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  • Essay / Using Imagination to Cope with Suffering in Pi's Life

    “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all that we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the whole world and all that there will ever be to know and understand. –Albert EinsteinThe power of imagination can be described as invincible. By using imagination, one can achieve endless triumphs and create a powerful new world. In the book The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, a thriving young boy named Pi Patel begins to develop a wonderful mind that expands his knowledge, the true meaning of independence and the value of life. His imagination is what allows him to face and overcome his suffering. The role of his imagination and his stories is extremely important in the sense that these stories have absolutely no relation to his current situation. Forcing him not to feel alone, he creates a solution using his imaginative trait to distract from reality. Pi Patel is a sixteen-year-old boy whose imagination can be described to such an extent that it can actually be believed. Imagination is of great importance and is a primary and positive quality that Pi possessed. Religiously, Pi is a very proud Hindu and although he lacks for nothing, he wants more. As he is introduced to one religion after another, he learns the importance of telling a story while realizing the need to phrase things differently, even if the moral of the story is the same throughout. to the other. Born a Hindu, Pi heard the story of Christianity and acquired a desire to become one. In response to Pi's request, the priest said, "You already are, Piscine, in your heart." He who encounters Christ in good faith is a Christian. Here in Munnar you have met Christ. (Page 63) Pi began to think that he himself was a Christian and would practice the faith. When b...... middle of paper...... of priority in his mind rather than trying to find other methods of survival. That said, towards the end of the novel, recounting and describing these random events in detail was his method of survival. Even though they were fake, this is what distracted Pi from reality and was also a great hobby for him. an excellent, well-written novel by Yann Martel which expresses the idea of ​​imagination. With this we can achieve many things like survival, as shown by Pi who did just that and it turned out perfectly fine. Everyone has different ways of coping with things in their life, but no matter what; the goal is to distract yourself from reality. Pi is a young boy who experienced many trials and suffering realistically, but who also experienced many wild and unrealistic events imaginatively and this is what ultimately allowed him to survive..