Chapter 100
In this chapter Mr. Okamoto sends Pi the report that to Mr.Okamoto was difficult and very memorable. He also remembered Pi as " very thin, very tough, and very bright". In his report Mr.Okamto stated that Pi had a astounding story of courage and endurance in the face of extraordinarily difficult and tragic circumstances.
THE END
THE END
Chapter 99
In this chapter the Japanese men do not believe Pi's story. in the beginning they do not believe that bananas float until they try it in there sink. Secondly, they did not be live that PI survived with a wild tiger on board. Thirdly, they didn't believe in the french man until Pi said that he might have been the chef on the boat before he was eaten alive by Richard. The 2 Japanese men then said that they really like Pi's story. Pi then asked them if they want a flat story with no animals and they said yes.
When Mr. Okamoto tries to discuss the sinking of the ship, Pi has none of it and they continue to argue over the truth of Pi’s story. Finally, Pi angrily starts a story designed so as not to “surprise you. He tells them a second story without animals in which a French Cook, a sailor with a broken leg and Pi’s mother are with him on the lifeboat. The cook cuts off the sailor’s leg and when he dies, eats him, greatly scaring Pi and his mother. A while later Pi’s mother and the cook argue and the cook kills Pi’s mother, throwing her head to Pi. Afterwards, Pi kills the cook and finally, alone, he turns to God. Mr. Okamoto points out the parallels in the stories two don’t know what to believe. They continue to press for details about the actual sinking of the ship and continue to annoy Pi who has only bad things to say about the crew of the ship. With neither story offering a different outcome, Pi requests that they choose which story they like best. The two men enjoy the first story, to which Pi offers thanks and begins to cry. The two men finally thank Pi and leave, commenting that they’ll hide from Richard Parker. Pi comments “He’s hiding somewhere you’ll never find him.”
When Mr. Okamoto tries to discuss the sinking of the ship, Pi has none of it and they continue to argue over the truth of Pi’s story. Finally, Pi angrily starts a story designed so as not to “surprise you. He tells them a second story without animals in which a French Cook, a sailor with a broken leg and Pi’s mother are with him on the lifeboat. The cook cuts off the sailor’s leg and when he dies, eats him, greatly scaring Pi and his mother. A while later Pi’s mother and the cook argue and the cook kills Pi’s mother, throwing her head to Pi. Afterwards, Pi kills the cook and finally, alone, he turns to God. Mr. Okamoto points out the parallels in the stories two don’t know what to believe. They continue to press for details about the actual sinking of the ship and continue to annoy Pi who has only bad things to say about the crew of the ship. With neither story offering a different outcome, Pi requests that they choose which story they like best. The two men enjoy the first story, to which Pi offers thanks and begins to cry. The two men finally thank Pi and leave, commenting that they’ll hide from Richard Parker. Pi comments “He’s hiding somewhere you’ll never find him.”
Chapter 98
After asking for a break and giving Pi another cookie, the Japanese men discuss how they think Pi is crazy. They also note how Pi is hoarding cookies, offering him yet another and leaving the room temporarily.
Chapter 97
In this chapter Pi tells the Japanese men his story only stating in the entire chapter
"the story".
"the story".
Chapter 96
In this chapter Pi meets the Japanese men, introducing themselves as interviewers on behalf of Japan, trying to learn about the sinking of the Tsimtsum. They tell him they had a good trip in between discussing between themselves in Japanese. They hand Pi a cookie and then start an interview.
Part Three: Chapter 95
In this chapter The author finally returns, discussing the arrival of Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba to Tomatlan. At first arriving in Tomatan, the wrong city, they travel over 1500 KM a ferry boat and broken car to reach Tomatlan, their actual destination. After 41hours of unpleasantness, they arrive at the Benito Juarez infirmary and interview Pi for hours, recording everything. In the end they give a copy of the entire tape and a copy of the report to the author.
Chapter 94
In this chapter Pi and Richard finally reach Mexico and when 6 or 7 poor people find him they bathe him and feed him and then take him to the hospital to nurture him.
Chapter 93
In this chapter Pi states that the rest of his story is nothing but grief , ache and endurance.
Chapter 92
In this chapter Pi and Richard arrive on an island made entirely of plant mass. There is only green, which Pi finds soothing as his favorite color but Pi thinks it to be an illusion until he steps on it and smells the plants. He falls to the ground and decides to taste the algae, it has a sugary coating and salty coating inside. Richard Parker also leaves the boat, Pi if afraid of the tiger claiming the island as his own, Pi returns to the boat after eating and resting.The next day, the two return to the island and eat again. After Pi returns to the boat, Richard Parker comes charging at him. He tries to stop him with the whistle, but the discomfort of the tiger forces him into the water where he swims toward the boat instead. Pi attempts walking for the first time again and they are feeling much healthier. After another day, Pi decides to explore the island a bit, seeing all kinds of ponds, trees and thousands of tiny meerkats. The meerkats are huddled around a pond snagging fish from below and Pi soon joins them by soaking the fresh water of the pond. After a few more days, Pi cleans out the lifeboat and explores the island more. He decides it must about 7 miles long and 20 miles around. As time passes, the two regain much of their health and strength. With the tiger regaining so much strength, Pi decides to resume training to keep him safe. He teaches the tiger how to jump through hoops, In the morning all of the furry little creatures crawl off of him and head for the ponds. He eventually brings supplies and continues sleeping in the trees, enjoying the meerkats’ company. One night, he notices a dead fish in the pond that causes the meerkats to yell. In the morning the dead fish is gone. Pi finds that the island may be carnivorous with a tree that holds a human tooth. He tests this by dropping a meerkat onto the algae at night and watching it scurry back up the tree. He decides that the island emits some kind of acid at night to digest whatever is still on it. It’s time to leave the island. When he leaves, he brings a plentiful supply of water, meerkats, and fish as well as some of the algae (though it dissolves at night in the acid). He waits for Richard Parker and when the tiger returns sets back out to wander the sea in his boat.
