Cultural Influences In Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

The life of pi by Yann Martel is the amazing survival story of pi. He has to brave the ocean in a single raft, but, he has more to worry about then food, water, and shelter. He must survive the entire ordeal while accompanied by a Bengal tiger. Through sheer determination, Pi’s understanding of animal and human habits and his strong belief in religion him and the tiger preserver and survives. Pi is pacifist, vegetarian, Christian, Hindu, and Muslim. Influenced greatly by past events and his father’s occupation as a zoo owner. Culture is very prominent throughout the text seeing as he continues to use his past to help in the continuation of his life. He states that everything he’s done has either been influenced directly from his friends and family or from entire groups. Prominent cultural influence is religion as it has ties into almost every moral choice he makes in the novel. But there is a lot of culture throughout the novel.
When he asked to hear another story, Father Martin responded that Christianity has only one story, and the crux of it is love. Soon after, Pi decided to become a Christian. It began when Pi met a Muslim baker and mystic, who, in the middle of a conversation with Pi, excused himself to pray.. Pi began to pray with Mr. Kumar and to visit a local mosque. The religious figures protested that such a thing was not possible and demanded that Pi choose a single religion. Pi responded that he just wanted to love God. Pi speculates that people who act out in violence or anger in the name of god misunderstand the true nature of