Postby Rochenut » Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:41 pm
Well, even though hers was a smart-ass answer it raised an interesting point.
In the first part of the book, Pi's faith is challenged as he explores his religious options. In the second, we had to suspend our disbelief. In the third, two different world views are presented, one bleak and violent and the other hopeful yet absurd.
When I was reading the Pacific section of the book I found myself alternating between skepticism and belief, something which grips everyone when they are faced with religion, and probably an echo of Pi's own struggles with three different religions in the first part of book.
So I think the book basically says this: The reason why you enjoyed reading me was because you were able to suspend your disbelief during the strange parts with the ferrets. Similarly, the reason why people are willing to believe in 'impossible' things like multiheaded gods, and why Pi is the way he is, is that it gives them hope.