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Richard Parker's Beliefs In Life Of Pi

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Pi’s firm belief in his faith keeps him alive by testing his spiritual and physical strength. Even during his weakest days Pi fought for his life against Richard Parker and the elements, his faith pushed him to have hope and to fight against his fear to survive. During his time on the life boat Pi states that he worries that his “faith will sink to the bottom of the pacific and he wouldn’t be able to lift it back up” (263). In Pi’s childhood he took on 3 religions Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. He took on these religions with the belief of Gandhi’s words that “All religions are true” (87). Many of the religious leaders believe he isn’t in the right mind to think of having multiple religions but, each religion meant something different to

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