pi·e·ty (pī'ĭ-tē)
n., pl. -ties.
- The state or quality of being pious, especially:
- Religious devotion and reverence to God.
- Religious devotion and reverence to God.
Friday, May 9, 2008
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7 comments:
oh wow! thats so cool, i never noticed that! ya i think that martel probably purposely did that because obviously the book has a lot of religios aspects to it and Pi is very devoted to his religions. thanks for bringing that up, now his name actually makes sense to me.
I never thought of it that way. It probably was intentional. Because he is really devoted to his religions. Steph you have a good eye for details in novels.
I never clued into that. This is most likely a play on words in reference to Pi's obvious commitment to religion.
Although I don't believe it was intentional, it definitely could have been. As stated near the end of the book, Pi believes things in life should be definite. He then states how he doesn't like his name, as it relates to the unending ratio 3.14...
Because the book is about devout acts, the intention of the connection between "Pi" and "piety" is plausible.
I don't really have anything intelligent to add, but I'd like to comment about how Pi hates his name because it's an irrational number. Through I really enjoyed the novel, during the second that I read that one line I almost despised Pi :P I guess I'm just a dork.
(The fact that pi goes on forever is what makes it such a great number! If it was finite, a circle wouldn't be perfect.)
I think that it was definently intentional because Yann Martel puts so much effort and detail into his work.
I never made that connection. i agree that it was probably intentional.
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