The Giver - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

[@sennaka]

That "And that's pretty much it....what the hell?" That killed me. Killed me dead. Because yeah, that was my reaction to it when I read it.

[@InfiniteChances74]

There are three more books in the series, so that's really not it.

[@virgomontclare5553]

InfiniteChances74 People don't want facts in youtube comments. lol

[@chaselanglands6757]

The movie showed what happened

[@valerietheawkwardartist]

I thought the same until last year when I found the 4 book series on Amazon. Read the series, it shows whats happening in different societies of elsewhere.

[@lahlybird895]

it Does Have sequals.

[@ricardorocha8758]

This guy explains this book better than all my english teachers combined

[@WisecrackEDU]

Thanks Ricardo!

[@whitecha101]

I agree with Ricardo Rocha. Way funnier and more good explanation of the book. I am an English teacher and would love to show these, but my school district in Maryland said we can't because of the shot (drink) and the cursing and the word nutz. Have you ever thought about a kids version for just your classic books? Maybe a lil' thug Notes and use one of your own kids, if you have any? Most of the books on your list are done in middle school and high school. Some of them are done in grade 5 as well.

[@nickkwi97]

ricardo rocha all of your English teachers taught the Giver? that's an unfortunate waste of time

[@karmagrl76]

True dat.

[@jtrocker9976]

True.

[@shannonsage4486]

I worked in a group home for troubled kids. The teens were given the Giver to read by their teachers and the boys especially really got into the book. Every night we had our nightly discussions, usually about feelings or ways they dealt with problems throughout the day in a group therapy session. While they were reading the Giver they were able to mimic their own lives with the story. A lot of them came from horrible family lives of drug addict and abusive families. They knew what it meant to live on your own, not be fed and go out looking for help (which in their cases led to trouble) at an early age. At the group home they had 3 meals a day plus two snacks so they never starved. They had counsellors who looked after them but the also had rules, bed times, rules for hygiene, behavioral rules, etc. They understood the difference in a sameness vs real life situation and were able to adapt their own lives to the story. When asked which they preferred 80% said real life not sameness.

[@ghostofmisao.]

I wish more group hones were like this. No kid deserves the horrors that a majority of group homes/foster homes hold.

[@alfieashton5485]

when

[@justkallmej2983]

@@ghostofmisao. what are those horrors?

[@jimmyphattits3700]

Get preferred real life? Like not eating and getting abused?

[@U_F_N_M]

"Aand... that's about it... what the hell..?" This is hands down the best review of the ending of The Giver ever.

[@sarahcoleman5269]

"An', uhhh, that's about it. What the hell?" Ha, ha, ha, got to love the random unfinished ending.

[@sarahcoleman5269]

+Sir Moostache I figured, that's about how sci-fantasy novels are written these days.

[@remembertotakeshowerspleas355]

A real shame too. That ending was pretty powerful, especially for a kid.

[@plussign17]

Those gunshots at the beginning scared the shit out of me.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout that. ;)

[@davidbachmann7672]

Wisecrack I think they scared Sweets, too. That or he's sippin' a little too much juice.

[@theresaivy7274]

Wuss! Just kidding. I was like they've taken this thug thing too far. My 👂 are still ringing 😎

[@flalife904]

This is my favorite youtube channel out of 10 years of pure tubing. Thank you Sparkie Sweets, i love thug notes. Theres never a dull moment!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Ronnie Wilson Thank you for watching!

[@friedelundell5872]

Why am I just discovering Thug Notes?! I am a high school ELA teacher, and these things are awesome! Please keep up the good work, and these are going to be a staple in my classroom from now on!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Friede Lundell Help us spread the word!

[@friedelundell5872]

Wisecrack One Step Ahead... just notified my entire ELA department!

[@Redem10]

Turn out the sled is named rosebud

[@chs75]

lol

[@ktrickey365]

Who Knew?

[@covenawhite4855]

Rose colored glasses means seeing the world from a happy perspective when things around you are going horrible. Whether the people around you are being treated horribly or you are allowing people to treat you horribly and justify both as I just want to fit in and that is how the world works so might as well enjoy it. This feels good but is really not solving any problems.

[@gunzakimbo]

It was the sled! There, I save 2 and half boobless hours......

[@MisterBones2910]

Funny how the graphics show it, but he never mentions the whole colour thing.

[@chickenwing27]

he starts seeing red in the book

[@MisterBones2910]

The Angry Tree Yeah, That's what I mean. You might have slightly misunderstood my comment.

[@M4ruta]

I hope that one day Wisecrack will continue the Thug Notes series. This stuff is just too damn good.

[@crazygirl21ily]

Why can't he be my English teacher?

[@kakashiXAino]

because in a school setting it would seem like he's trying to hard to relate to the students ( or if any teacher for any subject) plus we all be cracking up so hard none of us would remember the topic lol

[@Ka1s5r]

kakashiXAino on the contrary if he could make you laugh hard, youd be more likely to remember it.

[@Chordata7]

Ignorance is bliss, but bliss is boring

[@jamesmason7979]

"That's about it. What the hell?" I had the same reaction to ending of the book.

[@printhelloworld1413]

This book is really one of a kind. It got me reconsidering what is life. At the end of the book, the light itself reminds human that no matter what tough things you're dealing with, there is light ahead of you. As Fitzgerald written 'tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther', we might reach the light. The reailty is indeed full of Sh*t but we need to keep ourselves moving on. Sometimes the truth ain't good enough, people deserves more.

