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3 pages in length. Assessing the presence and value of faith in Yann Martel's Life of Pi, it comes as no surprise how faith symbolizes a component of man's existence that seeks unyielding reassurance. The problem with meaning in this particular context, however, is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotation to the concept of faith; indeed, this cannot be achieved as long as any two individuals harbor decidedly different interpretations, particularly when one person is adrift at sea with wild animals while another is warm and secure within the safe harbor of home. No additional sources cited.
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that seeks unyielding reassurance. The problem with meaning in this particular context, however, is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connotation to the concept of faith; indeed,
this cannot be achieved as long as any two individuals harbor decidedly different interpretations, particularly when one person is adrift at sea with wild animals while another is warm and
secure within the safe harbor of home. Pis faith that some sort of God exists is inextricable interconnected with his survival thus far in his harrowing journey; however, it is
also the focus of tremendous scrutiny on Pis part for ever having put him in this predicament in the first place. Having struggled with the concept of faith early
on, Pis desire to find the "right fit" leaves him with a lot of unanswered questions, not the least of which is "Why?" "Ill be honest about it.
It is not atheists who get stuck in my craw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for a while. We must all pass through the garden of Gethsemane.
If Christ played with doubt, so must we. If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, My God, my God, why have
you forsaken me? then surely we are also permitted to doubt" (Martel 28). The very nature of perception is that which we,
as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly unique to human beings. Man
looks upon his world as a direct reflection of him, his values, beliefs, experiences, conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based
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