Chapter 91
In this chapter Pi says that he climbed on this brothers boat and eas and drinks everything on it. then after 2 days Pi's sight comes back and he sees his brothers tourso and his broken ribs every where. Pi prays for his soul everyday.
Chaper 90
In this chapter Pi explains how Richard Parker became blind and how Pi examined Richard Parker up close without Richard feeling anything. Also PI explained how he went blind and that the day he went blind his extreme suffering began. As the days went on Pi Heard some one constantly say " Is someone there?" It was a person that kept talking about food until pi fell asleep. When Pi woke up he hear another man who was blind like Pi and Richard Parker. Pi also finds out that the blind man had killed a man and a woman. Later on Pi and the blind man tried to trade a boot( they tried to trade it to eat it). After a while it turned out that the blind man was his brother. As soon as Pi's brother steped on the boat Richard attacked Pi's brother and ate him. Pi never got to see his brother and was now alone again.
Chapter 89
In this chapter everything that Pi has gathered is quickly breaking apart. His life vests have turned white, and the sun has even destroyed how everything smells. Richard Parker is emaciated in the same manner as Pi and his pen finally runs out, ending his journal entries. That last entry is about his own wasted condition and his guess that both he and Richard Parker will soon be dead. A bit of rain brings him hope but not enough and when Richard Parker does not move, he pokes him to see if he is still alive, guessing that he won’t be for long.
Chapter 88
In this chapter Pi finds a drifting refrigerator into a large mass of foul smelling garbage, Pi’s able to snag a wine bottle from the mess and write a short message explaining his situation and toss it back into the water.
Chapter 87
In this chapter Pi uses a dream rag, which is nothing but a wet cloth, Pi covers his face and stops air from entering his lungs, plunging him into a deep sleep that offers him a bit off release.
Chapter 86
In this chapter Pi finally sees a ship, sending him into daydreaming of his family in Canada. When he finally realizes that the ship is a tanker, much too large to see him in the water, he barely has time to get out of its way before he’s crushed. Barely escaping the tanker’s vector, Pi is able to move out of the way, sending a flare off of the side of the ship in the process. Richard Parker merely naps with mild interest in the proceedings. Pi swears to save the tiger, happy as he is with his only true friend.
Chapter 85
In this chapter a brilliant lightning storm appears and offers Pi a bit of excitement. He hopes for Richard Parker to enjoy it with him, but the tiger is scared to shaking. Pi however is overwhelmed but not afraid, praising Allah and tries further to help Richard Parker enjoy it.
Chapter 84
In this chapter a whale swims by, Pi thinks of them as the ocean’s communicators, sharing his plight with the whole ocean. The whales themselves though were already harpooned, likely by a Japanese ship and when a few dolphins swim by, he’s unable to reach them with his gaff. When he sees birds, he hopes they mean there is land nearby. Regardless, he catches one and eats its organs, throwing the rest to Richard Parker.
Chapter 83
In this chapter a horrible storm strikes, the like of which could probably sink the lifeboat, Pi decides he will risk a night with Richard Parker in the lifeboat. He crawls under the tarpaulin and closes it over the top of the boat, holding tight to keep from being tossed onto the tiger. When the storm clears up, Pi’s raft and most of his food are gone. Luckily, some water remains. As the day comes, Richard Parker emerges and watches Pi fix the broken bits of the boat and remove the water from it. He doesn’t appear to have any interest in bothering Pi.
Chapter 82
In this chapter Pi is talking about how he adored his 3 plastic bags that contained all to water from the solar still. he also talked about how much he ate even though he gave most of it to Richard Parker.
Chapter 81
In this chapter Pi thinks back on how amazing it was that he survived. He thinks on the fact that Richard Parker is a zoo tiger and not a wild one, meaning he relies on Pi solely for his food and water. He is still unable to believe the relationship he has with the tiger. Pi is living proof that a wild animal like Richard Parker can live with a human lie Pi. He is also living proof that Richard Parker did not attack him when he was sleeping.
Chapter 80
In this chapter another group of flying fish arrives and as Pi hides behind one of his turtle shells, Richard Parker eats them out of the air. One of the Dorado flies into the lifeboat on its own and brings Pi great joy. Richard Parker sees the fish as well and the two stare at each other until Pi is able to stare down the tiger, proving that he has actually mastered the tiger in full. He now feels more comfortable on the lifeboat.
Chapter 79
In this chapter there were many kinds of sharks in the waters always around the lifeboat. Pi enjoys their beauty as a pleasant distraction. He decides to catch one and when the Mako shark flops onto the boat, Richard Parker attacks it viciously. The shark manages to bite the tiger on the foot though and the ferocity of his roar and attack send Pi to the raft. After Richard Parker finally kills the shark, Pi is able to retrieve bits of the meat, though in the future he decides he will catch small sharks with a stab to the eye for quick kills.
Chapter 78
In this chapter There is much variety in the weather, from the clouds to the rainfall. He ponders the different sounds of the sea, the wind, and the moon, and all of those many nights spent drifting. Everything is a circle to him, with no land on the horizon, and only the sun beating down every day. He ponders whether there is anyone else out there “also trapped by geometry, also struggling with fear, rage, madness, hopelessness.” Everything that happens causes joy and despair at the same time. The sun is painful but it cures the meat for Pi to eat and powers the stills that create fresh water. The night is something of relief but is cold and unknown. When he is hot, he wishes to be wet, and when wet, wishes to be dry. And all the while he is both extremely bored and absolutely terrified.
Chapter 77
In this chapter the food is running lower by the day, so Pi begins to ration his biscuits further, eat turtles, and every part of the fish that the body can digest. He goes so far as to imagine the various extravagances of Indian cuisine in the stead of the fish parts he devours. In a fit of absolute hunger and despair, Pi tries to eat Richard Parker’s feces, catching it in a cup and adding water. When he attempts to eat it though, he realizes there is nothing there to get, no nutrients, only waste so he dumps the rest out. He continues to get sicker.
