Chapter Sixty was interesting only because it referenced Pi's faith. It is a strong contrast with his animalistic will to live, and how his mixture of faiths can be applied in his situation.
In chapter sixty one, Pi tries to start fishing. He cuts his shoe apart, and after all the pieces are taken, Pi still does not give up. Pi goes onto the lifeboat and gets hit in the face with a fish. This made me laugh a little, although when the school of fish begins to hit Pi it no longer is funny. I found it sort of sad how Pi had so much trouble kissing his first fist. He calls himself a killer, but probably the line which really hit me was "I never forget to include this fish in my prayers." It provides a connection between his will to live (fish) at the time and his faith with prayer. Another such instance is how Pi catches a large dorado, and thanks Lord Vishnu, yet he easily kills the dorado. I felt sad when Pi said "A person can get used to anything, even to killing." because this shows a change in Pi. He goes from a fragile boy to a killer, at least in his own mind.
Chapter Sixty Two is all about Pi and his discovery of how the solar stills work with having water. Pi seemed a little insane to me with him treating his stills as cows, and "milking" them. At the end of the chapter, Pi realizes the ship would have sunk a week ago.
Chapter Sixty Three is the beginning of a change. It first brings up different fictitious and real people and how long they survived at sea. Pi tells of how he survived 227 days, and his usual calendar. The important part of the chapter is how Pi tells of his depart from time. How events are in his memory, but they are a jumble, and that the loss of time allowed him to survive.
Chapter Sixty Four continues with the theme of a loss of time. All it talks about it how his clothes disintegrated, and he got salt-water boils.
Chapter Sixty Five was Pi reflecting on his lack of knowledge or control, and mentions how he went on the Pacific equatorial counter-current.
Chapter Sixty Six is about how Pi improves at fishing, using gaffs and his cargo net to lure fish. Pi also goes into detail about the hard labor he went though to bring a turtle onto the boat. Even Pi brings up that he descended into a level of savagery, compared to his past self.
Pi tastes different animals in chapter sixty seven, showing how he is desperate for food, and how he watches the animals for fun.
Chapter Sixty Eight talks about the difference in sleep patterns between Pi, with RP napping constantly while Pi had difficulty making it more than an hour.
Rocket flares, and their smell occupy chapter 69, with them bringing back memories of Pondicherry.
Chapter 70 talks about the difficulty Pi had butchering a turtle. Pi gives RP the turtle, and decides "It was time to impose myself and carve out my territory."
In all these chapters, Pi slowly trains Richard Parker. First with whistling when giving RP the fish, and also with the water.
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