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As for the question itself, a person cannot believe in more than one religion at a time. This is shown when the three holy men meet Pi in the park and they argue over his religious practices. While arguing Pi’s father reminds the three holy men that “there is freedom for practice of whatever religion in this country”[2]. The holy men screamed in unison, “Yes! Practice-singular”[3]. This point supports how even the three major holy religions of the world believe that you can only have one. However, it is possible for people to change religions throughout their lives. As religions are faith based through personal convictions that come from within, you have purpose in what you believe, and therefore are only able to believe in one at a time. To say you believe in Christianity and Hinduism would be like saying you are both a communist and a progressive conservative, which are different philosophies. You have to choose one religion or another, just as in this story you need to believe the first story or the second story, and you cannot believe that both of these events occurred. A person cannot believe two tales of the same
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We begin to understand we have to ultimately face and deal with our own struggles, allowing us to come to terms with our own beliefs, where we are at in our own lives and how we fit into our culture. This story could be interpreted with different meanings by different people, but ultimately causes the kind of thought that moves us forward in terms of who we will become. The purpose of this story is to show the similarities of some religions, and also to show that the things that are different, are not so different after all. This is a book attempting to change minds on religious discrimination and indifferences.
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[1] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Random house of Canada Limited ( 2001
[2] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Spoken by Pi Patel’s father in a discussion of faith in the story
[3] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Spoken by a Hindu, Christian, and Islamic holy men
[4] http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac2.htm
[5] Mr. Okamoto talking to Pi, asking to hear the real story, the more believable version
[6] Spoken by Keltie Brigham in English A30 class, during discussion of the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel
[7] Spoken by Tia Walker in English A30 class, during discussion of the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann
We begin to understand we have to ultimately face and deal with our own struggles, allowing us to come to terms with our own beliefs, where we are at in our own lives and how we fit into our culture. This story could be interpreted with different meanings by different people, but ultimately causes the kind of thought that moves us forward in terms of who we will become. The purpose of this story is to show the similarities of some religions, and also to show that the things that are different, are not so different after all. This is a book attempting to change minds on religious discrimination and indifferences.
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[1] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Random house of Canada Limited ( 2001
[2] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Spoken by Pi Patel’s father in a discussion of faith in the story
[3] “Life of Pi”, Martel, Yann, Spoken by a Hindu, Christian, and Islamic holy men
[4] http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_prac2.htm
[5] Mr. Okamoto talking to Pi, asking to hear the real story, the more believable version
[6] Spoken by Keltie Brigham in English A30 class, during discussion of the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann Martel
[7] Spoken by Tia Walker in English A30 class, during discussion of the book “Life of Pi” written by Yann