Chapter 76
In this Pi is in the process of cleaning up Richard Parker’s feces, noting how rarely they come now from such a horrible diet. He notes as well that Richard parker has begun to hide them as a sign of deference to Pi and a show of bowing to Pi’s dominance. By rolling the feces about and staring at Richard Parker, he’s able to exert yet a further degree of dominance over the tiger.
Chapter 75
In this chapter Pi sings Happy Birthday to his mother and a day he guesses to be her birthday.
Chapter 74
In this chapter Pi uses his religious rites to calm himself, regardless of how hard they are to perform. At his worst moments, he pronounces his love of God the most. His things and his spirit are quickly falling apart though and it takes only the thought of his family to spark a small bit of hope.
Chapter 73
In this chapter Pi is wishing that he only had a book to read like a Bible or a novel. He also states that he is keeping a journal about what is happening and about Richard Parker.
Chapter 72
in this chapter Pi is talking about Pi was attacked by Richard Parker during training 4 times ( he lost his turtle shell 4 times). He also stated that the fifth time nothing happened and that he did not loose his shield the fifth time.
Chapter 71
In this chapter Pi is giving a program to whom might ever find themselves in a predicament like himself like :
1. Choose a day when the waves are small but regular
2. Keep the boat as steady and comfortable by streaming your anchor.
3. ( difficult part) Provoke the dangerous animal living with you just to get it annoyed but not angry enough to eat you.
4.Be sure not to brake eye contact until the animal has laid a paw into the neutral territory
5.Start blowing your whistle at full blast and immediately trip the sea anchor
6. This will make the animal alarmed.
7. This will also make the animal sea sick which is good because it stays a long time.
8. The animal should fully recover before going through steps 1-8 again]
9. This will make the whistle a very important method n training
1. Choose a day when the waves are small but regular
2. Keep the boat as steady and comfortable by streaming your anchor.
3. ( difficult part) Provoke the dangerous animal living with you just to get it annoyed but not angry enough to eat you.
4.Be sure not to brake eye contact until the animal has laid a paw into the neutral territory
5.Start blowing your whistle at full blast and immediately trip the sea anchor
6. This will make the animal alarmed.
7. This will also make the animal sea sick which is good because it stays a long time.
8. The animal should fully recover before going through steps 1-8 again]
9. This will make the whistle a very important method n training
Chapter 70
In this chapter Pi explains how it is to butcher a turtle. First Pi held the turtle and fliped it, then he cut the head off but the body was still moving. Next he cut through the shell to get to the flesh which was still moving. When Pi was almost done Richard Parker came to watch Pi.
Chapter 69
In this chapter pi is telling use how he sometimes sees light in the distance and then uses the rocket flares. He also says that he remembers the smell of the hand flares. He described it as some freak of chemistry that smelled exactly like cumin which to Pi was very intoxicating.
Chapter 68
In this chapter Pi is telling us that he hardly slept. He also told us that Richard Parker had 2 napping/sleeping positions. One position was lying on the stern bench on his side, stomach overhanging the edge of it , front and back legs extending down the side benches. Also another position was to lie very still, with only the occasional twitching of his ears.
Chapter 67
In this chapter Pi talks about different life forms like black worms with white spines, green gelatinous slugs with primitive limbs and many more exotic creations. He also says that he enjoys crabs that appear.
Chapter 66
In this chapter Pi talks about his experinces while fishing. Pi stated that somedays he would catch so many fish that there was not enough room on the boat to hold all the fish. He also talks about how he caught diffeent types of turtles.
Chapter 65
In this Pi is talking about longitude and latitude. Also Pi talks about how if he moves the boat to go to a certain place they might be always lost. So Pi decides to just drift and end up were ever he will end up.
Chapter 64
In this chapter Pi talks about how his clothes disintegrated and about the open sores all around his body especially on his back.( if he would keep dry then no more new boils would grow)
Chapter 63
In this chapter Pi is talking about how much different families spent lost at sea. He states that he spends 227 days at sea/9 over seven months). He also stated that he passed time by not thinking about time.
Chapter 62
In this chapter Pi is talking about how the solar stills worked and also how messy the life boat was. Also he talked about how weird Richard parker is acting.
Chapter 61
In this chapter Pi started fishing. First he tried using his leather shoe and a shoe lace but that came to no avail. Later in the afternoon a flying fish hut him. As he opened his eyes he way many flying fish around him some went in the water, some were in the locker flopping around and some were in the boat. Richard Parker had eaten many. After all the fish left there were many fish left so then Pi was to afraid to kill the fish with a hatchet so then he kept bending them until he broke there necks. Later in the afternoon Pi started fishing again until he caught a 3 feet dorado.( when he was killing the fish the dorado started flashing into all kinds of colors. After cleaning up a thin layer of clouds mask the stars and Pi then starts to play I SPY and then sleeps peacefully.
Chapter 60
in this chapter Pi wakes up in the middle of the night, and compares the beauty of his surroundings with a Hindu story he remembers from his youth of Markandeya, who sees the cosmos when he falls from Vishnu’s mouth. The thought makes Pi feel very small compared to the universe, and he prays before going back to sleep.
Chapter 59
In this chapter Pi begins to take notes on the effects of his movement on the lifeboat and the raft and how they maneuver within the sea. When he pulls the boat closer, the boat rocks and waves, upsetting Richard Parker. As Richard Parker howls, the last vestiges of life in the rats and cockroaches flee the boat. When Pi returns to the tarpaulin he notes that Richard Parker has marked his territory only underneath the cover. He snags some rain water that has collected and drinks it, then replaces it with his own urine and marks the top of the tarpaulin to claim his own territory. His next step is to pull out the solar stills and string them along behind the boat. He adds a seat and a small shelter to the raft and watches the tiger. When he has his raft sufficiently stocked, he lets it out and watches Richard Parker from afar. While he’s watching, he notices below that there are dozens of different creatures in the sea below him. He sees that there are even more creatures than he originally thought when he only saw dolphins on the boat.
