Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 761

  • @monkeymouse
    @monkeymouse 7 років тому +423

    Huck Finn is probably the most censored book in America, because if seven words Huck says when he writes a letter telling folks back in Missouri where Jim is at so they can take him back to slave for them--and he remembers the good times and friendship he had with Jim--and he thinks about how anyone against slavery supposed to go to Hell, so Huck tears up the letter and says "All right, then, I'll go to Hell". That STILL messes people up!

    • @jesseonline24601
      @jesseonline24601 5 років тому +17

      Huck Finn is one of my favorite books, and that is my favorite part.

    • @bongripsfordenji5736
      @bongripsfordenji5736 5 років тому +13

      That was my favorite part of the book so much growth in just one scene

    • @richardranke7878
      @richardranke7878 4 роки тому +11

      Initially this messed me up, but later I realized that Huck didn't realize he was making a good decision, although forbidden by society.

    • @bugeyedmonster2
      @bugeyedmonster2 4 роки тому +46

      And remember that back then, Southern preachers taught that help slaves escape was wrong. Huck probably really did believe he would go to hell for helping Jim.
      So he was willing to face eternal torment in hell, for the sake of his friend Jim.
      How many of us could do that?
      (Even if you're an atheist or Jewish, and don't believe in hell, you still have to really respect Huck for his choice. I believe that Huck really did think he would go to hell.)

    • @thetruth4654
      @thetruth4654 4 роки тому +9

      Just a little History reminder that the democrats supported slavery

  • @prestonburkett3183
    @prestonburkett3183 8 років тому +651

    Ready for my exam tomorrow

    • @prestonburkett3183
      @prestonburkett3183 8 років тому +93

      Fuck yeah 98 on my test

    • @EchoVale
      @EchoVale 8 років тому +1

      +Preston Burkett Almost ready for my test tomorrow

    • @meganc4028
      @meganc4028 8 років тому

      I have an Exam tomorrow. ill let you know how i do

    • @meganc4028
      @meganc4028 8 років тому +21

      HEY i got a B!

    • @EchoVale
      @EchoVale 8 років тому +10

      Nice I got an 88.... Once of the questions was "Who has sand?"

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 7 років тому +283

    "Peace, my well read ballers!" I would not be at all surprised if this guy is a Harvard graduate with a masters in English lol!

    • @normtrooper4392
      @normtrooper4392 7 років тому +21

      blockmasterscott I think he does have a masters in literature

    • @jesseonline24601
      @jesseonline24601 5 років тому +9

      I know he has a Ph.D.

    • @123videos456
      @123videos456 3 роки тому +3

      That’s what good teachers do - they educate you and engage you.

  • @Stg9900
    @Stg9900 2 роки тому +53

    I finished reading this book when I was 11. It still remains one of my favorites. The message of "Do I follow the rules or do I follow my heart?" is timeless.

  • @Laridian
    @Laridian 7 років тому +178

    Just found Thug Notes and watched like 20 in a row. I do not doubt for a second that this man is a literary genius. Keep keepin' it real, homie. I want to see thug notes on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

  • @alexlovelife2543
    @alexlovelife2543 5 років тому +31

    Honestly learned more in this video than the months my AP English Literature and Composition did about this book. Using not only terminology that many students can understand, but also making the description slightly funny makes this video a great one. Thank you for this series.

  • @Ghostofmonk
    @Ghostofmonk 10 років тому +93

    Aww, I was hoping for a real satiric Twilight analysis.

  • @waspshot23
    @waspshot23 10 років тому +120

    Aw hell naw
    > Video starts
    Aw hell yah

    • @winebox
      @winebox 10 років тому +40

      As I am so addicted to T-Notes, I figured I'ld even watch a Twilight one!

  • @janeyrevanescence12
    @janeyrevanescence12 10 років тому +60

    That has to be the most unique April Fool's prank ever. Wonderful job, Thug Notes.

    • @molemanninethousand
      @molemanninethousand 10 років тому +3

      It's not unique at all, he just put a bait-and-switch title on an otherwise normal and normally-produced episode of his series.

  • @NoahFroio
    @NoahFroio 10 років тому +34

    It's official; I am adding 'Well Read Baller!!' to my resume and all future business cards! Peace Out Family!

  • @endofyraaaaryfodne3389
    @endofyraaaaryfodne3389 10 років тому +10

    I've never wanted to read Huckleberry Fin. But after your awesome summary, I have the urge to read the book myself. Will hustle to the library asap. Good job Prof Sweets!

