that Pi was left to fend for himself because his whole family had been lost to the sea and he was left with a tiger on a life boat even though God had the ability to prevent the ship from sinking.

Another significant scene was when Pi was challenged to run into a church on one of the mountains and drink the holy water. This was when he was introduced to the Christian faith. Pi was then introduced to the Muslim faith later. He then decided to embrace all the religions including the religion he was born into which was Hinduism and this was the point where Pi started his spiritual journey looking for meaning.

Pi’s belief is then detested by his father. Pi’s father believes in science and not religion. In one of the scenes, Pi’s father tried...

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I’ve come to a conclusion that this film was intended to make one believe in God which was stated in the beginning of the film and that although Pi went through a difficult few months on a lifeboat, his faith is what kept his strong. His faith is basically the reason behind his survival and without the providence of both his faith and nature, he wouldn’t have made it. Every time Pi was provided with water and food, he cried out to God and thanked him which meant that he believed God was with him wherever he was even though it came to a point where it felt like God had abandoned him. The role nature plays in life is emphasised throughout the film in order to show the ecological meaning of the film. Without nature, Pi wouldn’t have survived. The themes that have been discussed formed the basis of the film and therefore was seen in every seen of the film.