The second part illustrates the journey through the ocean while the last part focuses on the interaction of Pi and the two officials who wanted to know to more about his adventure. Instead of choosing one, Pi was practicing all the three religions and used them to try and understand the nature of God. However, when he was a teenager, he was introduced to other religions such as Christianity and Islam. Religion was introduced to him in his early childhood as he was born a Hindu. He was brought in a well up family since his father not only owned but also used to run a zoo. The main character is named after a swimming pool in France but changed latter to Pi during his secondary school life. The story has been subdivided in to three different parts based on the life of the main character Pi (Piscine Molitor Patel).

It is important to discuss the plot of the story before discussing the main idea. Based on that, this paper shall discuss the role of religion and God in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi as influenced by Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Grogon Pym of Nantucket.

However, the role of religion in the Life of Pi has been illuminated by Allan Poe in The Narrative of Arthur Grogon Pym of Nantucket. All religions that he practiced were important to him and none was inferior to the other. The main character or the protagonists known as Pi used to practice three religions during his childhood which were inclusive of Hinduism, Christianity as well as Islam. Although there are many themes discussed in the novel, religion is a major theme.

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