Chapter 58
In this chapter Pi finds a survival guide and begins listing the tips from it. There are numerous useful tips and some specific ways to keep alive while adrift, but nothing on training tigers or co-existing with a 450 pound predator. He must create his own training plan, starting with the dictation of territory, creation of shelter, and more.
Some instructions are:
- Do not drink urine, sea water or bird blood
- Do not eat jelly fish, fish with spikes or that puff up like balloons
- Pressing the eyes of a fish will paralyze them etc...
Some instructions are:
- Do not drink urine, sea water or bird blood
- Do not eat jelly fish, fish with spikes or that puff up like balloons
- Pressing the eyes of a fish will paralyze them etc...
Chapter 57
In this chapter Richard Parker seems full and watered and is making a purring type sound that his father told him is contentedness. He decides that the only way he can survive is if they both survive. The only way to accomplish that is to tame the tiger. He realizes he has a way of defeating fear now and staying alive. He pulls out his whistle and with huge gestures and circus performer flare, makes the tiger step back and cringe. For a moment at least, Pi instills fear in the tiger. His seventh plan is created, keeping Richard Parker alive.
Chapter 56
In this chapter Pi is explaining what fear is. To Pi fear is life's only true opponent. Fea is whata can defet a person. Also he stated that real fear , such as shakes your foundation, such as you feel when you are brought fae to face with your mortal end.
Chapter 55
As the night came in Pi thought about Plan number six which was wage a war of attrition. At the end of the chapter Pi thought to his self that plan number six was the worst plan of all of them. Richard Parker would do anything to get food; even eat Pi his friend.
Chapter 54
In this chapter Pi describes how wet he was when he survived the wet night on the raft he had built. During that time Pi came up with some plans to get rid of Richard Parker
1.Push him off the Lifeboat: was not going to work because tigers are accomplished swimmers and after being pushed of he would kill Pi in revenge.
2.Kill him with the six Morphine syringes: Pi doesnt know what affect it might have on the tiger.
3.Attack him with all avalible weaponary: was not going to work becuse Richard Parker could just rip Pi into shreads
4. Choke him: an okay idea
5.Poison him, Set him on fire, Electrocute him: Pi stated " how? With what?
1.Push him off the Lifeboat: was not going to work because tigers are accomplished swimmers and after being pushed of he would kill Pi in revenge.
2.Kill him with the six Morphine syringes: Pi doesnt know what affect it might have on the tiger.
3.Attack him with all avalible weaponary: was not going to work becuse Richard Parker could just rip Pi into shreads
4. Choke him: an okay idea
5.Poison him, Set him on fire, Electrocute him: Pi stated " how? With what?
Chapter 53
In this chapter Pi states that he slept all morning but was aroused by anxiety. He awoke to the reality of Richard Parker; that there was a tiger with him. He tried to jump over board but he couldn't because land could be thousands of miles away and also he different dangers the sea like sharks. At that moment Pi started to give up but then he didn't give up and then started working hard on the raft to improve it. First he created a smaller sitting raft that was attached to the life boat. this was to get away from Richard Parker. Right-before Pi left on his raft Richard Parker ate the hyena. After that had happened a rat appeared and ran around the bottom deck and then on Pi head. Pi then took the rat , threw it and ran to his raft. As soon as it started to rain Pi got off his raft and back into the life boat, grabbed a rain catcher and a 50 liter bag and put it upstairs. Then Pi ran onto his raft and floated all night.
Chapter 52
Pi does inventory of the lifeboat, comes up with:
-192 tablets of anti- seasickness medicine
-124 cans of fresh water(62 liters)
-32 vomit bags
-31 cartons of rations(15.5 kilo)
-16 wool blankets
-12 solar stills
-about 10 life jackets
-6 morphine ampule syringes
-6 hand flares
-5 buoyant oars
-4 rocket parachute flares
-3 transparent bags ( 50 liters each)
-3 can openers
-2 boxes of wateproof matches
-2 bouyant orange smoke signals
-2 orange plastic buckets
-2 plastic bailing cups
-2 plastic containers
-2 yellow sponges
-2 buoyant ropes( 50 meters each)
-2 non buoyant ropes( about 30 meters each)
-2 fishing nets ( hooks, lines, sinkers)
-2 gaffs
-2 sea anchors
-2 black pens
-2 hatches
-2 rain catchers
-1 solid life buoy
-1 hunting knife
-1 sewing kit
-1 first aid
-1 signalling mirror
-1 1 pack of chinese cigarettes
-11 bar of dark chocolate
-1 survial manual
-1 compas
-1 notebook
After finding all of this Pi finally has a decent night’s sleep.
-192 tablets of anti- seasickness medicine
-124 cans of fresh water(62 liters)
-32 vomit bags
-31 cartons of rations(15.5 kilo)
-16 wool blankets
-12 solar stills
-about 10 life jackets
-6 morphine ampule syringes
-6 hand flares
-5 buoyant oars
-4 rocket parachute flares
-3 transparent bags ( 50 liters each)
-3 can openers
-2 boxes of wateproof matches
-2 bouyant orange smoke signals
-2 orange plastic buckets
-2 plastic bailing cups
-2 plastic containers
-2 yellow sponges
-2 buoyant ropes( 50 meters each)
-2 non buoyant ropes( about 30 meters each)
-2 fishing nets ( hooks, lines, sinkers)
-2 gaffs
-2 sea anchors
-2 black pens
-2 hatches
-2 rain catchers
-1 solid life buoy
-1 hunting knife
-1 sewing kit
-1 first aid
-1 signalling mirror
-1 1 pack of chinese cigarettes
-11 bar of dark chocolate
-1 survial manual
-1 compas
-1 notebook
After finding all of this Pi finally has a decent night’s sleep.
