I find life cannot be seen purely through knowledge. And I
find nothing meaningful can be fully rationalized. As I have written about the
Apollonian and the Dionysian needing to exist together, there is always need for
some opposition. The Life of Pi is
filled with this opposition. In fact the book presents two completely opposed
versions of the same story. Did Pi survive off of the food he could catch,
living with a tiger on a boat? Or did Pi revert to cannibalism? Additionally to
that, Pi is well versed in several religions, but does not blindly accept them-
he is willing to contradict their teachings. The Life of Pi succeeds in encompassing tension between the
Apollonian and the Dionysian, and successfully holds on to an unrationalized story.
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