Home > Life of Pi Summary & Study Guide > Summary and Analysis > Summary and Analysis: Part Two—The Pacific Ocean—Chapters 68-77

Life of Pi | Summary and Analysis: Part Two—The Pacific Ocean—Chapters 68-77

Chapters 68-69:
Summary
Chapter 68 describes how Pi's sleeping patterns changed (he slept only at brief stretches) and how they differed from Richard Parker's (he slept for a long time). Chapter 69 describes the times Pi thought he saw a light in the distance and set off flares to attract the ship's attention.

Analysis
If the previous chapters had shown how animalistic Pi had become, these chapters show how great a distance there still is. Pi cannot sleep much because of his anxiety, and it may be false...



[The entire page is 742 words long]

Join eNotes

The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:

eNotes Pass

Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...