Summary
Ravi teases Pi about his religious affiliations. He enumerates the days of worship for each and jokes that Pi needs ......
Notes
There is an interesting play on words here when Ravi asks Pi if he will be the next Pope Pius. Pi who is pious may be the......
Summary
Pi defends his religious practices and scorns those who are so small minded that they lose sight of the real meaning of faith because they are too busy pronouncing the outer appearances of faith. He is chased away from the usual houses of worship and must.......
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Here again is the syncretic theme. For Pi, the point of religion is to have faith and demonstrate love for God, not to ........
Summary
Pi approaches his father and asks to be baptized (as a Christian) and requests a prayer rug (for Islamic prayer). Father is confused and tries to explain to Pi that the different religions have nothing in common. Pi refutes this, listing several prophets and, of course, the one God shared by Christians and Muslims. Father points out to Pi that the family is Indian, implying that Pi should be Hindu. Pi refutes this.......
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Confident, Pi now goes beyond reasoning with his heart, i.e. I just want to love God, to arguing with doctrine and........
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