How F. Scott Fitzgerald (Ironically) Flexed Gatsby's Bookshelf

[@ThoughtWord]

Hey, everybody! So, I know that I said my next video would be on Huckleberry Finn & The Peanut Butter Falcon...and well, this isn't that. I still intend to make that video, but in light of the recent racially charged events that have rocked our country and the world, I want to approach that subject matter in the most nuanced and thoughtful way I possibly can. Thanks for your patience!

[@nailakamana763]

It always amazes me how writers are able to weave so much detail into their stories. It's genius.

[@MadTeaMarie]

I think Shaw's evaluation is as simplistic as that of Gatsby's guests, and reflects a sort of snobbery itself. He wasn't fooling the "gauche and naive" -- Gastby was fooling the fickle, fashionable, and superficial -- which he wasn't. And assuming he hadn't read any of the books because he clearly hadn't read one is precisely the sort of speedy judgement Tom would make about someone. It's also the sort of judgment Nick would make. Neither would stop to think that Gatsby BOTH collected things that would make him fit in with the group AND prized knowledge, traits, and virtues they didn't. It's a bookcase flex, to be sure, but I think it flexed something that was missed by Shaw, and perhaps this video. It can feel very satisfying in literary analysis (and film analysis) to reach a conclusion that flows off the tongue. Inconveniently, though, the most accurate truths don't.

[@AhanaNags]

This is amazing! Gatsby is my favorite book (alongside The Picture of Dorian Gray) and your two videos on it have been superb and insightful! Thank you! Your content is extremely underrated!

[@stuffandthat157]

I've been thinking about this topic for a long time. I always want to ask what books people omit or add without reading to their bookshelves but never do for risk of social cost. Personally all my 'cultured and intellectual' books take pride of place in my shelves but my introductory 'simple' texts to a subject and more trashy or childish fiction sit in a box in a cupboard where I hope no one ever looks. Great video as always. Look forward to the Huckleberry Finn video

[@poonoy123]

This is fantastic content hope to watch you explore dozens more.

[@jessicalrespada5851]

Thank you for another vid on The Great Gatsby that will allow me more enjoyment on my next read. Love your analyses!

[@justalula7151]

Man,I like listening to your videos a lot. I'm really happy you uploaded. Also nice bookshelf ☆

[@garvgoyal2284]

4:57 that was soothing great video man I would love to see you grow

[@ThoughtWord]

Thanks for the encouragement! I wish I had the time to make more videos. I've got a couple in the pipeline, but I'm always open to suggestions as well!

[@garvgoyal2284]

@@ThoughtWord man i love the work you do, srsly. I just watched all your videos I now fancy your videos edits and your style . I have shared your channel with a couple of freinds already . Which videos are coming next? Can you drop a hint, I am quite excited for them.

[@ThoughtWord]

@@garvgoyal2284 The next one coming up for sure is a sequel of sorts to the Huck Finn video, but focusing on The Peanut Butter Falcon. After that I've got a script already written for a video I've titled "Argument is War, and War is Hell." It's a deep dive into the philosophical and social implications of the Argument Is War metaphor. I'm also working on an idea about making a case for every high school senior in America having the right to vote.

[@garvgoyal2284]

that is amazing man can't wait for them

[@lin-ll4ys]

I really enjoy your videos! Can't wait for your channel to get all the attention it deserves

[@crys_cornflakez]

Incredible analysis! One I wish I had when I was reading Gatsby!

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

you deserves more subscribers

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

i just realized i wrote the same comment on your superman video lol. But i meant it, you deserves more subs these uploads are such quality video. looking forward for more vids in the future!

[@EchoEckoEkho]

I have a strange, particular love of judging people by their bookshelves. I was very proud of my own as a kid, so whenever I visited someone's home (kid or adult), I tried to get a look at their bookshelves to figure if they actually read and enjoyed the books on their shelves or if they just had a collection of popular/famous book.

[@Mbewe_SM]

Great now I'm thinking of shelves of books I've never touched.

[@jayobsia4699]

I only trust experts that lecture me with bookshelves behind them. No bookshelf? I don't wanna hear it.

[@orangewarm1]

Excellent work

[@henrycolestage4249]

You can tell a lot about a man by perusing his bookshelves. I wonder though, in the age of the Kindles, memes, and Instagram, if this metric of judgment will soon enough be assigned to the dustbin of history? For my part, I take joy in pausing to reflect on mine. I see the spine of my university logic text and remember the brain aches I got from studying it as well as how it served me for the rest of my analytical career. I can almost smell the coffee stains on the pages of the Master and Commander series I read at sea in naval service. The dust still falls from the bindings of reference books I drug along on desert expeditions. My bookshelves are almost a chronology of my life and times. When my sons reach my age, what is it they will look at that bookmark their lives? Will it be their level of achievement in Red Dead Redemption? Harambe memes? Gangnam style? Who knows?! But I have passed on to them the books that I read to them as children in hopes that they too will read them to theirs. Perhaps there is hope in that for a literate future ;-)

[@Scribe13013]

All the books are dusty I assure you...lol

[@Scribe13013]

I meant most people's books...in general...not your's

[@michaeld.johnson5235]

Nice take, but did he actually say, “fass-i-meels” instead of “fak-similes?”

[@ThoughtWord]

Well, I suppose that writing a word can be one thing and saying it can be something else. I guess I got too busy double-checking the pronunciations of "meretricious," "ersatz," and "gauche" that "facsimile" just slipped through the cracks. My bad.

[@MorseCodeStutters]

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