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"arranged to go with Córdoba" (Franklin 2)

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"He set out from the Mexican coast in November 2012 for a two-day fishing trip, having paid 22-year-old Ezequiel Cordoba about US$50 to accompany him" (Telegraph 1)

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" . . . his experience as a fisherman . . . would just about make survival possible" (Telegraph 2)

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"He was a veteran captain . . ." (Franklin 2)

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" . . . loaded with equipment, including 70 gallons of gasoline, 16 gallons of water, 23kg (50lb) of sardines for bait, 700 hooks, miles of line, a harpoon, three knives, three buckets for baling, a mobile phone (in a plastic bag to keep it dry), a GPS tracking device (not waterproof), a two-way radio (battery half-charged), several wrenches for the motor and 91kg (200lb) of ice" (Franklin 2)

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"Every time they appeared, I popped them one after another into my mouth like candy until there were none left" (Martel 219).

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Had a tiger on his boat.

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Pi didn't grow up learning about boats, instead, he grew up learning about animals. So Pi had no experience with fixing boats.

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Relies on the boat manual for help with survival

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Pi was more religious and had more faith and believed god or the other gods would save him.

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Not a true story (fiction)

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Not at sea for as long.

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"company of an adult Bengal tiger” (Martel 354)

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"There was a tiger in the lifeboat." (Martel 162-163)

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“Butchering the turtle was hard work. My first one was a small hawksbill.  it was its blood that tempted me, the “good, nutritious, salt-free drink” promised by the survival manual” (Martel 253).

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"I have nothing but the fondest memories of growing up in a zoo" (Martel 15).

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"Turtles were an easy catch indeed, as the survival manual said they were."

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"I tried everything but the worms, including the algae" (Martel 219).

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'Once you saved the world by taking the form of a fish. Now you have saved me by taking the form of a fish. Thank you, thank you!'" (Martel 204-205).

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"I survived 227 days. That's how long my trial lasted, over seven months" (Martel 210).

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". . . survived for several months by catching fish and birds, and drinking turtle blood and rainwater" (Telegraph 2)

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" . . . he could barely walk. He refused to make eye contact and often hid his face" (Franklin 1).

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"I felt exhausted and depressed" (Martel 253)

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Rainwater collection system.

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Caught fish, turtles, algae, etc. Used what was available to them in order to survive.

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Began to hallucinate, talking to themselves.

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Both were depressed and exhausted throughout their time at sea.

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" . . . Alvarenga had battled loneliness, depression and bouts of suicidal thinking" (Franklin 1).

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Tried to get the attention of passing ships with no luck.

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“I slept good, and you? Have you had breakfast?” Alvarenga answered his own questions aloud, as if he were Córdoba speaking from the afterlife. (Franklin 5)

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" . . . he kept the corpse for six days, chatting to it" (Telegraph 2)

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"identify a tiny speck on the horizon as a ship . . . wave, jump and flail for hours." (Franklin 6)

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". . . I realized with horror that the tanker was simply not coming" (Martel 260).

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Had a human crew mate.

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Had previous knowledge of boats and grew up working with boats

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His boat was stocked with more supplies that lasted him a longer time.

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True story (non-fiction)

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At sea for a much longer time.

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"Alvarenga’s boat, at 25 feet . . . " (Franklin 2)

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Accused of eating his dead companion.

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"for 438 days" (Franklin 1)

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" . . . twenty-six feet long . . . " (Martel 152)

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Both of their boats were very similar.