Comparative analysis of story The Heathen and life of Pi movie

This blog is a classroom task assigned to Students to check their understanding. Students shall compare and contrast the story Heathen with Movie life of pie. 

"The Heathen" is a short story by the American writer Jack London. It was first published in Everybody's Magazine in August 1910In the story, two people, from different cultural and racial backgrounds, are the only survivors of a ship that encounters a hurricane in the Pacific, and they remain together.

Life of Pi is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001.The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy, He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger which raises questions about the nature of reality and how it is perceived and told.later in the year 2012 it was adapted into a movie directed and produced by Ang Lee and written by David Magee.

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(Give responses to these questions in the comment section below this blog-post)

1. What similarities and differences did you found between the story and Movie? 

2. How far does the character of Otto and Richard Parker is influential in character development of protagonist? 

3.Do you feel ‘aesthetic delight’ while watching the movie? If yes, exactly when did it happen? If no, can you explain with reasons?

4. What is the role of religion in both movie and story? 

5.Was there any particular scene or moment in the movie that you will cherish lifetime?