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Life Of Pi Dialectical Journal
The Life of Pi
Yann Martel

Steven van Ens V6, Bornego College (mel/lem/mle/lme)
Chapter 1 & 2
Pi Patel is a graduate in Religious Studies and Zoology at Toronto university and held in high esteem for his knowledge in the zoological field. The author calls him, meaning to interview him about his adventure, being referred to Pi by a man named Francis Adirubasamy. He lives in Scarborough, Canada, is small of stature and speaks very fast. He says he misses India and Richard Parker, an unknown character here.
Chapter 3&4
Francis However-you-pronounce-that is revealed to be an old friend of his family, as well as a famous swimmer. Having tried to teach his family to swim, he only succeeded with Pi, whose full name is Piscine Molitor Patel, named after Thingy's favourite swimming pool
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Pi afterwards saves an orang-utan from drowning.
Chapter 43&44
The hyena goes nuts, and Pi wonders what the outcome of the survival of the fittest will be inside the boat.
Chapter 45&46
Pi searches for rescue ships, who are mysteriously appearing not to be there. The zebra is eaten alive by the hyena. An argument between the animals ensues, and Pi is left alone in the dark.
Chapter 47&48
When the zebra dies, the hyena attacks the orang-utan ("The hyena jumped over the remains of the zebra and made for Orange Juice." page 119). The ape is killed and Pi is afraid for his own life as well, discovering the tiger is still there. Then he explains how Richard came by his name.

Chapter 49&50
Pi hasn't eaten anything for three days and starts searching for drinking water. Not afraid anymore of the hyena because of the presence of the tiger, he describes the lifeboat.
Chapter 51&52
He blocks the tiger and discovers survival supplies. He quickly summarizes everything and has enough food for about 100 days.
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