Pi clings to the lifebuoy, relieved that Richard Parker has not jumped in the water to eat him. The water is black, rough, and there......

Notes

Pi's only concern is survival. There are frequent references to the color orange - the whistle, the life jacket, the lifebuoy, the.......


CHAPTER 41


Summary

Pi carefully inches his way down the oar toward the boat. He reasons that Richard Parker is under the tarpaulin and will not come out if Pi is not in view. Pi pulls himself onto the boat remarking at the exotic beauty of the zebra, and wondering why Richard Parker has.......

Notes

Pi is living exclusively in the present. He is not yet considering his future survival, just his immediate circumstance. He has the.......


CHAPTER 42


Summary

Orange Juice, a female Borneo orangutan (and mother of two sons), drifts toward the lifeboat on a raft of ......

Notes

The variety of animals increases. The reader will soon see the value of Pi's previous digressions into the particulars........

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