Gita Patel Character Analysis in Life of Pi

Pi’s mother. Gita is raised a Hindu and had a Baptist education, but she is nonreligious as an adult and questions Pi’s faith. Gita encourages Pi to read books as a youth. In Pi’s first story Gita dies when the Tsimtsum sinks, but in his second story she takes the place of Orange Juice the orangutan. She protects Pi from the French cook for as long as she can, but she is eventually murdered, decapitated, and eaten by the cook.

Gita Patel Quotes in Life of Pi

The Life of Pi quotes below are all either spoken by Gita Patel or refer to Gita Patel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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The pandit spoke first. “Mr. Patel, Piscine’s piety is admirable. In these troubled times it’s good to see a boy so keen on God. We all agree on that.” The imam and the priest nodded. “But he can’t be a Hindu, a Christian and a Muslim. It’s impossible. He must choose…”
“Hmmm, Piscine?” Mother nudged me. “How do you feel about the question?”
“Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God,” I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face.

Related Characters: Piscine Molitor Patel (Pi) (speaker), Gita Patel (speaker), Gita Patel, Santosh Patel

Page Number and Citation: 69

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