Life of pie final section!

I would definitely have to say that the last section of this book was by far the weirdest to me. And the last few chapters completely confused me! The first part of this section that really got to me was when Richard Parker started talking to Pi. Okay obviously animals can't talk and it was his state of delirium, but still! This was a little crazy and unexpected to me! I was not expecting that. Another strange thing: when he met the other blind guy...in the middle of the ocean. The odds of this seem very unlikely to me. I mean he's just floating randomly and this other guy is too coincidentally??? The weirdest and most unexpected part to me was when this other guy actually tried to strangle Pi! I understand that desperate times call for desperate measures, but this guy just took it too far! Pi doesn't directly say this, but I have no doubt that this entire situation changed him a lot. Everything he does shows how he's matured in some ways but resorted to animal like ways in other situations. I really think that this situation probably made him more religious, too. The main argument at the end of the book, as well as throughout, is faith vs. science. Pi is definitely on the faith side. His love of religion is noticeable by the sheer fact that he doesn't try to kill himself or just quit trying to survive. He always keeps trying and that shows that he does have faith that his gods will help him to make it through. On a short note, I really found the part where he was describing the meercats very interesting. Martel just did a really good job of describing them so that I could really picture what he was seeing. The last 6 chapters can be summarized in one word: THEME.  Pi's entire argument with the Japanese is about faith vs. science. Personally, I believe the "faith" story that Pi tells. Even though not everything makes logical sense to us or the other men, that's just part of life. Many things in life that people love and focus attention on are faith based, yet we still will defend them. It makes sense for Pi to be more faith based since he is so religious. I'm not gonna lie, I got kind of sad when Richard Parker left Pi without a "proper farewell." Even though a tiger can't say goodbye, I kind of expected him to. Some parts of this book were harder to get through than others but overall I really liked the message of faith vs. science, and even though it kind of annoyed me at the time, I like the "you choose" kind of ending.