Chapter 51
As he keeps looking, Pi becomes desperate and unhooks the tarpaulin to look where Richard Parker is hiding. He spots multiple life jackets which he mistakes for the tiger and is scared again. Eventually he opens the compartment that was under the tarpaulin, which when opened blocks the opening to Richard Parker’s den. He finds in there numerous survival supplies. He immediately drinks four cans of water and throws his vegetarian diet away to eat animal fat enhanced biscuits. After looking through the materials at his disposal he decides he has enough food for 93 days and enough water for 124 days.
Chapter 50
Pi describes in minute detail every aspect of the lifeboat, from the size to the shape and room Richard Parker is taking up under the tarpaulin. He notes there are five oars but that he has no strength to row.
Chapter 49
Finally, Pi realizes that he’s been awake and hasn’t eaten or drank anything in three days. For some reason, the situation with Richard Parker, as hopeless as it seems, perks up Pi who begins to look for a source of drinking water. He no longer fears the hyena because of the tiger. He cannot figure out why the tiger is acting so strange, assuming it’s either the sedatives or seasickness.
Chapter 48
In this chapter we learn how Richard Parker came by a human name. When a half dozen people are found dead in a mountain area of Bangladesh, a hunter is hired to capture the panther they believe did it. It turns out to be a Tiger with her cub. The hunter captures the two and sends them off to Pondicherry zoo. On the paperwork the names of the hunter and the tiger cubby (Thirsty) are mixed up and Pi’s father finds it amusing enough to leave it as is.
Chapter 47
When the sun comes up again, Pi sees the zebra is still moving. It doesn’t die until noon, but as soon as it does, the hyena attacks Orange Juice. The two fight for a while as Orange Juice attacks the hyena, beating him. He also remembers that she was once a pet who became too big for its owners. Eventually the hyena snags her throat though and as Pi is afraid that he will be next he moves toward the Hyena to do what he can. In doing so, he sees that Richard Parker is still beneath the tarpaulin. He struggles back up above and collapses into delirium for the rest of the night.
Chapter 46
In his memory, the second night aboard the boat was the worst of them all, regardless of the 226 other nights. He sees more sharks in the water and watches as Orange Juice searches for her sons. As the zebra continues to protest being eaten, the hyena becomes enraged and tears into the animal noisily. The hyena slips and slides in blood, eating the zebra from the inside out, while it’s still alive. The sight angers Orange Juice, causing her to roar, to which the hyena roars back. When the zebra spouts blood, the sharks react in a frenzy of their own and even more noise ensues. Finally, after a long time of ample noise, it all stops and Pi is left with his thoughts, crying in the night over the loss of everything he knows.
Chapter 45
As the sun comes up, Pi searches in vain for the rescue ship he is sure must be looking for him.In this chapter the broken leg of the zera has been bitten off by the hyena. Pi feels great sorrow for zebra but can not do any thing for it.As the boat rocks, Pi becomes nauseas. When he moves, he witnesses Orange Juice looking sick as well, wondering why she is still safe, not yet killed by the hyena.
Chapter 44
In this chapter Pi is afraid of night fall. He feels that the hyena and Orange Juice (monkey) will become active. When night fall finally came there was no moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. Pi also stated that the night passed, minute by slow minute.
Chapter 43
While Pie thinks to himself that there are likely hundreds of rescuers out looking for him, in Tokyo, Panama city, Madras, Honolulu, and in Winnipeg that he and Orange Juice will be rescued from their ocean prison, the hyena continues to pace the boat, at one point jumping onto the tarpaulin for a moment before running back in fear. It starts barking and running around the zebra for a moment while Pi sits in fear contemplating just how disturbing the hyena is as a creature. Eventually the hyena vomits and lies down.
Chapter 42
Floating in the ocean, Pi comes across a female orangutan named Orange Juice. He grabs the banana net she drifts towards him on and climbs aboard the boat, causing the hyena to scream.
Chapter 41
After Pi spent a long time on the oar he was cold, his neck was sore , and his back hurt. Pi then decided to easily climb onto the life boat trying not to disturb Richard Parker because if he would he would have ripped Pi into pieces. As Pi finally got onto the life boat he noticed that the zebra was not butchered by Richard Parker. Also Pi noticed a hyena on board. ( Richard Parker was no longer on the life boat( Pi inferred) because a hyena and a tiger couldn't share a small space with each other)( the hyena was on the life boat from the beginning - the 3 Chinese men threw Pi in to get the hyena out of the life boat so they wouldn't get hurt.
Chapter 40
In this chapter Pi is now back to the life boat after he saw Richard Parker. While pi was in the water he saw a shark's fin about fifteen feet away so as fast as he can he swam to the life boat. At the end of the chapter pi stated that he was alone and orphaned in the middle of the pacific, hanging on to an oar, an adult tiger in front of him, sharks beneath him and a storm raging about him.
Chapter 39
Also in this chapter Pi continues to talk about he day of the explosion. After Pi was thrown in the life boat the 3 Chinese men threw in a male Grant(zebra) weight over 500 pounds. At that moment the zebra put out the highest pitch of distress.
Chapte 38
In this chapter Pi is recalling what happened on the day of the explosion. First Pi woke up startled to a irregular noise and then looked at his watch to see that is was just a little after 4:30 am.After that he tried to wake up Ravi but he wouldn't wake up so then he left him to sleep and then while he was going to explore he wanted to wake his parents up but he decided to let them sleep. when got up to the deck he was amazed at the weather. He had never seen weather like this . After he was done exploring he went only down one level he noticed a great amount of water that was blocking his way . Then he ran up stairs back to the dweck to find no one.Late 3 chinese men put a life jacket on Pi and threw him over board.
