blobby task #3

According to Christianity, our lives are predetermined by God, yet we also have some control over our own direction. And according to Hunduism, it is believed that our choices have consequences. Meaning, if we make good choices, then good consequences will occur, and vise versa with if we choose to do bad choices. I believe with Christianity's theory, because although we do have the choice to do whatever, we are still limited by who we are. For example, I'm a young, male student. Which means, I can do anything I choose to do, such as do my homework, run, join clubs, etc. However, I am limited to the things I can do because I was born a male, and I'm still young. There are many things that I'm not designed to do, or at least not yet. For example, I'm not allowed to go into the girls' public wash room (I do not choose to anyways), I can't give birth to live young (which I don't want to do either), and the list goes on.

In relation to my book, Pi's free will led him to go leave his room on the boat to observe a storm. However, I believe that Pi wouldn't have left the room if it wasn't for the storm, which he wasn't in control of. So in my belief, fate led his free will to leave the room. IF he had stayed in the room, he would have died along with his family and the rest of the sailors. Which means, Pi was sort of in control of his path, but he was limited to what he was able to do in the novel. Pi was not able to save his family, he was not able to stop the storm or stop the ship from sinking. But what saved his life was fate. He ended up on the lifeboat because he had no other option. Pi was a scared boy at the time and he was forced to go into the lifeboat because if he didn't he would have died.


Adrian Salvador