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
The Teeth of the Tiger Like "Red Rabbit", Clancy's "The Teeth of the Tiger" was poorly received by critics and reviews for "The Teeth of the Tiger" were "tepid at best." "The Washington Post" described it as a "bloated, boring, silly novel" with "inane dialogue, gossamer characterizations, endless repetition and bumper-sticker politics." The "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" panned it as well, saying that the most positive thing about the book was that it was "mercifully briefer than its chronological predecessor in the Jack Ryan series.". The "San Antonio Express-News" described the novel as "an acceptable thriller" that is "an obvious attempt to reinvent the franchise [Clancy]