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Chapter starts with “The ship sank.”
Jesus, Mary, Muhammad and Vishnu, how good to see you, Richard Parker!
“I woke up to what I was doing. I yanked on the rope. Let go of that lifebuoy, Richard Parker! Let go, I said. I don't want you here, do you understand? Go somewhere else. Leave me alone. Get lost. Drown! Drown!"
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Ship Left: June 21st, 1977
Drowned: July 2nd, 1977
Ship drowned on its 11th day at sea
Sailors threw Pi into the safety boat which was strange
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Zebra was next to join them on the boat, a male Grant
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Richard parker gets into the boat, Pi jumps out, Comes back in because of shark
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Pi was surprised that the zebra was still alive, “It was on its side, facing me, its head and neck awkwardly propped against the …show more content…
It is life's only true opponent
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Sound made by Richard Parker; Prusten is the quietest of tiger calls, a puff through the nose to express friendliness and harmless intentions
“I had to tame him”
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A solar still is a device to produce fresh water from salt water. It consists of an inflatable transparent cone set upon a round lifebuoy-like buoyancy chamber that has a surface of black rubberized canvas stretched across its centre. The still operates on the principle of distillation: sea water lying beneath the sealed cone on the black canvas is heated by the sun and evaporates, gathering on the inside surface of the cone.
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Mumbled the words of a Muslim prayer
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Tried fishing for the first time in his life
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Pi was able to collect drinking water for Richard
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I survived 227 days
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Mother nature made things difficult for pie…. Salt
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I found out later that I travelled a narrow road, the Pacific equatorial counter-current.
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With time and experience I became a better hunter. I grew bolder and more agile. I developed an instinct, a feel, for what to