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Pi was Born
He was named after a glorious swimming pool in Paris called the Pisine Molitor. -
Pi learned to swim
He was seven years old, and his family friend, Mamaji, gave him his first swimming lesson in the ocean. -
Religion
Pi was originally Hindu, but he stumbled upon a cathedral, and decided to be a Christian as well. Soon, he walked into a mosque, and added Islam to his accumulation of religions he followed. Once the head of the different churches found out, they wanted him to chose just one (or in other words, their own belief), and gave him much pain about it. In turn, Pi just went to different places to worship. -
Shipwreck
He heard a noise in the night, and went on deck only to find a storm. When he was going back to his cabin with Ravi, he noticed there was water on the floor. Then he went back on deck and was thrown aboard a lifeboat. 16 years old. -
Killed his first fish
Killed flying fish (broke neck)- Pi is very sad. Soon after he killed the Dorado (beat with axe hilt)- ecstatic and proud."...a person can get used to anything, even killing" -
Stopped looking for ships
Stopped looking for a rescuer almost entirely (Martel, 191) Soon after expending all of his flares (that happen to smell like Cumin), he sees the very high improbability of being rescued by a ship. (Martel, 199) -
No more raft
During a brutal storm in which Pi got under the tarpaulin with Richard, the raft broke free and the lifeboat became slightly marred. -
Pi trains Richard Parker
Pi wants to be able to get on the lifeboat more often, so he starts to assert his dominance by blowing a whistle loudly while rocking the boat and making him feel seasick. He finally is able to gain complete dominance over him during a stare-down over a Dorado fish.
