Life of Pi Chapter 63 Chapter 86 P
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Life of Pi Chapter 63~ Chapter 86 P 239~p 298 Iris Chen
Summary • From darkness to lightness • Details in telling life on a lifeboat and with Richard Parker • His determination of being alive and his belief
Chapter 63~70 • Survived 227 days • Writing diary of his daily life • • • Sunrise to mid-morning (prayers) Mid-morning to late afternoon (prayers) Late afternoon to early (prayers) Sunset (prayers) Night (prayers) • Catching food for himself and Richard Parker (turtles)
Chapter 71~78 • Training Richard Parker by blowing a whistle and quickly take his territory • Keeping catching turtles’ shells to be his shields to protect himself • Lonely floating on the sea and missed his mother on his Mother’s birthday • Eating Richard Parker’s feces
Chapter 79~86 • Catching blue sharks and makos with his bare hands • Details of Richard Parker versus makos and sharks • After a storm, they found a ship and they got saved
Impressive Sentences • p 264 On the day when I estimated it was Mother’s birthday, I sang ”Happy Birthday” to her out loud. • p 272 The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. • p 274 Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces.
Funny Passage • When I was reminded that Richard Parker was not perfect, that despite his honed instincts he too could bumble. He put his left paw into the mako’s mouth. The mako closed its jaws. Immediately, Richard Parker reared onto his back legs. The shark was jerked up, but it wouldn’t let go. Richard Parker fell don, opened his mouth wide and full-out roared.
