One of life's many unanswered questions is what life is like after mortality ends. The only plausible way for humans to conjure up an answer is through religion. Since the forbidden fruit was plucked from the calamitous tree, millions of religions have been brewed and thrown into the eternal pot of humanity. This search for answers to the unknown and this unique struggle to find oneself in faith are vividly reflected in Life of Pi. This inimitable and emotionally draining novel is set in the 1970s, when the most horrific side of Gandhi began to emerge and religious freedom was limited. Although our world has changed a lot since those drastic times, people today still struggle with the stereotypical notions that are etched into all, if not most, pieties in our world. In Life of Pi, a young boy with a magnetic mind explores the meaning of life, and throughout his sad and valiant journey he realizes that although different hands have shaped the religions of our world, those hands were created by a universal force. Yann Martel boldly expresses his personal motive through symbolism, ideology and characterization; it was as if Agni was claiming that he was our mortal knowledge. Since the dawn of time, archaic humans have always created some sort of “superior” being. The Egyptians had Isis, Osiris, Horus and countless other deities. The Hebrews claim Yahweh as the creator of everything, while the Hindus claim that gods like Lakshimi, Brahman and Vishnu determine the well-being of our land. Every ancient civilization had its unique god(s) who formed unity within communities, which imposed a set of laws on people and made society so fluid. Religion was everything to our ancestors, and they gave so audibly...... middle of paper ......e of the norm, realize that all religions are one, all religions are equal, all religions, even if they believe and worship various gods, all share the same result and a single universal force. Life of Pi not only tells the story of a young boy, but also contains a solid theory that could easily change our world. If we, as individuals in the 21st century, had realized that we really aren't that different, would Jews have been persecuted? Are the Bahá'í people of Iran facing unjust racism? If our world had sat down and read The Life of Pi, many religious persecutions would not have occurred. Our world would be a safe and unfettered world; people would not be separated by beliefs, but united by religion. When Yann Martel decided to write the mystery that is The Life of Pi, he not only wrote the story of a young boy, but also a philosophy that has the potential to become the motto of our world..