  • @TheHoratio55
    @TheHoratio55 8 років тому +29

    i'm using this to work on my literary analyses paper on how huck is used as a device to point out all the fucked up shit in slavery era culture.
    i'll give you a citation or two.

  • @freddyscoggan9345
    @freddyscoggan9345 8 років тому +5

    Just finished reading the book, I always love to watch WiseCrack's analysis in case I missed something and I did. I noticed huck was always running away from his problems but never made the connection that the Mississippi River was his freedom or the symbol of freedom. Thank you for this amazing video :)

  • @ShadowsHeat
    @ShadowsHeat 10 років тому +207

    Best April fool's prank

  • @MrBenMcLean
    @MrBenMcLean 10 років тому +61

    It's been a long time since I read Huck Finn, but I don't think Huck rejects Christianity. I think he rejects the preachers of his society who have twisted it to defend slavery. Huck doesn't have the education to argue with the pro-slavery preachers logically, but he knows slavery is wrong and doesn't know how he knows it. I think Twain deliberately left religious and non-religious interpretations of Huck's decisions open.

    • @ishikabe1
      @ishikabe1 10 років тому +15

      He's not against the words of the religion, but he's against the actions of the followers of that religion.

    • @spencerjulian8712
      @spencerjulian8712 10 років тому +1

      In the book he questions why his care taker prays before meals if that adds any context their is a bunch of different times where he does

    • @MrBenMcLean
      @MrBenMcLean 9 років тому +2

      Josh Hanson As I said, "I think Twain deliberately left religious and non-religious interpretations of Huck's decisions open." If you want to interpret it as Huck having a better intuitive understanding of God than the preachers intellectual understanding then you can, and if you want to interpret it as Huck rejecting God then you can.

    • @MrBenMcLean
      @MrBenMcLean 9 років тому +1

      Josh Hanson "Huck never actually questions that the preachers and his guardians and all of the slave-holding people are wrong" -- like i said, he can't argue against slavery logically.
      "he just recognizes that his own feelings are in direct contradiction to everything he's been taught," -- I'm not sure Huck's opposition to slavery is just his own feelings. This assumes he's a subjectivist, emotivist about ethics, like you probably are. I don't think so. I think he looks Jim in the eyes and sees that there's a person just like him there, and I think that's more than just emotion. I think Huck has a kind of knowledge there, not just emotion, which he just can't put into words.
      "He actually thinks he's a bad person because if it." - And that's why I don't think his opposition to slavery is purely emotional: because his emotions are inclined toward these false-guilt feelings

    • @MrBenMcLean
      @MrBenMcLean 9 років тому +1

      Christianity explicitly condones Biblical slavery, which is nothing like the American South.

  • @georgeclarmon9736
    @georgeclarmon9736 8 років тому +10

    My 8th grade English teacher told us to watch your video on Huckleberry Finn cuz we were reading it in class

  • @kikahomg
    @kikahomg 10 років тому +14

    I just happened to stumble upon this channel... And oh my lanta I LOVE IT SOOOOOO MUCH! I think "peace my well read ballas" is now going to be in my everyday vocabulary! Such excite, much joy!(yes that was a doge reference, and I am not ashamed of it lol)

  • @MrBscotti
    @MrBscotti 10 років тому +4

    Killed it again! I'm loving this show, keep up the great work. My English teacher mentioned Dostoevsky the other day when we were watching a Russian film and I threw down the connections to the Underground Man. Haven't read the book yet but Thug Notes has broadened my horizons.

  • @PBradleyRobb
    @PBradleyRobb 10 років тому +168

    I get the April Fool's Day aspect of this, but I would love to see an actual review of Twilight. Class that joint up a bit.

    • @PBradleyRobb
      @PBradleyRobb 10 років тому +5

      ***** there's only one way to find out...

    • @Kirinet
      @Kirinet 10 років тому +12

      ***** oh my god thissss. That book is so badly written you'd think it's some fanfic of an anime.

    • @Kirinet
      @Kirinet 10 років тому +1

      Double posted whoops

    • @CusterDawg
      @CusterDawg 10 років тому +6

      PrehistoricBiiirds?
      Fanfic? I'm pretty sure that book was called Fifty Shades of Grey. :P

    • @Kirinet
      @Kirinet 10 років тому +4

      CusterDawg That one was boring unless you read the porn parts, which was hilarious.
      But yeah, Fifty Shades of Grey plays like a fanfic of a fanfic.

  • @nickbrittin7871
    @nickbrittin7871 10 років тому +1

    Another brilliant episode! I use these in class every semester.

