Pi was born in Pondicherry India, his father ran a zoo there and came to have it after a business opportunity opened up in the Pondicherry Botanical Garden which Pi’s father “jumped” on. The novel Life of Pi is a well written story about Pi and his love for god and how he became in-love with religion of all kinds. Pi also known as Piscine Molitor Patel got his real name from a story that his honorary uncle Mamaji told Pi’s father; it was of a swimming pool in France. Piscine is the french word for swimming pool. Unfortunately for Pi his peers didn’t see it as a beautiful swimming pool but as a way to mock and pick on him. Which leads to the reason Piscine is now known as Pi, after so long of being tormented because of his name he decided …show more content…
Yes this paragraph is about religion and Pi’s involvement in it and his beliefs around it. Seems rambling on and on is the trend for this essay so why stop now. Pi was born a Hindu and practices everything relating to Hinduism and knew the gods and idea behind them and their stories. But Pi’s love for god brought him to Christianity and then to Islam. Pi saw no reason why he couldn’t believe in many religions because they all believe in god no matter the form or difference, he saw god as god and loved him. PI had a science teacher, an atheist science teacher. You would think that given Mr. Kumar (the teacher) being an atheist that Pi would dislike him maybe even hate him but that’s not the case actually Mr. Kumar (the teacher) was one of his favorite teachers… Yes that was a bit of a run on sentence but it was needed sorry… Pi saw Mr. Kumar (the teacher) as a fellow brother as he should see people given his believe and love in god. The one thing Pi hated was agnostics (people who don’t and won’t believe in god) he sees it like this: If Mr. Kumar (the teacher) was on his deathbed he would most likely still refer to the harm feeling as a sign of a higher power whereas for an agnostic they would just see it as a possible brain failure. Oh there’s another Mr. Kumar (Islamic religious
Sense after reading "life of Pi" Pi is a teenager born in India and at the same time believing in Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. His father runs a zoo, so he knows the habits of animals. Frankly speaking, the beginning of this story is not attractive, mixed with a religious belief in a teenager's growth experience. Then the story officially entered into the "fantasy draft". Pi family take boat to move to Canada with their animals, Pi's father wanted to bring the animals to a foreign country in order to sell a good price.
Pi continues his journey by learning how to live in a small space with these animals and even training one of them. In the end Pi reveals another story with people replacing the animals that were on the lifeboat before. Pi had initially used animals which best represented the people who were really in the boat. This showed how throughout the story, since these people were put into a life threatening situation, they had revealed a more primal side. Life of Pi is accompanied with various symbols, with each
Pi simply answered ¨I like to explore different religions and learn about all of them¨. That got Lady Macbeth and the Knight very angry and they argued over how you can only believe in one religion and only practice one. Finny sat in the back trying to please everyone saying ¨its ok guys it's not that big of a deal¨. He shouldn't have said that, everyone turned on Finny at that time yelling at him saying ¨religion doesn't matter huh¨?? Finny then started crying and ran off to a different room to cry. Beowulf followed him in the room and tried helping him but Finny called him a fat ugly monster.
Since he is still young, it is a road of up and downs, trial and error, to understand what it is like to become an independent adult. The mental boundaries mostly consist of how Pi’s religion(s) play into his life and his decisions. Because Pi is religious,
Water is a significant symbol of spirituality and religion in Life of Pi. From the beginning of the movie, where adult Pi introduces himself to the author and tells the story behind his unusual name, the theme of water makes an appearance. Pi’s given name, Piscine Molitor, is a pool in France. Pi’s father’s friend, whom he refers to as Mamaji (a Hindi word for uncle), tells Pi’s father Santosh that if one swims
The portrayal of his character as being highly moral and religious in the beginning of the story were destroyed in his search of satisfying his basic physiological needs by turning into savagery. At many points in the story, Pi sees himself no different to Richard Parker as we are all animals looking to survive. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and the story of The Life of Pi, demonstrates that our minds are controlled in stages, in which one set of needs must be satisfied before reaching the satisfaction of another. To understand the psychology of the human mind which allows us to reach the highest of stages of achievement, one must realize the darkest depths a mind can turn to in order to
Piscines’ life is a constant struggle or a quest.. In the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster, the first chapter of Fosters’ novel “Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It's Not)” The chapter is clearly visible within the Life of Pi. Including what Pi had: the problems endured through
One is so that he can quickly get to part two of the book, which is the interesting part, and to dismiss confusion among the readers. Religion has been talked about since the early pages, and it seems very important to Pi, the plot, and theme. “In time, my religious doings went from the notice of those to whom it didn 't matter and only amused, to that of those to whom it did matter - and they were not amused.” (THE LIFE OF PI, 2001, p.37). However as soon as the story reaches around page 50, the importance and talk of religion has basically flourished.
I think the meaning behind Pi’s reply, “so it is with God.” is that a life is better with some kind of believe than one without because Pi’s original story with the animals in less tragic and horrific in comparison to Pi’s second story. For an example, on page 309, Pi has to witness his mother be stabbed to death and then later beheaded by the brute-like cook, “He killed her. The cook killed my mother….He caught her by the wrist and twisted it. SHe shrieked and fell.
When Pi was put in a situation when he needed to survive, he had to change how he saw religion. In his
This idea may be based off of the fact that he had to kill the fish in order to survive, and to keep Richard Parker (the tiger) alive as well. Following the time of killing the flying fish (which Pi uses as bait) he catches a dorado, and explains that the food he is catching is for Richard Parker. Pi states, “It was for Richard Parker and he would have dispatched it with expert ease” (Martel 89). Through a religious aspect, it can be seen that Pi did not necessarily change is values, but had to go against his morals because of the specific scenario of survival. This may be true; however, Pi directly mentions that he is changed from the time of killing the flying fish to taking the life away from a beautiful dorado.
With the combination of magical realistic events and Pi’s religious beliefs, Pi along with the reader a contemplates life’s concepts. From the very beginning, Pi makes his love and yearning for religion clear. As Life of Pi progresses, the protagonist picks up multiple religions as he travels through the novel. With the addition of first Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, Pi gains attention from leaders and priests of these faiths. Conflict commences with the religious leaders of these individual faiths.
He is unable to understand why the Lord isn’t listening to his prayers and why everything is detrimental to him. Keeping his religious beliefs at sea is very challenging for Pi, this leads him to experience feelings of disbelief towards God. Despite his doubts, Pi continues to pray and practice his religions. He eventually comes to the conclusion that once everything is taken away from him and he is in complete darkness, he will always have his faith. He admits that loving God is difficult, but it’s something he must do if he is to survive his journey across the ocean.
This is just one of the many things that Jesus and Pi both suffered through. Another relation between Pi and Jesus is that their iconic stories were both written down. Jesus had disciples that wrote down