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Question
Sequence the following incidents logically to write the summary of the story ‘Life of Pi’.
- As he looked around, he was shocked to find Richard Parker on board.
- His search for water took him dangerously close to Richard Parker but nothing could stop him – neither Richard Parker nor the hyena.
- Pi left Richard Parker in a jungle and reunited with his family.
- Pi came back to life and his senses after drinking the elixir of life.
- He understood that it was Richard Parker who helped him survive for 227 days.
- He was pinned by weakness having had no food, water, or even sleep for nearly three days.
- Strangely his thirst overpowered his fear of Richard Parker and he went about exploring for freshwater.
- A little later, he succeeded in his search, when he found stacks of cans of drinking water.
- Pi was stranded in the Pacific on a lifeboat.
- Then, he realized that Parker who scared him earlier brought him peace, purpose, and wholeness.
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Solution
- Pi was stranded in the Pacific on a lifeboat.
- He was pinned by weakness having had no food, water, or even sleep for nearly three days.
- As he looked around, he was shocked to find Richard Parker on board.
- Strangely his thirst overpowered his fear of Richard Parker and he went about exploring for freshwater.
- His search for water took him dangerously close to Richard Parker but nothing could stop him neither Richard Parker nor the hyena.
- A little later, he succeeded in his search, when he found stacks of cans of drinking water.
- Pi came back to life and his senses after drinking the elixir of life.
- He understood that it was Richard Parker who helped him survive for 227 days.
- Then, he realized that Parker who scared him earlier brought him peace, purpose, and wholeness.
- Pi left Richard Parker in a jungle and reunited with his family.
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