¿Es La Vida de Pi Magical Realism o no? Part Dos Punto Cero

     I still believe Richard Parker did not truly exist; rather, he represents the conflict of Pi's survival as well as Pi's sanity.  The entirety of the book resonates the idea of assigning meaning to life by using stories , and most importantly beliefs.  Pi, a man who believed in three religions, used his beliefs to form his purpose before he got shipwrecked.  He extended this strong faith at sea when he struggled with going against his religions.  Richard Parker represented this "wildness" of doing what he didn't feel was ethical.  When telling the story to to others, he replaced his concept of his wildness with Richard Parker and unconditionally stuck with his belief that Richard Parker was with him.  He did this to show that his beliefs came first.  His beliefs were his facts and he used them to make sense of his actions and purpose.  Even his name suggest this; Pi is 3.14.  As stated in class, all religions have 3 common factors but many versions.  Pi's story had one true event, but Pi uses his ability to transform reality into better versions to show that a perspective of happenings is true through one's own lens.  After the group discussion and arguing Richard Parker's existence, my group and I came to the conclusion that his existence does not matter as either way the moral of the story stands true.  We must stick with our beliefs to assign meaning to life, whether that means Richard Parker is true or is not.