Classic books: where every character dies except the one your English teacher wants you to write an essay about📌 ╔═╦╗╔╦╗╔═╦═╦╦╦╦╗╔═╗ ║╚╣║║║╚╣╚╣╔╣╔╣║╚╣═╣ ╠╗║╚╝║║╠╗║╚╣║║║║║═╣ ╚═╩══╩═╩═╩═╩╝╚╩═╩═╝
I've read The Stranger at least four times and even wrote a paper on it for a college class. I even learned French, so I could read The Stranger exactly as it was written and got myself a French copy of The Stranger. Meursault killed killed the Arab for no particular reason; he killed the Arab at the beach just to adhere to his philosophical principles.
Ngl I think a better summary for Odyssey would probably be "Dude takes 10 years to get home because he pissed everyone off and all the gods hated him."
Calypso LOVED him, in the very bad way. And Athena was a fan of the way he was a liar and a cheat, just like her, so it's not all of the gods that hate him...
@@DanKaraJordan True, but pretty sure Calypso would hate him afterwards (even if her "love" for him was entirely forced upon him and he didn't have a choice to refuse because she was a goddess) and Athena would have been pissed at him after he gave out his whole identity to Polyphemus (the cyclops dude and son of Poseidon).
@twilights-stuff6059 i dont remember Athena getting mad after the Polyphemus thing (that could just be the version i read), they even had a 'light and humorous' convo when Odysseus reached Ithaca!! Though i have seen modern adaptations of the Odyssey showing her get mad (EPIC: THE MUSICAL) but idt that actually happened.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: Young girl invades an animal’s burrow and has a drug trip before waking up as if nothing happened. Flowers for Algernon: Mentally disabled man swaps IQ with a mouse and he realises that everyone he knew hated him the whole time, before the mouse dies and he realises just how terrible his life really was. The Cat in the Hat: Furry sneaks into kids’ house to entertain them when their mom’s not home The Giver: Humanity eliminates its flaws by storing them all within one man who isn’t allowed to talk to anyone, while killing anyone that doesn’t conform to the utopia’s image of perfection with the human equivalent of sending your pet to a farm upstate. The Metamorphosis: Guy transforms into a bug and everyone treats him like garbage causing him to starve himself to death. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Girl kills two old ladies while travelling with three anthropomorphic guys who require a conman to overcome their inner baggage.
On The Beach: Reality Ensues when an Australian submarine crew tries to complete the plot of a Fallout game in real life. The War or The Worlds: Turns out Martians hadn't figured out germ theory yet. The Stepford Wives: Woman terrified to find she's living in Stephen Crowder's ideal society. The Cthulhu Mythos: We aren't even important enough to be the ants upon which the gods tread.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Girl tries to go home after being isekaid Wind in the Willows: A mole and a rat chill on a river while a toad breaks several laws Tom Sawyer: Boy goofs around while rizzing a girl and sees a murder Journey to the Centre of the Earth: Scientist drags his nephew and a random guy from Iceland into a volcano 20.000 Leagues Beneath the Sea: A French, Belgian, and Canadian gets kidnapped by an introverted recluse Around the World in 80 Days: An OCD bets half his savings and drags a Frenchman around while being stalked Treasure Island: A kid and a bunch of dudes fights a disabled man and his bunch of dudes over money Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Kid and his grandpa explore Mr Beast's chocolate factory James and the Giant Peach: Kid escapes from abusive aunts on a giant fruit with talking bugs The Hunchback of Notre-Dame: Man suffers from ableism The Hobbit: Short guy goes with 12 dwarfs and a wizard and tricks a dragon The Lord of the Rings: Short guys go on a short walk amd throws ring into volcano The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Criminals get screwed over by an autistic
Macbeth: Scottish Thane misunderstands supernatural prophecy and kills the king of Scotland, setting off a chain of events in motion for his own demise. Titus Andronicus: UTTER SLUGFEST. A Midsummer Night's Dream: Down-bad Athenians get mixed up and then sorted out again by the power of magic. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Several Creatures walk across a lot of land just to destroy some lost jewellery. Rebecca: Naive young woman gets entangled up with a toxic household and community after falling for a much older man. David Copperfield: If the "taking a photo every day from age x to age x" videos were a classic novel.
Reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude" right now, in Spanish. Honestly, that is a great synopsis: "Family saga where everything repeats and makes no sense." YEP! There are also so many Aurelianos bounding here and there you start losing track of all these weird people...
