The themes of hope and zoology are strong in these chapters.
Zoology
Pi come up with several plans in order to get rid of Richard Parker, and realizes that none of them will work that well based on how hardy, strong, and great swimmers tigers are. Pi decides he will train Richard Parker, and compares his available tools to those of circus tamers. It was sort of gross to me how Pi "marked" his territory on the tarpaulin by pouring his own urine on it, and then drank from the same beaker right afterwards. But, since he later comes to survive, I guess he knows best.
Hope
Pi's hope in his situation changes so often, I feel like he is bipolar. One minute he is happy because of one small victory, and the next he is breaking down in tear, sure that he will never make it home. For example, Pi has a lot of hope after he decides to begin training Richard Parker, and he fixes his raft.
Fear
Pi talks about the strong mental and physical repercussions of fear. As he says "It is life's only true opponent " Which is true, since fear can change how people act, and having too much fear can lead to giving up hope. Pi says that Richard Parker calmed him down, because RP made a sound the prusten. The prusten is a puff to express friendliness and harmless intentions.
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