Life Of Pi Essay On Religion
Yann Martel grew up in a household that was religiously neutral, religion was never mentioned. Martel had intellectual prejudices against religion as well. He decided to go to a Catholic mass in order to research information to formulate the character Pi, in Life of Pi, while making Pi a more captivating, believable character. When Martel went to the Church, he fell in love with religion and "the greater perspectives" that it gave him; religion becomes extremely important to Martel. His new perspective and views on religion are clearly reflected in Life of Pi, where Pi has a similar love of religion, and Pi also explores a new religion just like Martel did, "'Religion will save us,' I said. Since when I could remember, religions had always
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In Life of Pi, the same point is reiterated, "I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always." Martel says that fear involves no will; one is afraid and doesn't have a choice about it. He explains how religion can help tame one's fears. In Life of Pi, Pi has many fears while he is by himself on the lifeboat. Pi uses religion and his faith to motivate him to keep going, while pushing away his fears. Again, Martel believes fear can push one forward, and that fear is very powerful; he shows his perspective on fear in Life of Pi by illustrating how powerful Pi's fears are, and how Pi can be pushed forward through his fears and become a stronger person. Yann Martel personally believes that fears push people forward, and this is demonstrated when Pi has to take charge of his fears, like when Pi has to tame Richard Parker. He also incorporates his perspective on religion into fear in Life of Pi; religion is used to tame fears and this shows how important religion is to Martel and how powerful it is as
In Life of Pi, the same point is reiterated, "I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins in your mind, always." Martel says that fear involves no will; one is afraid and doesn't have a choice about it. He explains how religion can help tame one's fears. In Life of Pi, Pi has many fears while he is by himself on the lifeboat. Pi uses religion and his faith to motivate him to keep going, while pushing away his fears. Again, Martel believes fear can push one forward, and that fear is very powerful; he shows his perspective on fear in Life of Pi by illustrating how powerful Pi's fears are, and how Pi can be pushed forward through his fears and become a stronger person. Yann Martel personally believes that fears push people forward, and this is demonstrated when Pi has to take charge of his fears, like when Pi has to tame Richard Parker. He also incorporates his perspective on religion into fear in Life of Pi; religion is used to tame fears and this shows how important religion is to Martel and how powerful it is as