![]() ![]() He believes God sees humanity: as creatures who cannot stop sinning and have no ![]() Necessary offering for the sins of the zoo’s wild animals. Retelling of the parable is significant in that he sees himself as the In his retelling of a biblical parable, Pi’s fatherįeeds Pi to the lions to pay for the animals’ wildness and misbehavior. Pi describes his introduction to the Christ story by placing Typical of Pi-after announcing a sweeping truth, he often then refutes it completely. That comes to Pi most naturally, he contemplates the idea that we are all born Catholic-thenĬontradictorily insists that he was not born Catholic. Eachįaith is represented by religious symbols, framed pictures of religious figures,Īnd the holy scriptures of each religion. The various religions Pi follows are introduced by The AuthorĪs he describes Pi’s present-day home in Canada, referring to it as a shrine. The two men with identical names and juxtaposing positions on the universe-science Hisįather has no interest in religion whatsoever, and although his mother has beenīrought up in both the Hindu and Baptist faiths, she also claims no religious His threefold beliefs they casually humor his religious needs and interests. Pi can follow all three religions at the same time, and eventually he is chasedĪway from the temples, churches, and mosques. Has been worshiping with and learning from. Marketplace involving his family and all the religious leaders and mentors he One day he is the center of a confrontation in the Skepticism and outrage from the religious leaders of his community and Pi’s simultaneous belief in three religions meets with Satish Kumar explains to Pi that it is a religion of “the Beloved.” And even later he becomes a Muslim, after the second Mr. Later he finds himself in a Catholic church, where he falls in love with the story of Christ. His first religion is Hinduism because of his natural love of its spirituality and beauty. As Pi comes of age, he discovers spirituality. ![]()
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