A Tale of Two Cities - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

[@MegaKootz]

Ok... Just to put this into perspective. This is not my class. I wandered in here accidentally on my way to crash course. I liked what I heard. Stayed.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Word.

[@logictruth1]

MegaKootz OMG i thought i was the only one o_O what's the connection between the two?

[@BradyPostma]

@@logictruth1 - Both funny, well-researched, and educational. That's probably enough.

[@einaleMelanie]

I can’t believe I understood the whole book in 5 minutes. I’m reading the easy reader for school and didn’t understand a single word. Thanks mate, you’re saving me from a bad grade Update: I got a 6 (best grade in my country) and that was just enough to get me to a 6 in my report card. I cant believe it. You’re a life saver

[@objectivechristian8441]

Hey ThugNotes, I literally just finished Tale of Two Cities for the first time in my life. Yeah, I'm 38. I had a bad high school. Anyway I have this 100% fresh in my mind. You hit it dead on the head. Thanks for sharing this.

[@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore]

I’m 38 and just read it myself. It was… not great. My least favorite Dickens I’ve read, honestly if it wasn’t for the ending I think the book wouldn’t be nearly as well renowned. The ending really swooped in and saved it, for me at least.

[@deadhelix]

I was so lost in the book and tried watching a video to understand it and that didn’t even help, but this, this made me understand everything cause there were no overly complicated words to try and sound fancy. Just straight hard facts.

[@musicmanLPB]

Here are ten suggestions of what books you might want to review next: American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath East of Eden - John Steinbeck Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami On the Road - Jack Kerouac Sons and Lovers - D. H. Lawrence Ulysses - James Joyce White Noise - Don Delillo

[@ubermom]

"In Cold Blood!"

[@Whatsdogpee]

The line from 3rd Rock From the Sun kept playing in my mind: "'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' Well, I'm not gonna continue reading if he can't even make up his mind in the first sentence."

[@tysond.3735]

Where was this shit when I failed English in 7th grade

[@parthschannel]

How did you fail English in the 7th grade?

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Parth Kotak Man, English be hard, yo, what with all them words and phrases and dangling modifiers all up in them independent clauses. Man.

[@Serai3]

Parth Kotak He used the Cliff Notes instead of actually reading the book.

[@AlexisGonzalez-tj6hl]

+Tyson Dai you read this in 7th grade? wow

[@itsthesheppy_ttv]

3:28 Hello unknown person with a watch. Why not come more into frame and introduce yourself? ;)

[@Ultimate_Charizard]

He just wanted to show off that bling.

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

Ultimate Charizard Man, best response.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Ultimate Charizard That's right.

[@benaaronmusic]

Is that Garyx Wormuloid?

[@colbertfan314]

As you noted, Charles Darnay = CD = Charles Dickens, but there is also more name doubling going on. Sydney Carton = Saint Denis Carton = DC (an inversion of CD). Saint Denis was a martyr who was beheaded in Paris.

[@Shadxws]

Never thought DMX would help me out in English 😂

[@jonny2hotty378]

X gonn give it to ya !

[@susufray3601]

@@jonny2hotty378 who is dmx

[@anonymous_99_elliot_rov41]

MAY HIS SOUL RIP

[@Gtex555]

This hit different now

[@MeisterChan]

The Cat in the Hat by Dr.Seuss.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Oh man.

[@maurymalkovich8117]

I second this

[@rubenlaurentiu90]

+Wisecrack the house of sleep, jonathan coe

[@andrewmerritt4878]

Throw in How the Grinch Stole Christmas while your at it.

[@meowkris]

He did The Cat In the Hat. It's awesome. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHKVh5iol7SsqpI

[@RightingOnTheWall]

Hey, Thug Notes - just finished this book FINALLY. Wrote a blog post about it, and then started thinking: Hey! What would Thug Notes say about this book? Love your summation and analysis. I'm going to do a follow-up post about book reviewers. I love your reviews. As a former English teacher (college freshmen), I wish I had had access to something like this to offer as an alternative to just the usual dry or even quirky academic or journalistic analysis. I get the sense you actually love literature. It comes across in your voice and your ability to get at right at the heart of a book. Thanks!

[@ashlee5634]

Wisecrack I love thug notes! If y'all encourage even one kid to pick up a classic and read it you Are affecting the next generation in a positive way. Proper respect.

[@sheaB76]

I had begun this book 4 times before finally reading it through ro the end. It was just too complex for me to comprehend. Thank you for your summary and analsys. I can see that I had a similar analysis to yours, so it was comforting that I felt that I was comprehending it fully.

