killing of the cook to save his own life. It is easy to believe that Pi, a sensitive boy with a religious imagination, had to invent this myth to bear, psychologically, the pain of his trials ...

In his recent Calendar article on religiously tinged films [“Faith Makes a Hollywood Comeback,” Dec. 30], critic Stephen Farber singles out Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi,” based on the like ...

Lifeboat scene pits solitude against loneliness In some ways%2C Pi and Richard ... educated middle class, religion is sort of replaced by art. If you want to understand life, you don't pray ...

“Life of Pi” by Yann Martel ... In the first part of the story, readers follow Pi as he discovers Christianity and Islam, as well as his native religion, Hinduism. The first part took up ...