Life of Pi: Chapters 83-90

Pi finally really uses his training of Richard Parker when they both are under the tarpaulin during the storm. Pi then talks about his numerous encounters with animals including a whale, dolphins, birds and his attempt to catch them. Religion again shows its face when Pi enjoys the "miracle" of the sight of lightning. I was disappointed when Pi sees a ship, yet the ship passes them by. Pi introduces his dream rag, which basically allows him to hallucinating by restricting his ability to breathe. It seems sort of dark and dangerous compared to the pure minded boy at the beginning of the book. Pi writes a letter in a bottle, and tells the reader about how the ship begins to worsen and the last pages of his diary in which he was sure he was going to die. I found chapter 90 to be extremely confusing, with Pi going blind. Pi has a conversation with someone, who Pi believes is Richard Parker, but apparently it is a blind man in a boat. When the man tries to attack Pi, Richard Parker kills the man. I was honestly really confused, and hopefully the next chapter will clear things up against.