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Why Pi will believe in three religions? Why the author will create this kind of character?

Emily I personally found the multiple religions that Pi chooses to embrace quite interesting. Unlike most religious books where the author chooses to develo…moreI personally found the multiple religions that Pi chooses to embrace quite interesting. Unlike most religious books where the author chooses to develop a character's faith in one religion, Life of Pi is a universal novel that questions the meaning of religion itself. Pi decides for himself, much to the dismay of his parents and teachers, that "all he wants is to love God". With Pi's youthful view on religion, Yann Martel forces the reader to for once look outside their own religion and into what religion really is. I understand this may be offensive to some, but it is a philosophical piece, like the rest of the novel.(less)

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is the life of pie bad for children under age 10

Henning I don't understand how anyone could consider this a childrens book. It is philosophical, a bit tedious and surprisingly violent, and uses fairly advan…moreI don't understand how anyone could consider this a childrens book. It is philosophical, a bit tedious and surprisingly violent, and uses fairly advanced vocabulary at times. It doesn't seem to target any specific age group, but it's not for the youngest.(less)

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***DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK*** Which ending do you believe? Were the animals real or did they all represent somebody/something?

M.W. Lee

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Loved it. Wonder how much of it was mean to be a hallucination?

Graycee Cline

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Why am I having problems with the beginning of this book? My pet peeve of using to many 'I's and 'You' in prose... is there a plot? Should I just go ahead and watch the movie? (I'm usually a classic reader, but this book was such the rave....I usually go against the flow of popular)

Sheherazahde It took me literally 3 years to finish reading this book.
It was a hard slog in the middle. Being lost at sea is boring.
It picks up around chapter 84…moreIt took me literally 3 years to finish reading this book.
It was a hard slog in the middle. Being lost at sea is boring.
It picks up around chapter 84, when he sees a whale. And there is lightning storm in chapter 85. In Chapter 92 he finds a floating island. That was pretty cool.
There are exactly 100 chapter. that helped.
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