Hinduism and Life of Pi are closely connected, due to their incorporation of animals in both the book and the religion. Hinduism closely incorporates animals through their gods, while in Life of Pi, Pi has a close relationship with animals and talks about them a lot throughout the story. Some examples of this are: Animals in Hinduism are very important, Hindu gods use them as vehicles (Hindu Gods/Goddesses and Their Amazing Vehicles). In Life of Pi, the author notices many statues and pictures from the Hindu religion in Piscine’s house (Martel, Ch. 15). Also in Life of Pi, Pi replaces the survivors of the TsimTsum with animals (Martel). Many Hindu gods/goddesses are closely related to animals and also use animals as vehicles (Hinduism for Dummies and HG/GTAV) . The Hindu god, Ganesha, has an elephant head and uses a rat as his vehicle to
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The author notices that the cans and packages aren’t unkempt, they are stacked very neatly and carefully (Martel, Ch. 6). The author states that it was, “A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad.” (Martel, Ch. 6). After noticing Piscine’s cupboards are jam-packed, he states that, “Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages (Martel, Ch. 6). Hinduism has closely incorporated animals since the beginning of time, but Martel’s, Life of Pi, also incorporates them throughout the book. Piscine Molitor Patel had lived with his family for all of his childhood, with his father owning a zoo. Due to this, Pi grew up being very close to animals and eventually studied Hinduism himself. When Pi grew up, he had many statues, pictures, and representations of the Hindu religion. Hindu gods use animals as vehicles and Pi had traveled in a vehicle with some animals. Life of Pi and the Hinduism are similiar in many ways, but animals being the most common
The author notices that the cans and packages aren’t unkempt, they are stacked very neatly and carefully (Martel, Ch. 6). The author states that it was, “A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad.” (Martel, Ch. 6). After noticing Piscine’s cupboards are jam-packed, he states that, “Behind every door, on every shelf, stand mountains of neatly stacked cans and packages (Martel, Ch. 6). Hinduism has closely incorporated animals since the beginning of time, but Martel’s, Life of Pi, also incorporates them throughout the book. Piscine Molitor Patel had lived with his family for all of his childhood, with his father owning a zoo. Due to this, Pi grew up being very close to animals and eventually studied Hinduism himself. When Pi grew up, he had many statues, pictures, and representations of the Hindu religion. Hindu gods use animals as vehicles and Pi had traveled in a vehicle with some animals. Life of Pi and the Hinduism are similiar in many ways, but animals being the most common