Summary
Pi scavenges around in the other man's boat and finds water and a bit of food. Finding that crying has partially returned ........
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It is not unusual that the madness and starvation of being lost at sea lead to cannibalism. Pi, however........
Summary
Pi drifts to an island made only of plants, no soil, just floating plant-mass. It is entirely green, Pi's favorite color and the color of Islam. Pi thinks it is an illusion, but decides to try stepping out onto it. He smells the vegetation. Stunned, he falls overboard on the green mass. He examines the tube-like algae. He tastes it. The inside is salty, but the outside is sugary sweet. Pi continues to break off and eat pieces of algae. He drags himself to the shade of an algal tree, which smells like a lote tree but is not. He weeps and praises God.
Richard Parker summons the strength to go ashore. He stumbles off to the inner part of the island. Pi is concerned that the tiger will claim the island as its territory so he returns to the lifeboat after a day of eating and resting. Richard Parker also returns to.........
Notes
The island is green. Not only is it the color recommended by the survival manual as a color to watch for, but it is the color of Islam. The Qur'an says that the inhabitants of paradise will wear fine green silk garments. Also, Muhammad, the Prophet and founder of Islam, is said to have worn green or carried a green banner. The reference to the lote tree is also a Muslim reference. Since lote tress are .........
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