Life Of Pi Freedom Essay

Freedom in context is much like looking at a mirage, it is a small yet powerful word that posses many illusions amongst society. The true meaning of freedom is evidence to be questionable. Contrary to society’s illusions, true freedom places limitations on one’s physical freedom, freedom to love and freedom of choice. The novel written by Yann Martel, Life of Pi displays that the nature of truth of freedom is that true freedom confines our choices. This is seen through the environment of zoos with animals, Pi’s adoption of three different religions and Pi’s solitude on the lifeboat.
To begin, Pi touches upon the environment of zoos through his lesson on the true context of freedom. His philosophy that contradicts societal thoughts on the captivity of zoos displays the limitations that animals face despite being free seen within both zoos and the wild: “Well-meaning but misinformed people think animals in the wild are ‘happy’ because they are ‘free’” (Martel 16). Pi addresses the misconceptions that people have towards zoos, through the limitations on their physical freedom to move freely in a wild atmosphere. The definition of freedom ultimately becomes redefined in Pi’s perspective arguing that the lack of food and constant worrying about
This is seen through the environment of zoos with an animal’s restrictive freedom to move, Pi’s confinement of faith with Hinduism, Christianly and Islam and Pi’s restrictive solitude on the lifeboat. Within all of these cases, true freedom becomes redefined and overrated as they result in limited choices seen through a lack of physical freedom, freedom of religion and freedom of choice, contrary to societal illusions. These events not only display times where freedom holds no true value as other sacrifices are to be made, but also ceases to exist. Can true freedom exist without one being confined with their