Though Pi endured many torturous nights, he remembers the second night as particularly wrenching. After noticing the mako sharks in the water, Pi watches Orange Juice. Anthropomorphizing again, he feels she is searching the horizon hopelessly in search of her sons. The hyena rips the hide from the zebra. The zebra's protests enrage the hyena into a tearing and eating frenzy. Pi describes the .......

Notes

At the beginning of the chapter, Pi makes it clear that his ordeal was severe. I have so many bad nights to choose .........

CHAPTER 47

Summary

Horror-struck, Pi sees that the zebra is still alive the next day. I had no idea a living being could sustain so much injury and go on living. It dies by noon, but the afternoon brings another hyena attack - this time against Orange Juice. Pi is uplifted by Orange Juice's indomitable.......

Notes

Pi may be referring to himself as well as the zebra with his remark about the endurance of a living being. He, too, will.........

CHAPTER 48

Summary

Pi recounts how Richard Parker came to have a human name. Seven people had been killed in Bangladesh, presumably by a panther. A hunter is hired. He baits the panther with a goat, but it is a tiger rather than a panther that appears. The tiger and her.........

Notes

As mentioned in Chapter 37, the human name helps give the tiger main character status and blur the distinction between humans and animals. The name itself, however, was carefully chosen by Martel. There were several shipwrecked Richard .........

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