  • @chickenofthecave1406
    @chickenofthecave1406 7 років тому +2

    As I read the book for summer reading I thought it was really really dry and that events were really dragged out. But then a few chapters later you realize how important every little thing was. And then at the very end of the book you just get blown away and realize how amazing the book actually is. Now I just need to read Moby Dick and Grapes of Wrath. Fun summer for me....

  • @obi_dean
    @obi_dean Місяць тому

    thug notes is the best wisecrack hands down. always leaving me wanting more

  • @nandob1998
    @nandob1998 9 років тому +7

    I learn more from this channel than my actual english class

  • @Jamesuni
    @Jamesuni 10 років тому

    One of my favorite books all-time. Thanks Spark!

  • @Fakenit66
    @Fakenit66 10 років тому +35

    Oh, thank fuck. It IS an April fools joke.

  • @allisonnadine1537
    @allisonnadine1537 10 років тому +4

    This is the best thing I have ever watched. Thank you.

  • @lesbinturong9605
    @lesbinturong9605 4 роки тому +2

    I showed this to my english teacher and she showed it in class. A+

  • @m.a.r.6066
    @m.a.r.6066 10 років тому

    Really enjoying this straight-up slant on the classics. I'm glad you stopped swilling whiskey after your talks, and open the book. Thanks.

  • @chrillofool
    @chrillofool 8 років тому +16

    This is fucking billiant, what a genius

  • @snuffsan
    @snuffsan 10 років тому

    Great as always, yours is one of the best channels here on yt

  • @SeamusMacMattain
    @SeamusMacMattain 10 років тому +1

    great review on a fantastic book!! keep them coming!

  • @OpheliaBookworm
    @OpheliaBookworm 10 років тому +6

    Haha, glad it's not twilight, but to see him summarize that book would have been hilarious!

  • @zoesnyder1674
    @zoesnyder1674 10 років тому +3

    I just read this for pleasure, thanks for taking me to school! It was awesome!

  • @hopesarah4386
    @hopesarah4386 8 років тому +1

    Blessed to have Thug Notes in my life. Now I can actually pass my exam. thank you

  • @w7100
    @w7100 10 років тому +11

    you had me for a second

  • @UltimaLuminaire
    @UltimaLuminaire 10 років тому

    Smooth. You never disappoint. Have a great one, my man, and to all my fellows out there, only in our wildest dreams.

  • @lucasasullivan
    @lucasasullivan 10 років тому +10

    "On the real: people can be dicks man." - Dr. Sweets.

  • @LabTech41
    @LabTech41 10 років тому +43

    Hope he changes the title to what it really is later, so it doesn't go from April Fool's to open trolling.

  • @mikewaldrep7712
    @mikewaldrep7712 10 років тому

    I forgot what today was and when I saw the title, I was shaking my head. Nice one my good professor.

  • @SMcG2012
    @SMcG2012 10 років тому

    This is awesome. Happy April Fools', Sparky!

  • @giovannirivera6475
    @giovannirivera6475 7 років тому +1

    Awesome video and super informative. Thanks!

  • @FlyKiwi
    @FlyKiwi 10 років тому +1

    This was fantastic!

  • @laurenconrad1799
    @laurenconrad1799 9 років тому +2

    Your face at 2:09 was priceless. It was the exact same face I made when I got to that portion of the book.

  • @JacobBecomesIsrael
    @JacobBecomesIsrael 10 років тому

    OK. I definitely subbed. Pretty darn good stuff. Mark Twain wasn't just a funny guy. He was making fun of people while entertaining them!

  • @OrianaZ5
    @OrianaZ5 10 років тому +6

    Brilliant as usual :)

  • @MarketResearchReading114
    @MarketResearchReading114 10 років тому

    Thanks for the content.

  • @deano.7533
    @deano.7533 10 років тому +2

    I cannot believe that a network hasn't picked this book critic up and used this idea in their programming. Heck, BET would eat this up... he'd be a gold mine to them... (or any other network for that matter) Let people know that this guy is coming up for a 4 minute segment after they come back from commercial and people would probably watch the commercials to ensure they don't miss his segment. I'm serious... Somebody needs to hire this guy. He's funny and he's smart. That's two things this guy has to offer that many people who are already on television don't offer in the least. Somebody hire this man and pay him already! :-o

  • @MeinosKaen2
    @MeinosKaen2 10 років тому +35

    April's Fools strikes again! :D

  • @onsziadia8545
    @onsziadia8545 10 років тому

    awesome review !

  • @johnnyr25
    @johnnyr25 10 років тому +4

    Phew! You got me, too. Saints be praised, it was Huck Finn.

