Pi presents a detailed picture of the process of slaughtering a sea turtle. He cannot do it on the raft, so he hauls the turtle over to the lifeboat in hopes that the oppressive heat will dissuade Richard Parker from emerging from the shade of the tarpaulin. Following the recommendations in the survival manual, Pi slashes the turtle's neck with a hatchet and catches the blood in a beaker. He......

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Pi has reached the basest point of his savagery. He carries out the gory process of killing the turtle without remorse and ......

CHAPTERS 70 - 71

Summary

Pi outlines a step-by-step procedure for taming a wild animal at sea. It is actually the rationale for Pi's own plan of action. To implement the program, first provoke the animal, but not to the point of attack. If it does, God be with you. Maintain eye contact. Then, when.......

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Pi explains that the training of Richard Parker is a simple necessity. He no longer searches the horizon for a rescuer, but.........

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