Part 2 : Chapter 37
The ship had sank and Pi was in the water. As he looked down and saw something in the water. In the water was Richard Parker. At the moment Pi stated " Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, and Vishnu" because he was happy that some one was still alive. Pi then then started encourage Richard Parker to swim up to the life boat. During that time he yelled out to Richard Parker asking him to tell him that all of this is a nightmare. Also Pi wants to know where his loving parents and his brother are. Finally after Pi helps Richard Parker very close to the Life boat he comes to his senses that Richard Parker is 450-pound, carnivore, Bengal tiger and lets go of the rope but Richard Parker climbs on to the life boat.
Chapter 36
The author is now at Pi's home for another interview. He's early and quickly meets Pi's teenaged son, Nikhil, who is leaving for baseball practice. The author is welcomed into Pi's home and a small dog rushes up to greet him. He didn't know Pi had a dog. In the living room the author spots a young girl holding a cat. Pi introduces her as his daughter, Usha and the cat is Moccasin. His daughter is 4. The author promises the reader a happy ending to his tale
Chapter 36
Today on June 21,1977 Pi and his family go aboard on a Japanese cargo ship "Tsimtum" with animals. Before leaving Pi says his good bye's to Mamaji , Mr. and Mr.Kumar and to all his friends and even to many stragers.
Chapter 35
The Patels departed for Canada June 21, 1977, on a cargo ship. Before leaving, Pi made sure to say goodbye to Mamji, his mentors, Mr. and Mr. Kumar and all his friends. He felt excitement at their departure. As the ship left the harbor, Pi waved his goodbyes to India. "Things didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? His mother is especially sad to leave the beautiful familiarity of India. They board the Japanese cargo ship Tsimtsum accompanied by the caged, sedated animals. Pi is thrilled. Still, things go wrong.
Chapter 34
The Patel family sold the zoo. Because of impending regulatory changes on the trade of endangered animals there was a rush by foreign zoos to snatch up the Pondicherry collection. Even though there was great interest in most of their collection, it took more than a year for all the paperwork to be completed and the animals to be re-located to their new homes. Also Pi feels as though he and Ravi are zoo animals being shipped off to Canada. Because of extensive regulations and paperwork, the preparations take over a year. This at least, gives Pi and Ravi time to get used to the idea of moving. Three Americans come to examine the animals. Finally the paperwork is complete.
Chapter 33
They look at more recent photos and move backward. They look at wedding photos, photos from the University of Toronto and photos from Brazil, where Pi studied the three-toed sloth. From life in India there are very few pictures; although many were taken, they were lost. All that he has were pictures provided by Mamji. Richard Parker is in one of the pictures, but he is oblivious to the camera. There are no pictures of Pi’s parents and Pi laments, “It’s very sad not to remember what your mother looks like.”
Chapter 32
Pi discussed the strange living arrangements of some of the zoo animals. He likened it to anthropomorphism, where an animal takes another being and treats it like it would one of its own kind. He cites the example of the goats living with the rhinos and an example of a mouse living peacefully in the viper cage for a few weeks. He explains the phenomenon that life sometimes has a brand of denial and craziness that enables it to survive and save itself.
Chapter 31
Pi arranges to meet Mr. Kumar the Sufi at the zoo, but he is afraid he will not recognize him because Mr. Kumar is physically indistinct. He rubs his eyes as an excuse for not seeing Mr. Kumar approach. When he hears Mr. Kumar’s voice he greets the Sufi with the traditional Muslim phrase, “Salaam alaykum.” As they leisurely walk through the zoo, Mr. Kumar marvels at every creature, but especially the zebras. Just then, the other Mr. Kumar approaches. Pi gives pieces of carrot to each Mr. Kumar to feed to the zebras. The three enjoy the experience. Mr. Kumar remarks, “Equus burchelli boehmi.” The other Mr. Kumar remarks, “Allahu akbar.” Pi simply says, “It’s very pretty.” Also Mr. Kumar, the teacher, remarked about the royalty of the zebra and shared with the other two its Latin name.
Chapter 30
In this chapter we meet Pi's wife. They all chat briefly in the entryway of the home. Meena is her name, she's dressed in a white lab coat and she is a pharmacist on her way to work. Pi’s wife cooks torturously spicy food. But then, smiling, Pi says that he has made a special chutney , which conforms that Pi is the cook.
Chapter 29
Pi's father became fed up with the political direction of India and decided that the family must flee to Canada. Pi explores the reasons why his family needed to move, that his father hoped to provide a better life for their family and that the anxiety and worry over the political situation in India was taking a toll so heavy it was no longer worth it for them to stay.
Chapter 28
Pi talks about his prayer rug and that he lost it. He lovingly recalls what it looked like and that it reminded him of the sacredness of the earth and creation underneath it. He most often prayed outside because he preferred the outdoors to anywhere else. He had a quiet corner of the yard underneath a shade tree picked out where he would pray. That spot would always remain in his memory as a special one. He recalls his baptism as an uncomfortable event. His father and mother attended against their wills but luckily his brother could not be there.
Chapter 27
Pi overhears his parents discussing him later that day. They question how he got to be so religious, especially during a time of progress and modernization in India. They iuse their political views regarding Mrs. Ghandi and Pi's father sees her as a passing phase, just as they hope Pi's religious fervor is a passing phase. Pi's father questioned why Pi was so interested in Islam since, he was so foreign to Hinduism. They both wished that Pi could be more normal.
Chapter 26
Pi decided that he wanted to have a Christian baptism and that he wanted a prayer rug so he could pray outside. To get these things, he had to muster the courage to talk to his father about them. He told his father his request. His father questioned his desire. He told him that he wanted to be baptized and pray to Allah because he loved God. His father said that he could not be both Muslim and Christian. Then his father told him to talk to his mother about it. He tried to talk to his mother, but she avoided the subject, telling him to first talk to his father. Then she tried to talk to him about a book.
