Life of Pi | Summary and Analysis: Part Two—The Pacific Ocean—Chapters 88-94
Chapter 88:
Summary
The lifeboat runs into some floating trash, and Pi finds a rotted lamb in a floating refrigerator. He pulls a corked bottle from the trash, puts a message in it, and launches it in the water.
Analysis
Given Pi's powerful religious leanings, the lamb should be taken as symbolic. After becoming a killer as he has, Pi is no longer innocent (as a lamb), but rotten.
Chapter 89:
Summary
Pi describes how everything suffered on the lifeboat from exposure to the weather, and how Pi and Richard Parker were slowing dying. His pens ran...
[The entire page is 1026 words long]
Join eNotes
The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...
Navigate
See Also:
- - Life of Pi summary and study guide in the eNotes.
Tell a friend about Life of Pi at eNotes.
- Add Life of Pi to your favorites