Life of Pi Chapters 81-100

Summary: Pi begins by talking about his dining experience. He says that he has started to eat more like Richard Parker a animal. Richard Parker was always hungry so if Pi wanted to eat he would have to eat quickly before the tiger seen it. Suddenly one afternoon a storm came. Richard Parker growled and made noise, he didn't have any idea about what all the commotion was about. Eventually he laid quiet frightened. Pi and the tiger laid under the tarpaulin. Richard Parker was terribly scared of the lightening. Pi thought he saw a ship, but in fact it was a piece of metal that was about to hit the boat. Pi had to stop writing his journal entries because his pens ran out of ink. When food supplies became scare Pi was sure that both of them were going to die. When Pi had reached land he jumped out of the boat onto the ground. He was astonished and happy. Pi felt weak in his legs, almost like he forgot how to use them. Richard Parker didn't get off the boat until a couple of hours, but when he got off he ran away and came back a couple of times. At first he was playing with the air, it was new to him. Richard Parker jumped into the water and swam then got back onto the lifeboat. After a few days Pi and the tiger hopped on the boat and went out in search fir more land. they ended up landing on Mexico he and Richard Parker got off and said their goodbyes. Pi became emotional because he has taken care of Richard Parker who has also saved and accompanied him on his long journey. Some people seen Pi, bathed him, fed and clothed him. He was rescued. The next day a police car came and took him to the hospital, where he was taken care of. Pi was interviewed by a detective who found his story to be shocking and amazing.

Quote: "Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr.Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger"(Martel, 319).

Reflection: Pi still fails to bring up his family or show any emotion towards them. He does show emotion towards Richard Parker. Being alone with someone for that long may have developed some sort of emotional feelings.

Life of Pi Chapters 61-80

Summary: Pi has began to regain his strength and energy by eating fish, turtles, and drinking water.He uses gaffes to catch fish and feeds them to himself, and throws some to Richard Parker. Pi is lost at sea for 227 days, more than seven moths. Pi was always keeping himself busy. He occupied his time by fishing, cleaning praying, and writing. He mas a schedule that he foll lowed daily. Pis clothing disintegrated they were worn out and dirty. Pi claimed that Turtles were an easy catch, but hard to load onto the boat. Their blood was clean and rich tasting. 130 pound turtles were hard to lift and butcher. Pi almost never slept, it was hard for him. On the other hand Richard Parker slept throughout the day and only got up to eat. One day when Pi caught a shark Richard Parker battled with it, and ended up eating it after he killed it.

Reflection: Pi only mentions his family briefly. He does not express his feelings or emotions towards the whole situation. He just tries to make the best of it and tries to survive.

Quote: "I descended to a level of savagery I never imagined possible"(Martel, 197).

Life of Pi Chapters 41-60

Summary: During the first nights of the ship sinking it rained constantly. Pi was constantly cold, and everything was uncomfortable. Richard Parker did not kill the zebra. During the whole time Pi was very scared being next to a 450 pound tiger. The hyena was out of sight. Suddenly it jumped up, and kept on jumping from place to place when there was no space and everything is tight. Pi describes the hyena as ugly, not only because of its physical features, because of its behavior. He thinks they're disgusting and mysterious. Later that night the hyena had pulled off the zebra's broken leg and ate it. The hyena devoured the injured zebra. After that the Hyena got into a fight with Orange Juice, and OJ ended up becoming be headed. The boat is three and a half feet deep, eight feet wide, and twenty six feet long. Pi found a large locker that contained many supplies and necessities. Richard Parker got up from under the tarpaulin and killed the hyena. He feasted on his body, and ate a rat that Pi gave to him. The tiger has been sea sick, which has caused his awkward and calm behavior. Pi designed six plans to try to kill Richard Parker but they all backfired.

Quote: "It made my heart melt with love and admiration and fear"(Martel, 129).

Reflection: Since Pi has a huge passion for animals and religion it is shown during his desertion on in the Pacific Ocean. He recalls his old memories of the zoo, and his past religious life in India.

Life of Pi Chapters 21-40

Summary: As a result of Pi's strong interest in religion, the priest, pandit, and imam all visited Pi's parents at the same time. The priest claimed that Pi was a good christian boy, the pandit claimed that Pi was Hindu, and the imam claimed that Pi was Muslim. After everything went back to normal, and his father bought him ice cream sandwiches. Pi was attending a christian school so he wanted to be baptized. His parents allowed him to have a baptism and he received a prayer rug. In February 1976 the Tamil Nadu government was taken down by Delhi, so they were going to move to Canada. They sold the zoo, lock, stock and barrel. Many of the animals were kept, or sold elsewhere. Pi and his family boarded the Tsimtsum, a japanese ship on June 21st, 1977. When the ship sank Pi seen Richard Parker, he threw the lifebuoy and saved him. He is now on the raft with a tiger, zebra, hyena, and a orangutan.