  • @maxjohansen9475
    @maxjohansen9475 10 років тому

    You got me sparky nicely done

  • @ariel4778
    @ariel4778 9 років тому +5

    This was rather enlightening.

  • @minyaou
    @minyaou 10 років тому

    You guys are awesome!

  • @NobodyTouchesJordan
    @NobodyTouchesJordan 8 років тому +30

    Can you do Tom Sawyer please?

    • @ei-sj8dp
      @ei-sj8dp 8 років тому +3

      +Nobody Touches Jordan too late bruh. my essay is due tmmrw

  • @kingAngel53103
    @kingAngel53103 10 років тому

    Wow I realized I'm accually
    Learning stuff from these videos 10/10 have shared

  • @PotterPossum1989
    @PotterPossum1989 2 роки тому +3

    This was actually phenomenal. It's kitschy but intelligent.

  • @pninaruth
    @pninaruth 10 років тому

    I turned this on before I was completely awake. You got me!

  • @Ken_Brooks
    @Ken_Brooks 5 років тому +2

    Excellent, insightful synopsis. Please say you gave this as an oral report in class.

  • @TheAlcoholic27
    @TheAlcoholic27 10 років тому

    These are amazing.

  • @Lunacyrabbit
    @Lunacyrabbit 10 років тому +1

    I really enjoy this channel's videos. (Just subscribed since I'm loving all the videos so far!) Also the analysis on the books are great since it's so accurate! I can't wait for more episodes.
    If you can, can you please do an episode on The Natural by Bernard Malamud? It's been one of those books that still haunts me in my sleep since high school. -shudders-

  • @96dnibrats
    @96dnibrats 10 років тому

    i watched all your vids last week :[ please keep making more!!

  • @M76Q5
    @M76Q5 8 років тому

    Very good review.

  • @hjewkes
    @hjewkes 10 років тому +5

    I really had my hopes up

  • @danniruthvan3265
    @danniruthvan3265 10 років тому +1

    Wonderful.

  • @timshel011
    @timshel011 7 років тому

    Most excellent, Brother ...

  • @mysterymastermind175
    @mysterymastermind175 10 років тому +27

    Forsooth, I have been made a fool.

  • @RabidKanid
    @RabidKanid 7 років тому

    I remember being forced to read this book for summer reading when I was in Middle School. Based on what I know about myself and my struggles with reading novels (even today) I consider myself Dyslexic. Even after finishing these books, my School would give me a test on them and I'd always fail it. There are subjects and themes I'm getting from these videos that I NEVER noticed or understood at the time when they forced the book on me.
    Truthfully, they did more to set me against reading then to promote me towards it. There were a few books I liked and read through, but never the ones they forced on me at School.

  • @katl8825
    @katl8825 10 років тому +1

    LOL this is actually perfect, I was hoping you'd do this book since I'm reading it in school :3

  • @SparcMac11
    @SparcMac11 10 років тому +4

    This is honestly the only way I'll come remotely close to reading Twilight...thank you Thug Notes.

  • @valentinusaurelius2259
    @valentinusaurelius2259 10 років тому

    That went better than expected.

  • @FatherOfGray
    @FatherOfGray 10 років тому +24

    Sometimes I wish that I could escape society like Huck and live by my own rules. The problem is that in this day and age, that's straight up impossible. Humanity's lust for land and power has made it so that every habitable inch of the earth has been taken by one civilization or another. Combine that with social media making the world smaller and smaller and you realize there ain't nowhere to escape to.
    You could always try to hit up the seven seas to find a remote island to chill on, but chances are that island is a territory of Cuba or some shit. No matter where you try to hide, there's always going to be some douche that imposes their laws and expectations upon you. It's a sad fact of life, and we all got to live with it.

    • @pajmansarafzadeh7771
      @pajmansarafzadeh7771 10 років тому

      Socrates had the same dilemma in ancient Greece. He chose to die rather than leave the city. I suggest you not follow Socrates's example and take a camping vacation

    • @trentonx
      @trentonx 10 років тому +3

      but you can still move 30 minutes south and start over, keep searching for your home and don't give in to joining the crap around you. I've found my home you'll find yours.
      The longer you stay where you are, well.... just don't, move down river untill you find what you're looking for my friend.

    • @SCOTTpilgrimist12
      @SCOTTpilgrimist12 9 років тому +1

      Work for a few years, buy a nice property in the country, live off the fatta tha lan'.

    • @Dreamskater100
      @Dreamskater100 9 років тому

      It's still possible. I've seen many documentaries of people doing it, check out Ben Fogles pgms on meeting these guys & Into the Wild film. I've seen lots of examples of people on youtube by typing in this subject.

