What are the cutural traditions and values in "life of pi"

Life of pi is a creative story of an Indian individual named Pi who is infamous of his story or account after surviving a wild storm while sailing with his family to Britain. One of the amazing highlights of the story was that he was able to live/survive with a wild tiger named Richard Parker whom he made long time to make ammends on the way they co-exist both. One of the cultural traditions introduced in the story is the way Pi differentiated different religions to each other which he was very open minded about learning each. He was also introduced to the thought that in order for an animal to follow orders, it must be punished so as to follow obediently.