Chapter 34
In chapter 34, Pi describes the process of arranging the sale of all the animals. Pi makes a few references to feeling like one of the animals, "And two animals were being shipped to Canada. That's how Ravi and I felt." (Martel 98) He also makes another brief reference to this later in the chapter, "They were future Yankees, and we, future Canucks." (Martel 100) This shows that Pi does use animals to describe how he's feeling at the time, though in this case it was much more obvious than it was previously.
Chapter 35
This chapter covers the last moments in India before boarding the ship to Canada. A line that stood out to me is "Things didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, but what can you do? You must take life the way it comes at you and make the most of it." (Martel 101) This is obvious foreshadowing. This line comes just as the family is setting sail to Canada. Combining that knowledge with the knowledge of the cover, it can be assumed the Patel family is not going to make it safely to Canada on that boat.
Chapter 36
Another chapter from the perspective of Yann Martel. This time he meets Pi's two children, Nikhil and Usha. He comments that Pi's story does have a happy ending.
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