Life of Pi Group

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aznstoner
aznstoner

How does Yann Martel use the Life of Pi to support the claim that this is a story that will make you believe in god?

Less specific, I'm asking in a more broader sense of the question, what in the story led to the belief or how did the story lead to the belief in god, if in fact, it did make you believe in god. Or if you were to read it without already having a religious belief, you would have been convinced in god as well.

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Posted by aznstoner on Tuesday October 21, 2008 at 11:58 PM and tagged with god, life of pi, religion.

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  1. jclarketown
    jclarketown

    Specifically, in part one Pi explores different religions that all differently worship a similar God. As he goes through his ordeal (whichever you choose to believe), he is repeatedly tested in these beliefs, especially when the giant tanker ship misses him completely. He also has to live his entire existence on the boat with the representation of "evil" in the predator Tiger. The fact that he pities the Tiger, and even keeps it alive, is a question I will let you ponder.

    If one came to this book with no religious beliefs, which is highly unlikely, as most of us believe or don't believe in religion or "God," one would be introduced to various belief systems that all center on God. Martel makes a convincing case for the belief in "God," however you choose to worship or believe in that God.

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    Posted by jclarketown on Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 12:48 PM

  2. rmarie
    rmarie

    if you don't know the answer then you missed everything the book was supposed to teach you

     

    and so it is with God.

     

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    Posted by rmarie on Wednesday May 13, 2009 at 6:17 PM