I'm completely sure that line given above elevates the mood by depicting heroism in grief.
"Inaugurates" most often means to introduce or to start something, for example a policy or period. It can also specifically refer to admitting someone into public office (i.e. "We will inaugurate the new president next week"), or signifying the first use of a public organization or project (i.e. "Will you be attending the park's inauguration on May 1st?").
The correct answer is B.
When Pi tells the second, more brutal account of what happened, the reader understands how important storytelling is to Pi and how changing the events into a story helped him survive. Furthermore, we can see how Pi had a will to live even in the face of certain death.
The sun, the sun heats up the water till it evaporates.