Richard Parker and Pi eventually find an island, which is madeĮntirely of trees, roots, leaves, fresh water, and plants. To eat him Richard Parker attacks and consumes the man. The man attacks Pi, saying that he intends Pi allows the man, who speaks with a French accent, on the lifeboat,īelieving him to be a true companion. During this fantasticalĮxchange, another castaway in a lifeboat appears, also blind and also very Then he realizes that it is Richard Parker’s preference. At first Pi is morally outraged at the idea of eating meat, but Pi fixates on vegetarianĭelicacies, and Richard Parker continues to revise the recipes with meat as the Having a conversation with Richard Parker in which they mutually fantasizeĪbout the kinds of foods they would like to eat.

Pi goes temporarily blind and loses his mind. Although he is unable to fully train andĭomesticate Richard Parker, by blowing a whistle and rocking the lifeboatĮnough to make the tiger seasick, Pi is able to subdue him and secure his own He considers a variety of survival options andĬoncludes that he must tame the tiger. Watercraft, he can remain out of both the shark-infested waters and Richard Raft made of oars and lifejackets-and attaches it to the boat. With the tools of survival in hand, Pi builds a second watercraft-a Including biscuits, water, water purifiers, a whistle, and a handbook for He discovers provisions stored in the lifeboat,

Sees that thirst will kill him sooner than hunger or the tiger, so he sets aboutįinding a way to get water. In the lifeboat-and that Richard Parker will almost certainly eat him. Pi realizes he must survive the elements while adrift How Pi and Richard Parker survive in the Pacific Ocean makes Now only Pi and Richard Parker survive on the lifeboat. Richard Parker finally makes himself known by killing and eating the The orangutan puts up a good fight, but the hyena ultimately kills The hyena wounds and eats the zebra, then goes after Hiding out of sight, beneath the canvas of the lifeboat, is the Of a badly injured zebra, a vicious hyena, and a matronly orangutan named The next morning, he finds himself in the company A terrible storm occurs during the voyage, and when Pi,Įxcited to see the storm, goes onto the ship’s deck, he is tossed overboard and When Pi is a teenager, his family decides to sell theĪnimals and immigrate to Canada on a cargo ship named Tsimtsum. Religions, his family gradually does, and he remains a devout follower of all Although the religious leaders don’t accept Pi’s plural Years, eventually subscribing to a variety of religions: Hinduism, Catholicism,Īnd finally Islam. Pi goes through a significant religious awakening in his formative To illustrate how true and real the threat is, he forces the children to watch the tiger kill and eat a goat. Early in Pi’s life, his father realizes that his son’s naiveté about the tiger in their care may put Pi in danger. His family owns and runs a zoo in their hometown in India, and his father is emphatic about being aware of the wildness and true nature of animals, namely that they are not meant to be treated like or thought of as people. The beginning of the novel covers Pi’s childhood and youth. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is the story of a young man who survives a harrowing shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.

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