In this chapter we encounter just how the deaths of an atheist and an agnostic would go about. Pi is the one who is trying to capture the way this event would happen to both of them. In this image we are able to see how in the mind of the atheist just as he is about to approach death he is convinced of the afterlife. On the otherhand the agnostic still refuses to believe in anything and continues to hold on strong to his own beliefs. At this point I didn't know whether to be impressed by the fortitude of a person holding on to such strong convictions despite being shown the contrary or to be disturbed by this. This lead me to think about a topic we have been discussing in class about time and how sometime throughout the course of our life we always seem to put things off for later or tommorrow, always trying to keep our convicions or way of life by not regretting anything we do in this life, just like the famous Don Juan, who never repented of the way he lead his life. Just like him, I sort of imagined this agnostic person not regretting or changing what he believed in his entire life despite being shown there is something more. Yet on the other hand as we discussed in class the Christian view of him would make him stay within the limbo, for eternity. In reference to my title, I do consider this chapter to be one of the most existentialists ive read in a while because of the view of death and the afterlife, for the modern existentialist there is no afterlife. You live life the way you live and theres nothing more, this reminded me of the agnostic character to which Pi makes reference to. In life there are many beliefs, people may be wrong or right, who are we to judge if they are or we are. We won't know until it's our time to pass. This life is given to us to tolerate and love those who think different than us, who believe differently then us. Otherwise what was the point in God making such diverse of a creation. Doesn't this give us something to think about? All we need is love.
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