Life of Pi: chapters 49 through 53

Chapter 49
It was sort of funny how Pi finds it unbelievable that Richard Parker was still on the boat, and he makes an analogy of how Pi lost hope so badly, that he had nothing to lose and kept trying hard. Pi realizes he is thirsty  and has not had food or water in three days. I find that sort of unbelievable, even with the constant threat of the hyena in the past couple days. Pi just throws caution to the wind and decides to climb to the middle of the boat. It took him a long time, but he faces his fear. Pi comes to a similar conclusion about why Richard Parker was so calm, with RP being sedated or seasick.
Chapter 50
I had trouble with this chapter with the description of the boat. Despite the numerous descriptions, I have no idea about how it would be shaped or set up. The funny part was how Pi talks about orange being the color of survival, as it was the color of the boat, tarpaulin, life jackets  and oars. Normally, orange is not thought of as the color of life and survival, which makes it interesting.
Chapter 51
I was very irritated by Pi in this chapter. He gets all these things, and throws these empty water cans into the ocean. It is like the ultimate hunger games or survivor, you need to keep that which could potentially be useful. Those cans could hold water from the rain catchers, or  food, or even be used to shovel out the boat. I was impressed with the descriptive passage about the positive affects of drinking the water, after three days without any.
Chapter 52
It was a long list about the supplies aboard the boat, and ended with Pi looking at the rain catcher, which will be very important in the future.
Chapter 53
Pi uses his problem solving skills to build a little raft, which seems to show how he might have to use his skills later on to solve other problems in order to survive. Finally, the tiger eats the hyena. Thankfully, it was neither  as gory as the zebra death nor in as deep of detail  I enjoyed this chapter because Pi is getting somewhere with his supplies, and trying to actually stay alive rather than watching the happenings of the animals.