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Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

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Choosing the better story seems easy; however, this idea never crossed my mind until I read Life of Pi. The beginning of this novel promises the writer a story that will make him believe in God. Once the novel starts, we learn that Pi Patel is a believer of Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. These three religions all offer different stories, but when they come together they help Pi to survive his journey with a Bengal tiger and several other animals. Once he finally makes it to land, Pi chooses to change the animal characters into humans to make the story more believable. This plot twist then allows the reader to decide for him/herself which story to believe. The idea, of my choosing what story to believe, challenged me because I used to be

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