[@brandonhoffman3321]

Absolutely love you man. I read most of these books either by school or for fun. But regardless so much truth to be learned from them…..you are doing great work!

[@louisalcantar8522]

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, please.

[@BehindTheFrames]

Yes please!!

[@siennajanay3771]

I LOVE THAT BOOK

[@Mink0twink]

One of my favorite channels! Looking forward to picking up some new gear

[@crumbusto6885]

Holy crap! My class is JUST ABOUT to start reading this book this week! Thank you!

[@nileshkumaraswamy2711]

You are a life saver, I have a reading check on this tomorrow.

[@amymombo1327]

... Why was this more helpful and easy to understand than ANY sparknotes summary? Thanks lol

[@helioalves6366]

I love this series .. Professors should learn with you on how to turn complex contexts into simple and understandable explanations. More so, Can you do Hard Times by Charles Dickens, since these days there are speculations of financial and economic crisis? I would love to see your approach on it. Thanks

[@GuilhermeMartins2]

Hands down for the best show KZbin has had in a very long time! Please do Siddhartha!

[@patrickkinnear8625]

Finally! Damn. You should cover something along the lines of philosophical fiction, like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, or The Fountainhead. Not trying to cramp your style, just my opinion. Your analysis is the best part, and books like that would provide a beefy analysis. Keep it up, great stuff- I'll be here when you update....in 2 months. Edit: just saw you guys uploaded "The Raven" last week. I look dumb.

[@philipdouglas842]

Thug Notes is my favorite part of KZbin, next to the nature stuff.

[@tarialove205]

this is the best summery i have ever seen in my life.... thanks for this now i dont have to read 362 pages cause it was summarized in 5:57 seconds THANK YOU❤

[@brianking8836]

masterful, enlightening... sure makes me wanna read Tale, which sounds thick... thanks SS for giving me so much when I give so little... much love

[@kylegoodman5196]

Great work, Wisecrack! Can't wait to see your next Dickens video. Hope its on Oliver Twist!

[@jflores85]

I never read the book. Now I get how Nolan says he based The Dark Knight Rises off of the novel. Thanks.

[@nalynchan]

This actually helps me understand the plot in the novel so much better... XD (We're studying this in my English II PAP class)

[@alexsdemkin]

Watership Down by Richard Adams please.

[@reynaldoabulencia200]

J. Cole anyone?

[@kriskenard]

#HandsInTheAir

[@brettmenton9003]

+Reynaldo Abulencia Since a youngin always dreamed of gettin rich

[@reynaldoabulencia200]

+Brett menton Look at me my nigga fantasize about a white picket fence.

[@Devitaahhhh]

@@reynaldoabulencia200 With some trees my nigga.

[@nurulidayuzulkifli7595]

i have an exam of this course tomorrow and honestly i dint know shit till i watched your video. thanks man hahaha

[@ilprsrvtn]

Same same same

[@jujudizzle]

Ahh wish you'd mention how badass Miss Pross and Madame Defarge are. Other than that, this was rad :D

[@HangulMaster]

Thanks Wisecrack! Much love!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Peace and love

[@radiantchristina]

Greatest book summaries ever!!

[@DarkW0lverine]

Well-read for life, indeed! That's a slogan I'm going to start using all the time now

[@JoyfullJuneBugg]

Do Interview with the Vampire

[@kyoko703]

Damn. After watching this video I got the inkling to re-read the book. In fact, I don't think I ever got any meaning from it when I read it the first time. Thank-you Thug Notes!!!!!

[@RODERICKMOLASAR]

I read this in September of 1967, and it makes me weep to speak of it.

[@Volosous]

this was like the best book I've ever read.

[@aislinnhope7109]

loved your thug notes so much that I sent them to my english teacher

[@biggargantuar5672]

i thought this book sucked cuz the language was so difficult but then watch summary videos and I realize this book is a piece of art

[@Aaron.Reichert]

Another great episode

[@leohunter6930]

I love A Tale of Two Cities.

[@klyzTV]

just finished this in my modern arts and letter class today. how fitting

[@carlammpmonteiro9689]

One of my 2015 reading goals! I'm Reading it in English anyway... No good translations to Brazilian portuguese... Great video!