Chspter 25
Pi continued to be persecuted for his interfaith practices. He felt people should pay more attention to themselves at the least or run to the defense of the widowed and homeless rather than attack him. He changed Christian churches, no longer lingered after Muslim prayers and attended Hindu temple at busy times when he was not detected.
Chapter 24
When Ravi, Pi's elder brother, finds out about the meeting with Pi, his parents and the three religious men, he gives Pi grief to no end.
Chapter 23
Pi felt totally comfortable in his religious exploration and expression. Regarding those to whom it mattered, however, they were not comfortable with his practice of Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. Neither his parents nor his religious teachers knew of his interfaith practices and once they all found out, they decided to come together for a discussion.Neither of Pi's parents was very religious. His father was, foremost, a businessman. Pi's mother was indifferent on the subject, even though she had a Hindu upbringing and had been schooled as a Baptist. Although she was more interested in books and reading than religion, she never noticed Pi's interest in various religious books. As long as he was reading, she was happy.Much to Pi's horror, once all the parties had converged, the three wise men
chapter 22
Pi briefly imagines the point just before one meets death and how it must be for an atheist or an agnostic. He imagines the atheist's instant change of heart to believe when he sees the white light. The agnostic continues his doubt and explains the white light away as the chemistry of the brain's failing.
Chapter 21
Pi sitting at a café, thinking over an afternoon spent with his interview subject. He thinks of phrases that echo in his mind and how they relate to his own life. He makes a list of the words and phrases used to describe divine consciousness, including "...a realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love
Chapter 20
The man who introduced Pi to Islam was a Sufi, a Muslim mystic. His name was Satish Kumar. He shared the same Last name as Pi's communist, atheist mentor. These two men, Pi says, taught him biology and Islam and were the reason he studied zoology and religion in college. He calls them the prophets of his youth.Mr. Kumar, the Muslim, had a very personal, loving relationship with God. He and Pi would pray and chant together. Pi felt full of glory when he would leave Mr. Kumar's very small, two-room shack. He begins to see Kumar’s home as a holy place and after praying with him for a while feels the wisdom of those prayers and relays that he currently practices all three religions every day. He even describes an instance in which he witnessed the Virgin Mary in Canada.
Chapter 19
Pi visited the shopkeeper again and asked him about what being a Muslim was like. Pi attended a service with the man and noticed the openness of the sanctuary and that all the attendees sat randomly on the floor cross-legged. When it came time to pray, he felt a deep connection to the religion as soon as his forehead hit the ground.
Chapter 18
Nearly a year later, Pi discovered Islam. He was out one day exploring his town and happened upon the Muslim quarter of town. He was drawn to a mosque and had a peek inside. He saw a large open room, the sanctuary, with long straw mats covering the floor.Pi experiences the same curiosity when he witnesses the Great Mosque. He sees it but is afraid to enter, so enters a local bakery instead. While talking to the bakery’s owner, the owner is called to prayer by the muezzin (the man at the mosque who calls the time for prayer). He witnesses the bakery owners relaxed, repetitive prayer motions and later thinks on it while praying at the Catholic Church.
Chapter 17
At the age of 14, Lord Krishna led Pi to meet Jesus Christ. The Patels took a rare family vacation to Munnar, famous for its tea estates and surrounded by hills. It began as a typical family vacation with tours of the tea estates and visits to the national park where they fed goats. During the first morning in Munnar, Pi observed three hills that stood out from the others. Atop each hill was a temple. A Hindu temple resided on one, a mosque on the second and a Christian church on the third hill.Pi had never been inside a Christian church and one afternoon he decided to investigate. The first building he came to was the rectory. He watched the priest and assistant priest seated in their office, studying. The following day he meets Father Martin on a return trip and learns more of Christianity and the nature of Jesus and his sacrifice. Pi tries to understand by comparing Hindu deities to the Christian faith but fails in doing so. Over the course of days, the two meet often and Pi answers numerous questions, attempting to learn more. Many of the answers end with “love” as the simple answer and Pi begins to relate Christianity with the concept of love. He decides he will become a Christian, praying at the church, then going back to the Hindu temple and praying thanks for helping him find the Catholic faith.
Chapter 16
Pi believes that people are born without religion and don't have any until we are introduced to it. Pi was introduced at a very early age by his mother's sister. His Aunti Rohini accompanied her sister and newborn nephew in the Hindu right of passage. From that day on Pi's interest in religion grew.He still is a Hindu. He is faithful to the rites and rituals and their meanings. He is introduced to the different aspects of the Brahman. One is the world soul. Nirguna goes beyond understanding and even words. Saguna has qualities and fits within human understanding, which is expressed in the world around us, vegetation, animals and earth. Pi explains that the human soul seeks, throughout many lives, to become united.
Chapter 15
Pi describes the man's home as a temple, full of religious symbols and artifacts. In the entryway is a picture of Ganesha, with an elephant head. This god represents one who overcomes obstacles and enjoys good luck, wisdom and learning. Scattered around the home are a cross, a picture of the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe and a photo of Kaaba, an Islamic religious symbol. In his kithchen cabnet is a shrine with Ganesha again and Krishna playing the flute. There is another Virgin Mary in the dining room, as well as a brass Ganesha sitting in his office. In his office are a prayer rug and a wooden crucifix.
Chapter 14
Pi describes how the lower the social standing of an animal, the easier it is to train them. It will be loyal and loving with a trainer because the trainer offers it protection and food, something all creatures seek in nature. It serves to display how an animal clearly stronger than a human might submit to a human being which it could easily kill. The animal most agreeable to the wishes of the trainer is the one with the lowest social standing of the group—the omega. The omega animal sees that it can gain the most by maintaining closeness to the alpha male. So generally, it is the omega animals that are asked to do the most difficult tricks because they are the most eager.
