Bibliography
Course Hero. "Life of Pi Study Guide." Course Hero. 12 Dec. 2016. Web. 9 June 2023. <https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Life-of-Pi/>.
In text
(Course Hero)
Bibliography
Course Hero. (2016, December 12). Life of Pi Study Guide. In Course Hero. Retrieved June 9, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Life-of-Pi/
In text
(Course Hero, 2016)
Bibliography
Course Hero. "Life of Pi Study Guide." December 12, 2016. Accessed June 9, 2023. https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Life-of-Pi/.
Footnote
Course Hero, "Life of Pi Study Guide," December 12, 2016, accessed June 9, 2023, https://www.coursehero.com/lit/Life-of-Pi/.
Pondicherry joins the Union of India, and Pi's parents open the Pondicherry Zoo.
Part 1, Chapter 4| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Author's Note | In 1996 the visiting writer is struggling to sell books in Canada. Restless, he flies to Bombay, India, to work on a nov... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 1–3 | Pi Patel begins Part 1 by writing, "My suffering left me sad and gloomy," but adds academic studies at the University ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 4–6 | In 1954 Pondicherry enters the Union of India. A portion of the Pondicherry Botanical Garden is set aside for a zoo, w... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 7–9 | Young Pi has several excellent teachers, including Mr. Satish Kumar, who teaches biology. An odd-looking and intellige... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 10–12 | Animals will occasionally escape from zoos, Pi says, especially if the zoo habitat is unsuitable. Besides, all living ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 13–15 | Pi explains the importance of territorial dominance to animals. A lion tamer in a circus, he says, succeeds by establi... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 16–18 | Pi believes we're all born in limbo "until some figure introduces us to God." He tells how he went to a Hindu temple w... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 19–22 | Pi continues to visit the baker and learns more about Islam, which he calls "a beautiful religion of brotherhood and d... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 23–25 | Teenage Pi hides his practice of three faiths from his parents. Mr. Patel is secular, priding himself in his modern vi... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 26–28 | Teenage Pi tells his father he'd like to be baptized and receive a prayer rug. Both his parents are mystified by Pi's ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 29–31 | Pi describes the mid-1970s, the decade when he was a teenager, as "troubled times in India." As a 16-year-old he didn'... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 32–33 | Animals can come to unusual living arrangements if necessary, explains Pi, through a process called zoomorphism—where ... Read More |
| Part 1, Chapters 34–36 | As they prepare to move to Canada, the Patels sell the zoo. They need to find homes for all the animals at other zoos ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 37–39 | Part 2 begins with an overview of the events that Pi will retrace with more detail in the following chapters. As Part ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 40–42 | Pi is now in the water, having jumped off the lifeboat to escape Richard Parker as readers saw in Part 2, Chapter 37. ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 43–45 | Seeing a patch of oil from the ship, Pi thinks some official must have been notified of the shipwreck and will be comi... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 46–48 | Pi's second night at sea is one of the nights he suffers the most. Though the sunset is extraordinarily beautiful, he ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 49–52 | Convinced he can't possibly survive, Pi suddenly feels relieved. He wants to find his most immediate need—fresh water—... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 53–56 | Despite his earlier happiness at finding supplies, Pi feels desperate when he wakes the next day. He thinks of his onc... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 57–60 | Richard Parker observes Pi from the boat. The tiger snorts through his nostrils, a call known as prusten expressing "f... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 61–62 | The next day Pi attempts to fish, using his shoe as bait. The attempt doesn't go well. He tries and fails to catch a s... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 63–69 | Pi tells the reader of other castaways who survived long periods at sea. He himself survives 227 days, over seven mont... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 70–77 | Pi's first time butchering a turtle is a challenge. He gathers the blood to drink himself, then tosses the rest of the... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 78–82 | Pi describes the "many skies" and "many seas" of the Pacific Ocean. The winds, nights, and moons also offer diversity ... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 83–89 | One cloudy afternoon the sea swells rise to heights Pi has never seen before. The sea anchors barely keep the lifeboat... Read More |
| Part 2, Chapters 90–94 | Pi worries for Richard Parker's health. They are both eating slowly. Pi's eyes begin to sting and ooze with pus, and s... Read More |
| Part 3, Chapters 95–100 | As Part 3 begins the visiting writer introduces Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Chiba. They are the officials in the Japanese Mini... Read More |
Have study documents to share about Life of Pi? Upload them to earn free Course Hero access!