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The first section is an adult Pi Patel’s rumination over his childhood. The main character, Piscine Patel (aka "Pi") talks about his life living as the son of a zookeeper, and speaks at length about animal behaviour, while also speaking about his religion – Pi practices Islam, Hinduism and Christianity, having seen merits in all three religions. He says "I just want to love God."

Fleeing political oppression, Pi and his family leave Pondicherry for Canada. En route, the Japanese ship Tsimtsum carrying him and his family mysteriously sinks. Crew and passengers are lost at sea and Pi is the only survivor. He manages to survive due to being tossed into the lifeboat before the ship goes under, where he is joined by a zebra that jumps into the boat and breaks its leg due to the impact. Pi then foolishly helps a dangerous 450-pound Bengal tiger (incongruously named Richard Parker), to board the life boat only to realize the riskiness of this deed once the tiger is almost aboard and......

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