Chapter 13
Pi talks about lion taming. He discusses the act of establishing dominance over a lion with a whip and establishing alpha male status. It actually calms most animals to know their place in the order of things. Without unknowns, they don’t need to worry.A lion in a zoo will attack not because it is hungry—zoo animals are well fed—or because it is mean but simply because its territory has been invaded. So, circus trainers must establish that the ring is their territory by entering before the lions while they watch. Once the trainer can establish that he is the super-alpha male, his wishes will be granted, whether they be jumping through hoops or rolling over.A trainer must make sure that he or she maintains dominance and that their alpha status is clearly understood. If the animals begin to feel any social insecurity, aggressive, deadly behavior is likely. Part of an animal's sense of safety is tied to its social rank.
Chapter 12
The nameless man continues to tell his story even though it agitates him. Pi is afraid he may want to stop, but Richard Parker is still heavy on his mind. When Pi visits his home, he always prepares an amazing vegetarian feast that is much too spicy for the Pi. He loves the food, but it leaves him in tears with his stomach in knots.
Chapter 11
Pi tells the story of a female black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo during the winter. Apparently, she and the male she was sharing her habitat with were not getting along. She escaped one night, much to the alarm of the residents of the city. Search parties and dogs tried to find her, but to no avail. She remained on the loose for 10 weeks and was discovered by a farm worker under a barn.
Chapter 10
As comfortable as a zoo may be, there are always animals that try to escape. The desire to escape may result from un wanted habitat. Another common escapist is the mature adult animal, for they are often too set in their ways to adapt to new surroundings. Animals are usually escaping from something rather than planning to escape to somewhere. Animals inherently want to feel safe.Pi describes animals that would not enjoy captivity, those that were captured and brought to the zoo or those few zoo bred creatures that temporarily feel the instinctual call to leave. He describes how animals are leaving something not seeking something when they escape.
Chapter 9
Pi describes some of the science of zoology and zoo keeping. Here he goes on about flight distance and how far an animal will stay from an enemy. That distance can be diminished by offering ample food, water, and shelter.
Chapter 8
Pi's father had a sign near the entrance of the zoo that read, "Do you know which is the most dangerous animal in the zoo?" Next to the sign was a curtain with a mirror behind it. Zookeepers consider man (humans) the most dangerous threat to the zoo. The danger is manifest in man's cruelty toward the animals. Pi goes on to list incidences of foreign and dangerous objects that have been fed to zoo animals throughout history. Fortunately, at his father's zoo, they had few incidences of animal cruelty. Pi tells the story of a snake charmer who tried to steal a cobra and a woman who dangled her sari in the lion's cage thinking they ate only meat. Visitors to the zoo are responsible for performing a great deal of horrible things with the animals, declaring humans as the worst of all animals. He again mentions Richard Parker and the folly of anthropomorphizing animals and humans.Pi’s father at one point decided to display the danger of animals to Pi and Ravi. He shows the boys a tiger that has not been fed for three days, a standard condition in the wild. Watching what occurs when a goat is introduced to the cage scares “the living vegetarian daylights” out of him. His father goes on to describe the strength of every animal in the zoo against human beings, that is of course except guinea pigs.
Chapter 7
In this chapter Pi introduces one of his favorite teachers Mr. Satish Kumar. Mr. Kumar was a communist and the first atheist Pi had ever met. An atheist is a person who belives in no religion. When Pi first saw Mr.K at the zoo he didn't know how to greet him so he kept his distance until Mr. K noticed him and waved at him. Mr. K went on about talking about when he was a little boy he was diagnosed with polio. He said that he prayed to god to cure him but god did nothing and he also said that the medicince cured him not god.
Chapter 6
In chapter 6 Pi re- introduces a nameless male character that was discussed in Chapter 2.He is described as a great cook with an extensive spice collection. Thias takes place in place in India, but this gentleman cooks Western meals, like Mexican food, very well. He also keeps an abundant amount of food stock, enough to “last the siege of Leningrad.”
Chapter 5
As Pi1 grew up and entered school, the trouble he received for his name was never ending from his classmates to his teachers. No one could properly pronounce his name, so they chose to call him names such as "Pissing Patel." which made him very unhappy and embarrassed of his name. Finally Piscine got to change schools and attend the medium secondary school where his brother went. On the first day of school, all the students took their turns introducing themselves as Pi Patel which caught on ( everyone even his parents started calling him Pi).
Chapter 4
In Chapter 4,Pi talks about the Pondicherry Zoo. Pondicherry is the territory in India where Pi grew up. Once Pondicherry became a territory of India in 1954, the Pondicherry Botanical Gardens became a zoo founded by Pi's father, Mr. Santosh Patel. Mr. Patel had been a hotel keeper and thought that the transition to zoo keeping would be natural. His life was surrounded by animals. He awoke to the roar of lions as his morning alarm and enjoyed his meals with the sounds of monkeys and exotic birds. On his way to school, he would walk past the habitats of various other exotic animals.
Chapter 3
He was named after a swimming pool in Paris that was visited by one of his father's friends, Francis Adirubasamy. Pi feels affection for Mr. Adirubasamy and calls him Mamji, a respectful term for uncle in his native language. When Mamji was younger her was a champion competitive swimer . Even thoght Pi's parents didn't enjoy swimming Pi's father enjoyed talking about the pool and a pool's history.
Chapter 2
Pi Patel lives in Scarborough and is a small man of about forty. He describes a fast unnamed characher who is of a "small, slim man" with an Indian complexion.
Part 1:Chapter 1
In chapter 1 the main character is introduced Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel(the narrator). Pi was named after a swimming pool even though his parents didn't really like the water.Also Pi starts talking about his study on the two- and three toed sloth.He said that sloths survive because of their sleepiness. Pi grew up in India but lives in canada. Sometimes Pi misses his home land.
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