    • @crimsonsamuraiftw
      @crimsonsamuraiftw 9 років тому

      ***** If only that were possible these days.. but they still charge property taxes, sales taxes, roadway taxes, taxes, taxes, taxes. Makes it almost impossible to trade for things you need that you can't make/create yourself, and you have to find some way to make money without working in order to pay these dreary taxes.

  • @bsinger182
    @bsinger182 10 років тому +6

    Yep, I fell for it.

  • @jp709
    @jp709 4 роки тому

    Why did this video help me more than the 10 minute sparknotes one

  • @chinatown00x
    @chinatown00x 10 років тому

    I almost skipped this video for obvious reasons. So glad I didn't. Well played, sir. Well played.

  • @coquimarinero7246
    @coquimarinero7246 10 років тому +1

    this actually convinced me to give the twilight books a shot. I seems like they make a lot more interesting points than they are given credit

  • @cameronoffutt8736
    @cameronoffutt8736 10 років тому

    Well played my friend, well played!

  • @SolarWhirlwind
    @SolarWhirlwind 10 років тому

    Well played, sir. Well played indeed.

  • @Kidrylmwriter
    @Kidrylmwriter 10 років тому

    Well done sir!

  • @sparkfx5874
    @sparkfx5874 10 років тому

    I appreciate the Huckleberry Finn analysis. Probably far more so than I would have appreciated yet another cheap shot at the Twilight series. Well played, thug.

  • @simlucien
    @simlucien 10 років тому

    Well done, Sir!

  • @lotus-prince
    @lotus-prince 10 років тому +14

    This got me. Nice April Fool's joke. :-D
    That said, after today, I suggest that you rename the video to its proper title, so people who search your channel will know what to look for.

  • @FlipTheAngryAsian
    @FlipTheAngryAsian 10 років тому +78

    thought this was twilight. glad it wasn't

    • @jonasga
      @jonasga 10 років тому +64

      i was kinda happy he was going to summarize twilight... he could put a really hilarious spin on it.

  • @Jcampoverde27
    @Jcampoverde27 10 років тому

    YOU GOT ME! Soooo good XD Great job!

  • @emilyjules9278
    @emilyjules9278 9 років тому

    Oh my god ur vids are the best! Thanks for making this so much more fun than it actually is!!😄

  • @trapease
    @trapease 10 років тому

    YOU GOT ME THUG, YOU GOT ME REAL EXCITED, AND THEN YOU GOT ME

  • @shadowmagus0413
    @shadowmagus0413 10 років тому

    Bravo good sir. You had me going there.

  • @Avinca
    @Avinca 10 років тому +4

    amazing as always :O!!

  • @bucklester
    @bucklester 5 років тому

    Paul Lawrence Dunbar as Jim. Nice touch! :)

  • @randyscott3386
    @randyscott3386 3 місяці тому

    With the first camera I ever got , I found it on the neighbors trash pile . On the first roll of film . I took a picture of the Actors who played Tom and Huck standing in the front yard of Tom's house getting directions from the director . I was about 7 or 8 and the camera was an old box camera . Later I read the book Tom Sawyer and imagined a paddlewheel steamboat out on the lake where my Uncles boat dock used to be . And they Built the Showboat Branson Bell there later . The largest vessel on any landlocked body of water in America . Yeah , On Tablerock Lake in Branson . Missouri is awesome !

  • @trillenglish
    @trillenglish 10 років тому

    Love it!!

  • @ona907
    @ona907 10 років тому +5

    well played, well played

  • @yakumofujii886
    @yakumofujii886 10 років тому

    Well played sir well played.

  • @JohoFilms
    @JohoFilms 10 років тому

    i wish you made these last year when i had to read all of these for AP Lit

  • @SparcMac11
    @SparcMac11 10 років тому +3

    DAMNIT U GOT ME THUG NOTES....U GOT ME GOOD.

  • @Hushoo
    @Hushoo 10 років тому

    I love this channel

  • @JMB86
    @JMB86 4 роки тому

    My favorite book.

  • @Farm22Girl
    @Farm22Girl 10 років тому

    Awesome!!! You got me! I kept wondering where "Twilight" was!!

  • @garfocusalternate
    @garfocusalternate 10 років тому +1

    LEGENDARY.

  • @phirekid718
    @phirekid718 10 років тому

    First you reviewed Hemingway now Twain. Thanks for taking my requests. One particular book I wasn't really feeling when I read it years ago was "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin. Maybe a thug notes episode will change that.

  • @kkslider3506
    @kkslider3506 10 років тому

    You win this round, Thug Notes.