Pi sat on the edge of the lifeboat, his body a map of salt sores and sun-parched skin. A few feet away, Richard Parker—four hundred and fifty pounds of Bengal tiger—lay draped across the benches. The predator’s golden eyes were fixed on the phosphorescent fish glowing beneath the surface, his breathing a low, rhythmic rasp that anchored Pi to the waking world.
In this version, the cook kills the sailor and Pi's mother before Pi kills the cook to survive. Pi then asks the officials—and the audience—. Both stories end with the ship sinking and Pi surviving, but one offers a world of wonder and faith while the other is a tale of brutal reality. tamilyogi life of pi better