Early on in the book Pi learns two religions. In total he learns three, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism. When "The life of Pi" was published in 2001 or even now (2017), belonging to more than one religion was/is unheard of. When background knowledge of Pi's life is being told to the reader at the very beginning, Pi's experience of learning Christianity is told. At first Pi is confused why God is so "human-like," he then realizes why god was so human-like and not like the 330 million Hindu gods. Pi realizes that God was so human-like to forgive the sins of his followers. Pi is a child. As children we tend to want or do something then tend to not care for it the next day. This may be the case with religion. Pi learns about many religions and that could be interpreted in different ways. It could be that he wanted to learn about other religions before he chose one for himself; or it could be him as a kid being interested in religions then forget them the nex...
In the "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel Pi opens the early chapters by introducing himself. Pi mentions a lot of things from his religion to his interest in Zoology. Pi then talks about how he has been surrounded by animals his whole life and the relationships between him and all the animals. The relationships are to the point where he could control any animal he stepped infront of, except one. Not a Hyena. Not a orangutan, and not mighty king of the jungle. It was a tiger, named Richard Parker. Pi had spoken of the Tiger as an animal that could not be controlled, but I feel the Tiger is an animal that is misunderstood. Fast-forward to Pi being stranded in the ocean with his biggest fear (Tiger), and I feel it is a real possibility that Pi learns to love and care for the Tiger with the name of Richard Parker. I feel this way because Pi speaks of tigers in a mysterious way, and seems to not know much about them. This leads me to infer that by the end of the novel, Pi will develop...