Some that you missed: The Lord of The Rings: little guys and wizard throw a ring into a volcano The Hobbit: little guys kill a dragon (sort of) The Secret Garden: Rich girl finds an abandoned garden Heidi: little girl goes to live in the mountains Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: girl has a dream about drugs Treasure Island: pirate look for buried treasure on an island The Wind in the Willows: animals live in a forest together Julius Caesar: man gets stabbed Hamlet: Blood The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: kid has an adventure and meets huckleberry finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: kid has an adventure and meets tom sawyer Let me know if I missed any
It’s interesting how the definition of Classics have changed. Traditionally, classics had referred to the ancient Greek and Roman Texts. Now, as this video shows, most people’s idea of what a classic is is 19th century and early 20th century text with few exceptions.
This is due to Mortamer Adler’s work on the Great Books and the Britanica Great Books collection. After millions of people in America and the UK bought these 60 volume sets, the term "classic" (antiquity) and the Great Books (everything that makes up the Western cannon) became synonymous. This happened about a hundred years ago, so not that new of a shift.
@@DanKaraJordan right I just wish we could be more specific with classification. I feel like a better word for what we call classics today should be the “canonical text” or simply “the great books”. Classics literature would refer to specifically works from antiquity, then medieval literature, Renaissance literature, neoclassical literature, Romantic literature, Victorian literature(Anglo-centric) Modern literature then postmodern literature. All of these categories would fall under the umbrella of the western canon.
i dont know if you've read 1984, its like the opposite lol. (Because in 1984 people are not forced to obey, they are born and brainwashed to obey. In Brave New World, human beings comply with the government's rules because they believe that they want to )
It's pretty good, and the climax is interesting for essentially just being a philosophical conversation. However, it is still a book from the 30s, so it's unfortunately afflicted with a case of the ~sexism~.
For Les Miserables I prefer the alternative “Everyone Dies” You could also include the “in 19th century France” if you want to truly capture Victor Hugo’s contextual asides in the middle of the book
Reading catcher in the rye for school. God it’s so annoying because Holden just thinks he’s better than everyone it’s so insufferable. Your sentence is perfect
I will defend this book until the light of creation leaves my body, and probably for a couple years after that. I don’t want to spoil anything, but reading with the idea of Holden’s immaturity in mind will make it very worth it in the end. Just think about how the situations he whines about might be threatening to his childhood, and I can assure you that the ending will make you cry to the point of severe dehydration.
@@fluffyunicorn57 He certainly is, but I don’t think that detracts from the message. If you’re growing up upper-middle class, you’re going to mature slower due to a lack of adversity. This, combined with the occasional anecdotes about adults letting Holden down, seem to me like meticulous and realistic writing. However, I will admit I am often blind to this books ‘s flaws.
@@wendigo4hire310 i finished the book. I loved the ending. It was my favorite part of the book (and I’m not making a cheeky joke about how I’m glad that it’s over with). I still don’t really like the book. Really, I don’t like how it’s narratated. Holden sharing every whiny thought he’s ever had it’s just so painful to read.
@@sirk603 fair enough, the writing style can have a huge effect on how enjoyable a book is. I’ll concede that most of the enjoyment I got from the book was from considering the implications of what was written. What was actually written is something I probably enjoyed more than most, but I still found it pretty annoying at times. The flaws are glaring.
October Sky: Teenage boy during the Space Race builds a rocket ship for fun The Crucible: Married man ends his affair out of guilt and accidentally starts the Salem Witch Trials Beowulf: Viking kills demons and monsters for honor and glory The Old Man and the Sea: Old fisherman spends several days at sea to catch a massive fish, only for sharks to eat it on the way back The Canterbury Tales: Bartender holds a competition among a group of pilgrims to see who can tell the best story Macbeth: Scottish nobleman usurps his king and goes on a killing spree until he's defeated by ghillie suits and a c-section
Robinson Crusoe: a guy gets shipwrecked and becomes the personification of work ethic All is Quiet on the Western Front: so it turns out that war kinda sucks The Divine Comedy: a self-insert crossover hate fantasy fanfic accidentally defines our perception of the afterlife The Handmaid's Tale: imagine if the patriarchy was way, way worse Gone with the Wind: two people fall in love while we try to ignore all the slavery A Series of Unfortunate Events: three geniuses get permanently screwed by the actions of their parents Fall of the House of Usher: a guy has the friend reunion of his life Holes: a kid goes to a juvie camp and raises his family's curse Charlotte's Web: a kind spider helps a pig cheat death Call of the Wild: a dog gets kidnapped and goes on an adventure in the arctic I have no Mouth and I Must Scream: humanity creates an evil god that tortures them for all eternity The Three Musketeers: a young swordsman joins a band of knights while stopping an assassination The Red Badge Of Courage: a man has to endure the horrors of the Civil War to gain recognition The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe: a bunch of orphans save an entire fantasy world
@@devstuff2576 It is literally, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” It’s a well known quote that anyone with a minimal level of reading comprehension can remember.
