Final answer:
In 'Life of Pi,' Pi is on a lifeboat with several animals, including a tiger named Richard Parker. However, the excerpts provided relate to Stephen Crane's 'The Open Boat' and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, not 'Life of Pi'.
Step-by-step explanation:
In Pi's second story, the question seems to be a mix-up, as the lifeboat scenario refers to Life of Pi, a novel where the protagonist, Pi, is stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. However, the excerpts provided mostly recount the experiences of characters from Stephen Crane's short story The Open Boat, where there are four characters: the captain, the cook, the correspondent, and the oiler. Another excerpt references Robinson Crusoe's character Friday, but this does not align with Pi's story either. The details are therefore not from Pi's story, but rather from Crane's The Open Boat, and the references to Friday are from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
Despite the confusion, if one needs to solely focus on Pi's story, in the novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the protagonist Pi is initially accompanied by a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and eventually, only Richard Parker remains as his companion in the lifeboat. If we are to speak of The Open Boat, then the main characters who are with the narrator in the lifeboat are the captain, the cook, and the oiler.