[@annabanabanana]

Omg 😂. This is the best description of the story ever. 🙏

[@taisiiakrivoruchenko8011]

So relieving to know that its not me - non-native - struggling to understand anything in the book 😂 I’m a teaching privately and reading Tale of Two cities out of the entusiasm 😂 not sure how much more time it will take me to finish it. This video was helpful even though I’m not a big connoisseur of thug slang 😅 at least now I know what to expect later in the book. Plot and analysis were clear 👏

[@exxchas1067]

i had to read the whole book for a quiz tommorow lmao this helps so much

[@milola8868]

Just finished reading the book minutes ago and i am devastated for carton😢😢. It was such good read although considering english isnt my first language, I enjoyed it a lot❤❤

[@ashleyjones9788]

When you were about to fail english but Wisecrack got yo' back

[@cyd6548]

i hope you're going to do books by black people for black history month. I've waiting for you to do a Zora Neal Hurston book or a Toni Morrison book

[@cyd6548]

***** I'm sorry I don't understand. Could you explain to me how black history is racist

[@legodude6912]

Cydney Carter It implies that black people need their own month to remember their history, while white people don't. plain and simple racism.

[@6oodfella]

Cydney Carter The question I asked is when is white history month? You didn't answer my question, you just babbled a lot of nonsense. I am specifically asking about a month dedicated to the history of white people, care to respond to that, instead of responding to the voices in your head?

[@Nooooooooooooooooooooo7913]

6oodfella white history month is every month of the year

[@TheNRoma]

There is a thing called positive discrimination. It means that minorities are given some privileges so they don't go ape shit in the streets because they think they are being oppressed. And although one may argue can it be considered racism, it is certainly a form of discrimination.

[@rickyiglesias5384]

Just finished this book today. Gotta say, ya nailed it, man. ha

[@ujjwalbajpai1203]

Duality Explained Brilliantly

[@Unpossible8888]

''The Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "The Name of the Rose" by Eco would all be great!

[@yoyoitsem]

We are reading this right now! So helpful

[@dwrforums]

What I'd love to see next, as a play on titles, is China Mieville's "The City & the City"

[@SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal]

Sweets mah man...looking forward to works of Chekhov....loved his The Bet, though a short story but with a big message...

[@jonthelion4692]

Great video! You should do The Mayor of Casterbridge or Native Son!

[@Laktos00]

I know you've already covered his most famous work, but it would be amazing if you did a Thug Notes of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.

[@nilanis]

Nice work..Can we get a lil Great Expectations 👍

[@kenzie2451]

FAVORITE BOOK

[@thomedwards8186]

Great episode as usual. I've started reading Don Quixote so it'd be great if you did that sometime. BTW, Can anyone tell me what the song that plays at the end of each Thug Notes episode is?

[@tessat338]

The theme at the end is Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" which contains a snippet of "God Save the Tsar" with the cannons shooting. It was written in 1880 to commemorate the Russian defense against Napoleon's invading army.

[@LoLSeba432]

The finale to Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. You may want the version with cannons.

[@thomedwards8186]

Sebastian Tarbuk Thank you both!

[@ICavalcadeI]

oh, shit, I'm rereading Don Quixote also! As you can probably tell from my name, it left quite the impression on me.

[@thomedwards8186]

Don Quixote The part where Don Quixote vomits on Sancho and then Sancho vomits on Don Quixote made me laugh hard. I'm about halfway through. The book is like a brick!

[@realtrini2007]

Finally! I love a tale of two cities

[@danielbecker5407]

Thanks!

[@brittanybaig4474]

Fantastic job and great analysis. You should do East of Eden from Steinbeck next.

[@collinsart]

Fantastic as always.

[@cad2011]

Flowers for Algernon PLZ!

[@iloveyourunclebob]

Oh God, that book is so good

[@Valchrist1313]

Dickens knew the power of Dubs and meme magic.

[@MMaguireWow]

Yo Sparky. Lay some sweet wisdom on The Jungle by Upton Sinclair on a homie? Moby Dick thug notes gave me life playa. Just keepin it real. Thanks in advance thug.

[@Abuamina001]

These are brilliant.

[@mykkathewriter327]

you are awesome. I will be watching more of these.

[@ladynottingham89]

imma get dis book

[@yum8666]

As a sophomore of highschool who just read this book for any of my homies reading this in school give this book a chance and actually read this book believe me it is worth it one of the best books if not the best book I have ever read in school

[@Rammstein45]

The Scarlet Letter plz!!

[@jackiedaly9894]

I would love to see the DA VINCI CODE PLZ!

