LIT Listening 2020-21
by Patti Hayes
You are here to enjoy amazing literature that spans many content areas and connects with local and world views. The first podcast connects with Science and Humanities. Get ready, get comfy, you are going on a fantastical fictional ride listening to the iconic novel published in 2001 by Yann Martel, Life of Pi. This book is read and narrated by Dr. P Hayes.
Episodes
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Episode #6 Ch. 23-28
As you recall Pi is exploring three world religions simultaneously. He grew up with a Hindu background though fairly light, he has learned more about Christianity with Father Martin a Catholic priest, and he met Mr. S. Kumar a Muslim baker who follows Islam. In these chapters the family gets...
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Episode #5 Ch. 17-22
These are the world religion chapters of Life of Pi. The importance to the story and Pi's life journey will continue and make sense. Yann Martel goes into wonderful, overly descriptive detail about Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. We also meet two more influences in Pi's life, Father Martin…
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Episode # 4 Ch. 9-16
We are in Part 1 which covers 36 chapters. Life of Pi by Yann Martel. In chapters 6-15 we hear more about the zoo which Pi's father, Santosh Patel, is the zookeeper. We learn more about zoology and human interactions as well as the italicized more detailed descriptions of this important main...
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Episode #3 Ch. 6, 7 & 8
As you recall Piscine Molitar Patel was bullied and teased at school. A human tragedy. But he rose above it and made his name Pi. He named himself after the mathematical constant 3.14. Chapter 6 is in italics and only about 10 lines long, another narrator is describing a scene and a man. Chapter…
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Episode #2 Ch. 4 & Ch. 5
I give you a very brief background of the author Yann Martel and then review just a bit what we have heard so far. Then we dive into Ch. 4 & 5 finding out that Piscine Molitar Patel grew up in a family home within a zoo. That said, his parents owned and ran a Zoo in Pondicherry, India in the late...
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Episode #1 Life of Pi introduction & Ch. 1-3
Yann Martel purposely writes these first few chapters to introduce us to many things and it can sometimes be confusing! Be patient 😊📚 You will be introduced to 3 settings Toronto, Canada, Pondicherry, India & somewhere in Mexico. You learn that a young man is studying both Zoology (the study of...
About this show
You are here to enjoy amazing literature that spans many content areas and connects with local and world views. The first podcast connects with Science and Humanities. Get ready, get comfy, you are going on a fantastical fictional ride listening to the iconic novel published in 2001 by Yann Martel, Life of Pi. This book is read and narrated by Dr. P Hayes.
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