CHAPTER 30


Summary

The author meets Pi's wife. He describes her as Canadian, second generation Indian, with typical Indian features. She is a pharmacist. The author has noticed the religious items in Pi's house all along, but now sees that there is evidence of.......

Notes

Again the author interjects reality to give the reader insight into Pi's personality and also to solidify his........


CHAPTER 31


Summary

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..........

Notes

Just as Mr. Kumar the biology teacher's physical geometry corresponds to his scientism, Mr. Kumar the Sufi's lack of physical distinction matches his spirituality. In the chapter, Pi does not have to distinguish Mr. Kumar from Mr. Kumar because their words and actions differentiate them. The biology teacher feeds the zebra with a sense of the function of the carrot. The Sufi feeds the zebra with a .......s

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