[@LXnavarro23]

The Silmirilian by JRR Tolkein

[@qteefacemcbeauty]

I finally understand the song from the musical in A Simple Wish now. 3:16 - 3:22 . "It's a far, far better thing that I do now, than I've ever done befoooore!" Just me? I thought so.

[@BOBS_BL1NGs]

Ei Sparky! Please educate us on Les Miserables next.

[@neilterry1726]

Hey, hit some sci-fi with some heavy philosophy, do Starship Troopers. Your Dune was great!

[@Serai3]

Starship Troopers is "heavy philosophy" to you? Really?

[@neilterry1726]

Yes, really. "Heavy" in the sense of "gravitas" or "weighty", in that it involves real issues in ethics, politics, and society that have real and serious consequences for the human race. Philosophy with consequences. And "philosophy" in the sense of ethics, socio-political questions, and the meaning and worth of an individual's life and actions (which are all parts of "philosophy"). Not necessarily some Alpha-to-Omega theological worldview, or two dweebs taking hours to define their terms before having a scholarly debate about free will or whether one can prove his own existence. So yes, "heavy philosophy", not necessarily elaborate, esoteric, or hard to understand. Characters in the book ask questions regarding, and also make cases for: corporal punishment, capital punishment, the legitimate uses of force and war, the value of one's life vs other goals, the very nature of social human existence, and the practical requirements of that nature. Despite its military sci-fi plot, there is plenty of heavy stuff to think about in that book that falls under the banner of philosophy.

[@Serai3]

Neil Terry Hey, if the kind of "philosophy" found in books written for teens - which Starship Troopers is - then have at it. I prefer adult books, myself.

[@neilterry1726]

Yes, please, instead of considering any of the points I made about the book, just throw out an insult and say it's all kid stuff, as if there's never been any fiction that teens could understand that is worthy of your esteemed consideration. You sure showed me! Maybe 50 years ago, kids could handle thinking about issues that many people prefer to avoid these days. I like Umberto Eco too, but not everything has to have the approval of Academe or be a several hundred page exploration of the limits and nature of human knowledge to be philosophical, thank you very much, Mr Arrogant Shitbag.

[@kirareilly3699]

Neil Terry Ehh, if you boil it down it's just anti-soviet, facist propaganda that preached a message of nationalism. The idea of social responsibility should be to your fellow man, your neighbors, members of your respective church where applicable and so on, and NOT to your government or to the state. The ideas preached during the cold war era, not just by this book but even by politicians of the time are so far removed from anything approaching a pluralistic democracy. "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

[@twilightjacob120]

You should do Gone With The Wind!

[@josephinejohnson7936]

Please do The Awakening!

[@Drew791]

Just to let you know, the video description is incorrect as it lists this as “The Sound and the Fury (1929)”.

[@novikovPrinciple]

*A Modest Proposal*, _by Jonathan Swift_, if you please, good sir.

[@johnstaffy2514]

Can you do The Man In High Castle, next

[@obitonye]

On of the best episodes fo sho

[@BasicPrinciplesGTA]

Would it be possible to do No Country For Old Men? Either a Thug Notes about the book or Earthling Cinema about the movie. Either one would be kick ass

[@jaxbeachguitars]

please do Richard Wright's Black Boy

[@sinsico]

Please do The Fountainhead...

[@dookiecookie100]

Please do any books written by haruki murakami. I will appreciate it a lot

[@VEROTIKAA]

have I mentioned that your points of view sometimes are amazingly clarifying and amazingly refreshing a lot of the things that you pointed out even though I've read the book a few times I have not thought about and I thank you for that

[@jacobjdhivers]

Its not your fault that u haven't thought about those things. I never told you how amazed And proud I am of u I'm so beyond impressed with your level of patients and understanding. I hope I can do the same for all of us one way or another. I'm tearing up now . I'm not ashamed to admit that.Its wonderful that u wrote that

[@alexanderhowlett3078]

Please do bonfire of the vanities!

[@PanicbyExample]

the shakespeare videos are so good, but this really has been my favorite, so good

[@eliprofeta528]

Never subbed so fast before lmaooo

[@uber1337haxzor]

Another well made summary and analysis! Well done! For a future Thug Notes episode, I'd suggest "Dead Souls" by Nikolay Gogol.

[@jp1463]

Great book!

[@tiredbylife.5589]

i need to read this.

[@dawnh3192]

My favorite book I sure did’nt read it like this thanks for sharing ☮️😎🧜🏾‍♀️

[@bAd12cheZ]

I like this channel too damn much.

[@denisefigueroa7761]

"Well read for life!" XD