Week 5 Post B

I am glad the action finally kicked up in this novel. Pi is stranded in the middle of an ocean accompanied by a huge bangle tiger and a hyena. This reminds me a lot of those survivor shows that are played on the History and Discovery channel where survival experts film themselves trying to survive in the harshest places on earth. One particular episode of "Survivorman" on the Discovery channel showed just how difficult it was to survive in a life raft. Many of the problems that he went through are also being faced by Pi. Pi does have one distinct advantage however and that is the storage of food that he discovers in a compartment near the front of the boat. His survival depends on this little storage of food and he quickly calculates that he has enough water to last him 124 day and enough food to last him 94 days which is a huge amount of food and water which should keep him alive until he is rescued. With the food and water problem solved, it will be interesting what will happen between the bangle tiger, hyena and Pi. I suspect that the tiger will probably end up eating the hyena and will need some of Pi's food and water rations.