Life+of+Pi

Background information:
 * Pi and his family own a zoo in India
 * He is deeply religious and tries to find God in as many ways as possible, including Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam
 * Pi is named after Piscine Moliter, a pool, in Paris.
 * They sell their zoo, pack up their animals, and go on a cargo ship to Canada to open a new zoo
 * The ship has technical difficulties and begins to sink in the morning
 * The workers throw Pi into the lifeboat
 * Pi escapes on a lifeboat while the rest of his family got trapped in their rooms on the lower decks
 * Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a hyena, an orangatan, a zebra, a bengal tiger, named Richard Parker
 * Pi comes across a mysterious island and once he discovers that it is cannibalistic, he quickly flees alongside Richard Parker.
 * Eventually, he reaches land in Mexico. Where Richard Parker runs off, and Pi is discovered.
 * Pi is interviewed and they didn't believe his story with the animals.

Orange Juice: his mother Zebra: sailor Hyena: Cook Tiger: Pi, himself. This is an allegory since each of the animals matches up with a person from real life, exhibiting the same traits and qualities as the the people.
 * Notes**: In __Life of Pi__ the animals represent the different people that may or may not have been in the boat with Pi. I believe that he imagined the animals in his mind to somehow justify and comfort himself about the awful things the survivors were doing to each other. Pi believes that the use of imagination and the animal creates a better story".


 * the movie came out in November of 2012:**
 * http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/**


 * the sparknotes quiz is pretty good too:**
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 * LItCharts Life of Pi Study Guide**

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 * 2017 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS:**

Nicole Smith: https://docs.google.com/a/npenn.org/presentation/d/14yYhJoLQ7jF-Zck_o60oG_EPzIWVfhzByeb51P-M7mU/edit?usp=sharing

Caroline Erb: https://spark.adobe.com/page/BV9IDIfAY0wYu/

Jake Homan- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ba8Px5zr3yJwXyrAfhh0JwDNY-OtYcDJI0jpC4JPMyo/edit#slide=id.p

2016 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS:** Devon B 16/20 - great start, but some slides toward the end lack creativity and imagery.

Cheyenne C- https://docs.google.com/a/npenn.org/presentation/d/1h13S1w9KQxPV5vJdRWc0wxwU62Ftpv5fgpQillXCZDo/edit?usp=sharing