"Life of Pi" part 2

I can understand Pi wanting Richard Parker to survive becuase of his love for animals... but I wouldn't want a full grown bengal tiger on my life boat.. Although if I had to pick between sitting on a boat with a tiger or floating in shark infested water, I would choose the boat! And I now know who Richard Parker is! Very odd name for a tiger.. but of course you can't forget the orangutan named Orange Juice. While this part of the book is much more entertaining with the sinking of the boat and various animals floating about, I could have lived without the images of animals killing each other.. I know it's the circle of life and all, but still. Through reading this section, I can't help but applaud Pi. I would have been like him in the beginning, and gladly accepted being put out of my misery of losing my family by a tiger. Instead this young boy finds the strength in him to survive, and to even tame Richard Parker. I was hesitant with the first section of this book, but now I am very interested to see how the strong bond forms between Pi and this beast his father previously warned him about.