Yann Martel's Life of Pi is the story of a young man who survives a harrowing shipwreck and months in a lifeboat with a large Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The beginning of the novel covers Pi's childhood and youth.
The Patel family sets sail to Canada.
l decided to sell our zoo
When theTsimstum sinks and Pi's family dies, leaving him alone with wild animals on a lifeboat
My family disappeared in the water. They probably died. What am I going to do now?
When pi's boat went to shore in mexico and the man found him
I’m left alone with the tiger. He’s probably going to eat me. I’m very scared but I know I must survive.
He is interviewed by the Japanese men, and tells his story.