Life of Pi

So I kept hearing about this book from everywhere, plus this being a friend's favorite book -

I imagined it being more of a religion discussion in the style of Dostoyevski, but it is definitely a story of an adventure! Life rafts on airplanes don't have the provisions on this book.

"book club questions" has some suggested discussion questions, such as what is the relationship of zoology and religious studies, in light of this book?

My answer would be that both studies studies the relationship of man in context of his/her sourroundings. Zoology in terms of natural creation andas brothers and sisters, as St. Francis puts it. Religious studies is a study of man's search for God, which makes it a study of man's relationship to his supernatural family.

The author Yann Martel says something interesting about atheists and agnostics. Atheists may have made a decision on things, but can be convinced otherwise. Agnostics will doubt anything and everything, and therefore cannot be convinced out of agnostic view.

While these are the central themes of the book, it is not clear the relationship of religion and zoology in the context of this book. Comments?