Lolita: a pedophile falls in love with an illusory image of a 12-year old girl, just like how you keep developing immature fantasies about people you are attracted to and are crushed when they actually have flaws. Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy writes about dark stuff to try and convince you that the world is completely in fixable. Perfume: SNIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF Hitchiker’s guide to the galaxy: literally name another Sci-fi comedy that isn’t Rick and Morty or Spaceballs, because I am willing to bet good money you can’t.
Lord of the Ring - A motley crew takes a long walk to throw away old jewelry Lonesome Dove - A bunch of guys riding horses reflect on prostitution Dune - New arrival realizes he's the prophet Muhammad Harry Potter - Kid learns magic to fight some guy with his face on the back of his head Star Wars - Space wizards fight with laser swords and blow up a giant ball
I see a lot of people hating on Catcher in the Rye. It's one of my favourite books and I hope my comment provides some context. The author was a WW2 veteran that fought in the Normandy Landing. He wrote Catcher in the Rye because he was deeply traumatised by the horrors of the battlefield. The book is metaphorical for a soldier's struggles with PTSD, grief and depression, in a society that doesn't take mental health seriously. The protagonist, Holden, is mentally ill and developmentally stunted due to his brother's death and his friend's su1cide. He talks about being su1cidal, being an alcoholic, and having imaginary conversations with his dead brother. It's also implied that he had been s3xually abused as a kid. When you read the book it is immediately apparent that Holden's mind is incoherent and confused. His mental health deteriorates as the book progresses, and by the end he started hallucinating and going fully insane. His sister supported him and brought his sanity back, and the story ends with him accepting psychiatric treatment. Holden isn't meant to be a likeable or relatable character. The book isn't even meant to be enjoyable - it's filled with misery from start to finish. But I do believe it's the best portrayal of trauma in literature.
IKR? Every time people say he thinks to much/overthinks, I'm like "What do you mean? How is it possible to go through life without thinking? He is just doing normal/proper amount if it" 😂😂😂 ... Poor us 😂
The Iliad is not about the causes of the war. Here is an accurate summary: "Best commander gets dishonored and sits out the war until his companion is killed."
great video, but I think the wording for Crime and Punishment could be a bit better. Raskolnikov regrets committing murder, that's true, but he doesn't truly feel guilty about it even at the end of the novel
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the only one in the main family who isn't deeply problematic is the older son Animal Farm: better a pig than a fascist, or is it? Alice in Wonderland: lemme tell you about this weird dream I had
@@AbuSABHD I cannot claim credit for another persons work. The Most Hilarious One-Line Summaries Of Classic Novels ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vD3PoBqkgyQ.html
Sure :) Pride and Prejudice Moby Dick The Great Gatsby 1984 To Kill a Mockingbird War and Peace Jane Eyre Crime and Punishment The Catcher in the Rye Wuthering Heights Brave New World Anna Karenina Frankenstein The odyssey The Iliad Great Expectations Les Miserables Fahrenheit 451 Don Quixote The scarlet letter Dracula Gulliver’s Travels Little Women Lord of the Flies Madame Bovary One hundred years of solitude Catch-22 Of Mice and Men The Grapes of Wrath The Picture of Dorian Grey
Shiloh: Boy kidnaps abusive owner's dog and names it Shiloh. Roll of thunder hear my cry: Black family in the 30s that deals with racism Freak the mighty: A boy with father issues with a disability has a friend with no father with a disability and work together, the ending is tragic The Whipping boy: 2 boys run away to a forest and gets kidnapped by two men Bud not buddy: Orphan with a briefcase tries to find his father, there's a plot twist in the end Because of Winn Dixie: Girl with no mother adopts a random dog
Am I crazy or has everyone else read a different version of Crime and Punishment? Raskolnikov NEVER feels guilty for what he did. He feels regret, but no guilt at all. He literally says it, he says that he doesn't feel any guilt and he wishes he did. Are people just confusing regret and guilt?
Animal farm: Farm animals overthrow tyrannical humans only to become just like them. The Importance of Being Earnest: His name's Earnest, but it isn't, but it is, but it isn't, but it is. Most Shakspeare: There's a series of misunderstandings. Tragedy/hilarity ensues.
