LIFE OF PI PART III

CH 32

• Introduce animal arrangement, zoomorphism.
• Pi talked about rhinos and goats living together. Pi gives some examples.
• oddest of all odd living arrangements: Richard Parker and Pi.
• "There are many examples of animals coming to surprising living
• arrangements" (Martel 110).

CH 33

• The author talked about a visit to Pi's house. Pi shows the author memorabilia
• There are only four pictures about his childhood.
• Pi can not even remember exactly what his mother looks like.
• "A photo taken in better days, casually Richard Parker is looking away.
• How doesn't even realize that his picture is being taken"(Martel 114).

CH 34

• Pi said they have sold most of the zoo animals to other zoos.
• It told the story before they started the trip to Canada.
• A colossal amount of paperwork exchanges hands.

CH 34

• Some Americans show up in Pondicherry to inspect the animals.
• Americans have bone-crushing handshakes.
• "And two animals were being shipped to the Canada zoo.
• That's now Ravi and I felt. We did not want to go(Martel 115).

CH 35

• The family leaves from Madras (now called Chennai) on June 21st, 1977.
• Pi's mother considers buying Indian cigarettes even though she doesn't smoke.
• She's already homesick.
• "We left Madras on June 21st, 1977, on the Panamanian-registered
• Japanese cargo ship Tsimtsum(Martel 118).

CH 36

• The interviewer arrives at Pi's house.
• He meets Pi and his son, Nikhil who was rushing out the door.
• Pi's dog, Tata, and his daughter, Usha, were also introduced.
• "This story has a happy ending" (Martel 66).

CH 37

• Pi was in the lifeboat, watching the ship sink.
• When he saw Richard Parker, Pi called out to him,
• trying to save him with the lifebuoy.

CH 37

• As Richard Parker was getting onto the life,
• Pi noticed his actions and threw himself overboard.
• "I turned around, stepped over the zebra and threw myself overboard" (Martel 68).

CH 38

• The ship continued, stopping at multiple Asian countries.
• Pi spent his time marking a map, while Ravi watched people work.
• At night, Pi thought he hear an explosion.
• "I don't know why I got up that night. It was more
• the sort of thing Ravi would do" (Martel 69).

CH 38

• Pi had tried to wake Ravi up.
• After Ravi continued to sleep, Pi went up to the main deck noticed to terrible, storm-like weather.
• A greatly confused Pi tried to find what was going on; but was suddenly thrown overboard.
• "I was so full of trust in them that I felt grateful as they carried me in the air. Only when they threw me
• overboard did I begin to have doubts" (Martel 71).

CH 39

• After being thrown, Pi landed on the life boat tarpaulin.
• Following Pi, a male zebra leapt off the side and landed onto the lifeboat as well.
• The weight of the zebra caused the lifeboat to fall into the water.
• "The lifeboat fell through the air and we hit the seething water" (Martel 72).

CH 40

• Pi had fallen into the ocean
• Seeing a shark fin in the water, Pi grabbed onto the oar and pulled himself back onto the boat.
• Be wary of Richard Parker, Pi had fastened a life buoy onto the oar so that he could sit on it.
• "I held on to the oar, I just held on, God only knows why" (Martel 72).

WORK CITED

• Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. New York:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
• 2001. Print.