Restrictions can be liberating in many ways. If you know what your restrictions are then you have don't have to worry about as many things and you have less choices to make. In some cases choices can be tedious and hard, but if you have restrictions you have limited choices and solutions to choose from, and you are forced to pick the best one.
In Pi's case, the restrictions are drastic. He was in the middle of the pacific ocean, on a lifeboat with a huge tiger and limited supplies for more than 200 days. Because of Pi's restrictions, he had to liberate his mind of the struggles of society and focus on surviving. He didn't have people to tell him to choose a god. Pi had enough restrictions that he had the opportunity to be free. He could pray to whoever he wanted whenever he wanted with out society or a person clinging to his back and dragging him down all the time.
Pi had to find out a way to liberate himself from the restrictions of Richard Parker(the tiger). With the small amount of resources he had and his mind he started training the tiger and he also made a raft to liberate himself the dangers of the tiger. Being trapped on the lifeboat let Pi pray to whoever he wanted.Because of Pi's restrictions, he learned more about himself, about animals, and the ocean. Restrictions can be liberating, mentally and physically.
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