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What is the movie with the tiger on the boat with the boy?

The movie with a tiger on a boat with a boy is The Life Of Pi. The boat sinks and the boy gets on the life boat with the tiger.


What is the falling action of life of pi?

When they fell off the boat


What is Pi's full name in Life of Pi?

Pi's full name is Piscine Molitor Patel.


What is the tigers name in Life of Pi?

The tiger's name in "Life of Pi" is Richard Parker.


Where did the Tsimtsum boat sink in Life of Pi?

In the novel "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, the Tsimtsum boat sinks in the Pacific Ocean. After a violent storm, the shipwreck occurs and Pi finds himself stranded on a lifeboat for 227 days with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.


Is the titanic in the movie Life of Pi?

No. The boat is owned by Pi's parents and they die in the crash. He then becomes lonely but has a tiger on his boat that he jumps onto and gets washed away.


Is Life of Pi in first person?

life of pi is about one boys strife to live life with three different religions and then also him surviving on the boat,


What are some simularities between Life of Pi and the biblical story of Noah?

Both stories contain animals on a boat.


Why is the book called Life of Pi?

In the book "Life of Pi" a guy named Pi Patel, gets trapped in a life boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. His only companion is a bangal tiger named Richard. The reason it is called "Life of Pi" is because it is about pi's life.Also becasue Piscine Molitor Patel was named after a swimming pool. soon after starting school people would not say his name right so he shortened it to pi.


What is the first food that pi finds and consumes on the life boat?

The first food Pi ate on the lifeboat was a bar from Europe (I think it was a granola bar, but I'm not quite sure).


Where did Pi get this name from in the Life of Pi?

people made fun of his name his real name is Piscine Molitor Patel. but instead the next year her decided to use the first 2 letters which is "Pi"


What is the falling action on the Life of Pi?

In the falling action of "Life of Pi," the story resolves as Pi is rescued and tells his extraordinary tale to officials. The falling action focuses on the aftermath of Pi's journey and the impact it has on his life, particularly in terms of his faith and perception of reality. It serves to provide closure to the story and reflect on the themes of survival, faith, and storytelling.