Bildungsroman

Pi has already had a coming of age before this novel begins, but he does still have realizations and puts the reader a journey that develops them. If the character doesn’t change, but causes the read to instead, is that a bildungsroman?
Pi is such a unique person. He has such different beliefs than everyone else, and so this allows him to survive on lifeboat. During this time, Pi realizes that only through the co-existence will Richard Parker and him live. I think this is a bildungsroman, because there is growth in Pi; however, it isn’t as obvious as other novels we have read in class. The end of the story sums up the book. When Pi is telling his story to the Japanese officials, he asks them which story they prefer and they say the one with the animals. This shows the progression of the novel. First it is about the practice of religions, and that develops into faith and a realization that what make sense, may not be a better story.