Life of Pi Orange Juice. A tiger has been hiding under the boat's tarpaulin: it's Richard Parker, who had boarded the lifeboat with ambivalent assistance from Pi himself some time before the hyena attack. Suddenly emerging from his hideaway, Richard Parker kills and eats the hyena. Frightened, Pi constructs a small raft out of rescue flotation devices, tethers it to the bow of the boat and makes it his place of retirement. He begins conditioning Richard Parker to take a submissive role by using food as a positive reinforcer, and seasickness as a punishment mechanism, while using a whistle for signals. Soon, Pi
Life of Pi Pi" as "an elegant proof of God, and the power of storytelling." In October 2005, a worldwide competition was launched to find an artist to illustrate "Life of Pi". The competition was run by Scottish publisher "Canongate Books" and UK newspaper "The Times", as well as Australian newspaper "The Age" and Canadian newspaper "The Globe and Mail". Croatian artist Tomislav Torjanac was chosen as the illustrator for the new edition, which was published in September 2007. A 2012 adaptation directed by Ang Lee and based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee was given a wide release in the United