... religion and science serves as support and guidance to his survival in social isolation. Finding himself as a castaway, Pi applies his understanding of faith and reason to an orangutan and tiger who accompanies him on a compact lifeboat. Cheerfully welcoming Orange Juice "coming, floating on an island of bananas in a halo of light, as lovely as the Virgin Mary"" (111), Pi depicts ... orangutan's company renders Pi to feel warmth and comfort, which in a great extent is a portrayal of God's presence. In the same way, Pi also looks at Richard Parker the royal Bengal tiger as a source of ho...

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