Week 6 Post A

Pi's faith seems to be giving him the will power to survive. Pi says, "I was giving up. I would have given up- if a voice hadn't made itself heard in my heart. The voice said, 'I will not die. I refuse it. I will make it through this nightmare. I will beat the odds, as great as they are'...so long as God is with me, I will not die. Amen." I was wondering why Yann Martel was spending so much time describing Pi's faith in three different religions and all of his ideals but now it is clear to me. His faith is the sole element to his survival. It has to be tough being the only one on a raft with weeks of alone time and solidity. I have often heard that tragic events bring a person closer to god but as of right now, Pi is beginning to doubt whether God's love will save him. In a way, these past few chapters have been a proving ground for Pi's faith much like the "land of no return" in the mono myth cycle. Martel shows the reader a glimpse of what Pi's life is like after the shipwreck and the reader finds out that in the end of the story, he has a wife, child and home and is very successful but this doesn't give away the story because I still have no idea what will happen to Pi and how he will become rescued and make it to Canada.