Life of Pi Analysis

Summary Piscine Molitor Patel Protagonist in the story, too the narrator as well as known as Pi Ravi Patel Pis older br new(prenominal) by three years Santosh Patel Pis father, owns a zoo in Pondicherry, India Gita Patel Pis Mother Satish Kumar Pis biology teacher in Pondicherry Father Martin A Catholic priest that introduces Pi to the catholic faith Satish Kumar A Muslim secret that shares the said(prenominal) name with Pis biology teacher Hindu Pandit A man whom is never named, he becomes very angry at Pi for practicing religions other than his own Pi Patel, a Hindu boy from Pondicherry, India, narrates this novel.The novel begins with Pi going into great depth ab push through the living of a sloth, which reminds him of a god. Pi explains how he got his name from a fluid pool. This leads into Pis liveliness story, which begins with his fond memories of his fathers zoo in India. Following this is a memory of a trip he took with his family, where he meets a cathol ic priest who introduces him to Catholicism. Later on this trip, Pi meets a Muslim mystic who introduces Pi to the Muslim faith.Pi is deeply intrigued with other religions and their practices, but his curiosity crushed when a Hindu Pandit informs Pis parents that he is practicing other religions than his own. Signifi send awayt Quotes I know zoos are no longer in peoples good graces. Religion faces the same problem. Certain illusions about freedom plague them both. Page 21 This citation shows how closely related Pi sees animals and religion.People construe the life of animals in the bats they do not understand that life in captivity at a zoo might very well be a better life for an animal just as people misunderstand what it means for some angiotensin-converting enzyme to be free of a religion. Religion can take away the harshness of reality, just as the walls of a zoo enclosure can show one reality, but not the one beyond the walls. Pi is trying to show how religion can steril ize a life simpler and more enjoyable. I can well speculate an atheists last words White, white L-L-Love My God and the deathbed border of faith.Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays see to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying, Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation of the b-b-brain, and, to the very end, lack visual sense n and command the better story. Page 70 This quote illustrates how closely religion is relate to creativity and imagination. How an atheist believes in the nonexistence of god, still believes in something and has the qualification to change their beliefs, where as an agnostics are uncertain, with no beliefs and therefore lacking imagination to devise a guide for their life.Without stories of beliefs in our lives -like in an agnostics life life is dry and yeastless or flat and dull. I couldnt get Him out of my head. Still cant. I spent three solid age thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less I could forget Him. And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave Him. Page 63 This quote shows the depth of Pis faith at such a young age. He seeks God not only through his own religion, but also in religions that he adopts throughout his journeys. Pis goal is to cut God innocent but extremely powerful.