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How Did Pi Get Fish

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As days passed, Pi brainstormed on how he was going to sustain himself. From his schemes on the lifeboat, he became wiser. While looking exploring the lifeboat, he managed to find many things. He discovered a locker full of emergency rations, and was about to compute how long he could live off them. Pi obtained food by using a method: trial and error. His final conclusion of obtaining fish was by getting on a raft and utilizing an oar to strike fish. Similar to his time at his family's zoo, he was able to recognize the animal's daily routine and knew how they reacted to certain things. He found a way to tame Richard so he could “possibly trick him into dying first…” (236); he knew that tigers despise the sound of whistles and is capable in

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