This quote connects to the poem because it is expressing the thought that there can be multiple interpretations of God (religions) and none of them are wrong. There is one higher being that created this earth and everything on it. But that higher being can be thought of and seen in more ways than one, to a multitude of people, none of which are wrong in what they believe.

This quote relates to this quote from Life of Pi:

"I don't see why I can't be all three. Mamaji has two passports. He's Indian and French. Why can't I be a Hindu, a Christian, and a Muslim?"

"That's different. France and India are nations on earth."

"How many nations are there in the sky?"

She thought for a second. "One. That's the point. One nation, one passport." ...

"If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?"

The six blind men come upon an elephant and the elephant represents our idea of God. Since they are blind,their only way of determining what the elephant is by their sense of touch. Each of the men touch the elephant and all have different evaluations of what it is. One man finds it similar to a wall, one a fan, another a rope. I found the last line of the poem to be the most important because it ties together this story and Life of Pi. "Though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong" I think this line means that each man was right to think of God in his own way (describing different religions) because there isn't a "wrong" answer. But they are all wrong in thinking their idea of him is the only right idea.

The literature that I connected Life of Pi to is a poem that is based on a famous Indian legend. It is called The Blind Men and The Elephant.