Thesis Statement For Life Of Pi

In Life of Pi, the main character is Piscine Molitor, though people call him Pi. Pi’s family was on their way to immigrate to Canada via ship, though the ship sinks in the middle of the ocean and the only survivors are Pi, an orangutan, a zebra and a tiger stranded on a lifeboat. Later on, the orangutan and zebra die, leaving a hungry tiger that is unpredictable and Pi who has limited resources, in the middle of the ocean. If Pi wants to not die and have a chance to survive, he must stay alive from the ocean and the tiger. Since Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger in the middle of the ocean with limited resources, Pi has to survive mentally and physically throughout the whole ordeal.

Pi was deeply affected as a child by the way people treated him as a result of his religious beliefs. Pi’s dad was very critical of his beliefs. At one point Pi’s father questions Pi about how he can practice three religions at once. Pi replies that they are the same

Pi's religious and human faith in god has guided him through his journey from childhood into adulthood. Pi Molitor Patel is a pious follower of three different religions. He believes that all three religions are essentially the same. All three religions:,Hinduism,Islam, and Christianity,

Firstly, Pi’s devotion for God was clear and he often seeks clarity from god. Throughout the novel, Pi’s love for God caused him to practice three major religion at the same time; breaking any barriers between Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Pi believes all three religions are equally true and interconnective as “[Islam and Christianity] both claim Abraham as theirs. Muslims say the God of the Hebrews and Christians is the same as the God of the Muslims. They recognize David, Moses, and Jesus as prophets” (80, Martel). Pi was morally ambiguous, he did not know if one religion would bring him closer to God than another causing him to follow all three. When Pi was stuck on the life boat, he often called out for help from god as he feared death. As he was giving up, a voice inside of him spoke from his heart and said “I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are. I have survived so far, miraculously. Now I will turn miracle into routine. The amazing will be seen every day. I will put in all the hard work necessary. Yes, so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen” (164). Pi was uncertain whether or not he was going to survive however, he hoped through praying, he would as his faith in God brought him comfort.

In the book Life of Pi the author Yann Martel wrote about a young boy named Pi Patel surviving on a lifeboat by himself. Throughout the entire book Pi was very close to religion and in the end his religions were the main reason he had survived. At the start of the book Yann Martel introduces three religions, Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism. There are three main points that aided in Pi’s survival. One being that Pi was open to religions and started to follow the Islamic faith. The second reason is that Islam believed that one should pray five times a day, and Pi did exactly this. The last reason is that the religion

The way Pi acts throughout his journey suggests that having faith is one of the most important practises to learn as it can give an individual hope. Pi has a strong connection to all his practising faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism. Society is set to have many unspoken rules that we must abide by to

Pi’s dedication to all three religions: Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, built a stronger bond between God and himself. It gave him character and strength as God was alongside him throughout the entire journey. The bond he shared with God also helped him keep his sanity and maintain his will to live.

Pi knows that science and research cannot fully explain the spiritual beauties he discovers throughout his life. He also knows that religion cannot substantiate scientific truth. Pi must understand the two subjects together in order to comprehend the complexity of the world.

Firstly, Pi goes through a lot of struggles while lost at sea. He wars with himself on topics such as his views on religion and his decision

All of these factors influenced Pi’s survival while he was stranded at sea. “God preserve me! No supplication was ever more passionate yet more gently carried by the breeze” (Martel, page 140) This quote shows that Pi was very passionate about his prayers and religion while at sea. This is because he did not have anything else to believe; his religion was all he had left to place his hope in.

Pi was born a Hindu, baptized a Christian, and he prays like a Muslim. It

Pi’s recollection of the Tsimtsum ship sinking horrifies the Japanese Investigators (175). Pi then asks the investigators, of the two variations of the story, which story they prefer. Pi hopes to see them truly reflect on the reasoning for their decision. When they both agree on the animal story as being their preference, Pi responds, “Thank you. And so it goes with God” (179). This, at first, is difficult to interpret. Pi lives his life as a believer of multiple religions. To Pi, the varying stories of religion all differ, but at their cores, they are the same. To Pi, God can be explained through both the Bible, and The Qur’an. Just as his story can be told with animals or with people. No one can prove one to be truer than the other, but, in the case of religion, both “stories” begin and end the same, and that is with loving

At the age of fourteen Pi was introduced to three religions, christianity, hinduism and islam. He was on a trip with his parents in Munnar when he met a Christian priest along with other religious leaders. In these religions they preach that god is the main influence of life. Pi listened and learned in these religions, buying a bible and prayer rug that he read and used daily. This influenced his belief that God impacts all life events because it was what he read,

Pi’s first introduced to hinduism through birth and it's the base of his religious believes. He grew up with this religion and in this way defines him as a person. Hinduism also starts pi’s religious journey in finding himself. Christianity was first introduced to Pi by his aunty at a very young age.

Furthermore, his vast knowledge of animals, having grown up at a zoo, helps him to tame Richard Parker. Pi knows tigers’ psychological thinking and exploits this by classically conditioning Richard Parker. Likewise, Pi’s experience of watching a tiger kill a goat in his early childhood taught him the fundamental lesson that ‘an animal is an animal’, enabling him to strategically and mentally survive his long and testing time at sea. In addition to that, during the early parts of Part 2, Pi comes across a survival manual, a crucial object for his continued existence. The book gives him critical information on the do’s and don’ts of survival at sea and it is hard to imagine that Pi could have survived without this book which also gave him the opportunity to write down his words which were “all he has left’’.