A story that will make you believe in God.” The movie, Life of Pi, starts off with the main character, Piscine or Pi, telling the accounts of a shipwreck that happened when he was a young boy. The man he is telling the story to said that Pi’s uncle had recommend that he come talk to him for a story for a novel he was wanting to write. The story starts Pi had come about his name and also how he came about his religions. Pi is Hindu, Christian, and Muslim. He grew up in India and was born into Hinduism. He states that the gods in Hindu were like super heroes to him growing up. One day at the mountains, he enters a church as a dare from his brother to drink the holy water. There, he talks to the priest about Christ and why God would sacrifice
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He thanked Vishnu for introducing him to Christ. Later, he witnessed a group of
Muslims performing the Salah ritual. Pi also adapted this and said that he found serenity and a sense of brotherhood in these praying rituals. At dinner one evening with his family, Pi’s father tells him that he cannot believe in three religions. He says that believing in everything is the same as believing in nothing. His father also says that he needs to pick a path and to start thinking rationally so he is not thinking blankly. His mother more so supported his idea of having three religions and says he is still young. He then tells his parents that he wants to be baptized. This was a critical point in Pi’s life because he is stating that this is not just a phase, but what he truly believes in and will not stand down. I believe that he also does not conform to what his father is telling him because Pi knows that he has had a personal experience with each of the religions and cannot explain to this father who rationally believes that faith works under specific laws. After explaining his religions, he then tells how his family had to sell the zoo they …show more content…
He did not criticize any but rather ponder about the possibilities. His own reality was truly based on the foundations of his religions and faith.
With the foundation of his story concluded, he then tells the accounts of the ship wreck.
He at first was on a small life boat with a hurt zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and unknowingly the tiger, Richard Parker. The hyena kills the zebra and the orangutan, then Richard Parker comes out to kill the hyena, leaving Pi and the tiger alone surviving together for an unmeasurable amount of time. It seems that Pi’s faith was tested quite a bit during the time. Each time, he felt as though his gods, whether it be Christ or Vishnu, abandoned him and Richard Parker. At one point in the movie, Pi states that one cannot know the strength of faith until it has been tested and doubted. Although Pi was always pushed and almost to a breaking point where he felt like he was going to die, his faith was always restored in some kind of act. Whether it was the flying fish to give them ample amount of food, or the floating island and signs that the island the island would kill him if he stayed. He believed that these were all signs from god that he should
He thanked Vishnu for introducing him to Christ. Later, he witnessed a group of
Muslims performing the Salah ritual. Pi also adapted this and said that he found serenity and a sense of brotherhood in these praying rituals. At dinner one evening with his family, Pi’s father tells him that he cannot believe in three religions. He says that believing in everything is the same as believing in nothing. His father also says that he needs to pick a path and to start thinking rationally so he is not thinking blankly. His mother more so supported his idea of having three religions and says he is still young. He then tells his parents that he wants to be baptized. This was a critical point in Pi’s life because he is stating that this is not just a phase, but what he truly believes in and will not stand down. I believe that he also does not conform to what his father is telling him because Pi knows that he has had a personal experience with each of the religions and cannot explain to this father who rationally believes that faith works under specific laws. After explaining his religions, he then tells how his family had to sell the zoo they …show more content…
He did not criticize any but rather ponder about the possibilities. His own reality was truly based on the foundations of his religions and faith.
With the foundation of his story concluded, he then tells the accounts of the ship wreck.
He at first was on a small life boat with a hurt zebra, an orangutan, a hyena, and unknowingly the tiger, Richard Parker. The hyena kills the zebra and the orangutan, then Richard Parker comes out to kill the hyena, leaving Pi and the tiger alone surviving together for an unmeasurable amount of time. It seems that Pi’s faith was tested quite a bit during the time. Each time, he felt as though his gods, whether it be Christ or Vishnu, abandoned him and Richard Parker. At one point in the movie, Pi states that one cannot know the strength of faith until it has been tested and doubted. Although Pi was always pushed and almost to a breaking point where he felt like he was going to die, his faith was always restored in some kind of act. Whether it was the flying fish to give them ample amount of food, or the floating island and signs that the island the island would kill him if he stayed. He believed that these were all signs from god that he should