DESCRIPTION OF 3 IMAGES - PART 3:

1.    DESCRIPTION:     

In this image we can see an eye with a view to the world.

 This image represents that most people choose what they want to see and what to believe.

HOW IT RELATES TO THE BOOK?

"I'm sorry to say it so bluntly, we don't mean to hurt your feelings, but you don't really expect us to believe you, do you? Carnivorous trees? A fish-eating algae that produces fresh water? Tree-dwelling aquatic rodents? These things don't exist." "Only because you've never seen them." "That's right. We believe what we see." (Life of Pi, page 294)

Pi loves God, but this confusion made him doubt about it, most people haven’t seen God, so they think  he doesn’t exist.

I feel identified with this quote, because I have also questioned the existence of God, which is just what Mr. Okamoto said. Until you don’t  see, you don’t  believe. In spite of that, I am aware that there is always going to be a superior God in my life.

2.    DESCRIPTION:

In this image we can see two young ladies talking about something, each one sharing different things.

HOW IT RELATES TO THE BOOK?

“[…] Doesn't the telling of something always become a story?" "Uhh...perhaps in English. In Japanese a story would have an element of invention in it. We don't want any invention. We want the 'straight facts,' as you say in English." "Isn't telling about something – using words, English or Japanese – already an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention? "The world isn't just the way it is. It is how we understand it, no? And in understanding something, we bring something to it, no? Doesn't that make life a story?" (Life of Pi, page 307)

This image clearly relates to the book, because as Pi says in the book, each time we talk about different events of something we are not just talking about it, we are telling a story. We are never just stating facts; we are expressing our thoughts, feelings and even our emotions towards those events.

3. DESCRIPTION:  

In this image we can see a heart written drawn on the sand, and it says I love God.

HOW IT RELATES TO THE BOOK?

"[…] Don't you bully me with your politeness! Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?" (Life of Pi, page 297)

This image relates to the book, because Mr. Okamoto was discussing with Pi about the veracity of his story. Pi felt insulted. After this, Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba agreed on what he continued saying. In my opinion, it is true that many people think those things are hard to believe - love, God and even life, as Pi says in the quote above. However, most of them are not hard to believe when you experience them deeply.