Life of Pi - Chapters 85 - 89

       Throughout Life of Pi, god’s looks to have been keeping Pi alive with natural phenomena. One of the first examples is when Pi is in need of food and struggles to catch fish but soon god gives him a gift of the thousands of flying fish. Another example is when Pi and Richard Parker are on the verge of dying, their strength is so weak they can barely function, but soon God leads them to the algae island which later regains their strength and hope. But if God has been keeping Pi alive with all these natural phenomena’s, it is questioned as to why did God had the tanker miss him. To me the only reason I could think of has a far greater meaning than just being rescued, but is more so about existentialism. Pi hasn’t found is meaning in life and the purpose of why his is in this world. Yes, Pi has gone through many things that he never would have imagined while being stranded in the Pacific Ocean and has made decisions over and over again that are just a part of his life now, but he has not truly found his purpose. This is why God chose for the tanker to miss Pi; his time wasn’t done and he had still not found the meaning to his life. Everything in life happens for a reason, Pi’s incident happened so that he could find the reasons behind his existence.