Quote: "All religions are true. I just want to love God" (69, Martel).

Reflection: Because of Pi's strong interest in Religion he becomes a member of 3. His parents are puzzled but they allow him to follow his beliefs. Pi believes that if you are religious it should be physically and spiritually.

Life of Pi Chapters 1-20

Summary: The main character Piscine Patel known as Pi starts off by giving a narrative of his college experience. He explains how he was very successful in zoology for all four years, he received every possible award. After recalling his college experience he starts by talking about how much he loves Canada, but how much misses India and Richard Parker. Pi has a mother, father and older brother. His brother's name is Ravi Patel, and his father's name is Santosh Patel. His father owns and runs the zoo, the Pondicherry zoo. The zoo was filled with lions, birds, orangutans, llamas, giraffes, monkeys, hill mynas, cockatoos American bison, frogs, mongooses and more. At first Pi says he was born into Hinduism, becoming involved in its passages of rights and rituals as a child. One day on holiday when Pi was fourteen he came across a church. The pastor was Father Martin. Since Pi was new to this religion he became amazed and converted to Christianity, temporarily. One year later, when he was fifteen he came across a Muslim, Mr. Kumar. Pi began to pray like Mr. Kumar. He began to visit the local mosque to pray.

Quote: "Pi Patel For good measure I added ╥ = 3.14"

Reaction: This story has an amazing transition between the first two paragraphs. it starts out as first person, then it quickly turns into third person; an autobiography to biography; it switches back and forth Piscine Patel was named after a pool, information he gives to us out of many significant and symbolic facts. Many of these things that Pi and the narrator tell us are vital to what we need to know further into the text.

Her Last Death (141- 242)

Summary

Sue is at boarding school. Her mother sent her there to get a good education. She flew on a plane to the east in order to attend boarding school. She has her own bedroom. She doesn't have to share with anybody. She was greeted and instructed by Miss Peters. During her tour she heard the principal talk about rules, regulations and the honor code. Her mother brought her boyfriend Paul on the trip. Her mother has had about 12 different boyfriends so far. She is very free-spirited.

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""This isn't so bad," she said" (Sonnenberg 143)

Her Last Death Pgs 69-140

Summary- In the beginning of this section Sue's mother married Colin. Her newly married father and his wife have a baby together. She turns three before they get a divorce. Sue learns that her grandfather was famous so her mother knew a lot of people. Famous people, she talked to them and befriended them. Her mother has slept with most of the current famous people she knows. Sue's mother thought she had been diagnosed with leukemia. Sue and her sister Penelope were picked up from school early, their mother was taking them on a trip. She stole many things she needed from a store. She even stole a necklace that she didn't need. Later when they came back they realized that they had mixed up her results. She became really sick, she started having back injuries. Because of this she had to take medicine that made her weak and very sleepy. Most days she would've stayed at home in bed. Sue had to take care of her and make sure she felt okay. After a while they all moved to Mexico. At first Sue stayed at home to finish school. When she went down she found out that life was very urban, her mother has a boyfriend that owns a movie theater and Penelope worked there. She liked it there. She did anything she wanted, and got to stay out late, go to a bar and meet new people. She had a lot of crushes, but she really like this kid named Lincoln. Near the end she gets sent to boarding school.

Quote- ""You're so self-righteous," she teased me. "Melodramatic"( Sonnenberg 107).

Reflection- The narrator gives very specific details about her mother. She takes time to talk about her families life and her life as a infant and toddler. She has very adequate details that answers the reader's questions.

Her Last Death Pages 9-69

Summary- The happy girl that once lived with two parents is now grown up with two kids. In fact, she wasn't happy at all. She has had many bad experiencences. The narrator begins by explaining her current situation. Her mother is in a coma caused by a car accident. She is skeptical about whether to go or not. She is undecided and doesn't know what to do. She thinks of all the times her mother has been seriously hurt and compares it to now. It is tough for her to make the decision because of all the hardships her mother put her through. She deicides not to go. She didn't think that saying that she was going felt true. It felt true when she said she was not. The narrator begins illustrating her life story by giving information about her parents immigration. Her father was ten years older than her mother and she is two years older than her sister Penelope. When her parent got divorced at the age of 5 she, her mom and her sister lived in a hotel. They stayed there until their mother got an apartment.

Quote- "Our mother leaned in the doorway, laughing. "This will all end in tears." She liked to say that"(Sonnenberg 36).

Reaction- The narrator explains their emotions about her family, especially her mother. She uses many examples of foreshadowing and irony. You can almost predict the outcome of her mothers decisions because of her diction and personality. The mother tries to forget about her culture and modernizes. She does not want to be held back because she has children. She gets a live-in babysitter and starts living life to the fullest. Now the real story begins. I think this book is going to be interesting.