[@JoyfullJuneBugg]

Please do Flowers for Algernon

[@JM-lh8rl]

JoyfullJuneBug YES!

[@vanessawalker6666]

That story killed me 😭

[@ILfoxtrot]

I love Thug Notes. Would you consider House of Leaves?

[@WisecrackEDU]

Wouldn't know where to start, but great idea...

[@stalkingself]

:o

[@Mosixman]

+Wisecrack how about the Bhagavad Gita

[@coollary1]

To the people that insult this series should know one thing. The ultimate goal is to understand. When someone understands well enough to teach it to others in a simpler way then that individual has reached the highest point.

[@Snarl_Marx]

My older brother really loves this book. He kept a copy in his locker all through highschool. Once I started highschool (6 years later) he gave me his copy. It meant the world to me.

[@NoahKantor]

I loved this book back when I read it in middle school, and I still hold it as one of my most important books I have ever read. I'm concerned about how the upcoming movie will handle all of this, as the trailers shown so far seem to be trying to make this into an action movie of some sort when there is minimal action in the book. I hope that production doesn't try to shape this story into something it is not.

[@edg4131]

Other than that fabulous host of yours, I love your animation for the book. So simple, yet so funny. You guys are great. One of the best channels out there in my opinion. Definitely have to do the Clockwork Orange next!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Will be doing A Clockwork Orange around November... Thanks for the luv

[@kangbarret]

Watch all these with my friends who are english majors, and we cannot get enough of them! In your preview video you said we might get some classic movies too. When can we start expecting some of those?

[@WisecrackEDU]

Give me a month or so...

[@roltthehunter]

All your friends are history majors..... I am so sorry for them and you, it will be hard to see your friends die poor in a gutter :(

[@kangbarret]

YOU HAVE READ THAT WRONG! THEY ARE ENGLISH MAJORS!!! Still, you are correct, they will die poor in a gutter :(

[@roltthehunter]

Same thing really it's just a useless major... i guess my mind just swapped out one useless major for another, Maybe one will swap to archaeology i hear that is where the bucks are.

[@prettypleasewithsugarontop4858]

Edward Bailey i

[@poisonpotato1]

The end of the summary perfectly described how I felt about the book's end

Great video as always. Did you say you were going to review '100 Years of Solitude'? I just finished it, would love to hear what you think of it.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Yup, will release it around September 23rd. Stay tuned!

Brilliant, will do!

[@juandelosmuertos9883]

Wisecrack YES! 100 years of solitude, love it. Can't wait.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Yup, it's comin! Next episode.

[@JohnSmith-qq7fm]

Every English class in the US needs a Thug Notes Day and just show episodes of this show all day.

[@DaniMorganCharity]

this was so accurate it's insane

[@paksta]

Yeah! Thug note o'clock again! I just finished reading 1984 thanks to this channel. Damn, it's like a punch in the gut. Funny how a book written decades ago, can hit so hard in the present with everything that's going on. Thanks mate, keep 'em coming!

[@frythompson6903]

Hands down, probably one of the smartest dudes on the net right now.

[@thefewchosen]

I read this book a long time ago and seeing that they made a movie made me happy was great. This was an awesome refresher! Great work!!

[@nameless7838]

Dude you've now done 3 of my all-time 4 favourite books, which is pretty amazing in my eyes since i'm not the reading type, but for that YOU are AWESOME!

[@tommynobaka]

This dude needa be a teacher

[@majormiles9514]

I'm the whitest kid there is but I'd kick it with this literate G D-did I say it right?

[@lilfareeha]

Miles Distance lawl

[@awdii3000]

Caught you at that live set in SF. Wanted to big you up once again, and thank you for providing some more material for me and my daughter to chop it over!!! Keep it going, bruh!!

[@svenmc9748]

Dude. I hope you realize how important your way of conveying intellectual concepts and literature is KEY to allowing all sorts of the people the knowledge and comprehension of art that may otherwise be inaccessible or unimtelligible to those without the tools to do so. Props.

[@tricongaming]

Do audio books in this style

[@jpomhighlights]

I love this channel! I love how everything's accurate

[@niverian7789]

I gotta say, I like how accurate you are with these books while being completely hilarious with it.

[@Shyvorix]

This is arguably one of the greatest channels I've ever stumbled upon. Keep up the good work!

[@horseenthusiast9903]

Thug Notes is fucking awesome; as one who loves literature and seeing deeper meaning in my books, this is great for quickly reminding me of the important shit and then bringing out the deeper meaning. Also, watching this just reminded me of the first time I read The Giver...I love that book and I love the series so much (though -spoiler- I don't think I'm ever getting over the part with the random baby getting released).

[@TheLasombra077]

Awesome man. Watch a few of your vids and they have been fun. Good work.

[@obrkenobi1170]

My english teacher showed this to our class. XD

[@pakhtoon4511]

Obr Kenobi same 🤣🤣 in jfss

[@lonniedickerson1841]

This has got to be the absolute best stuff on KZbin!!!!

[@summerfinney1473]

I watch these after I do my essays to see if I was right about some things and wrong about others, it's saved me a few times if I am honest. Thank you so much!

[@Bane129]

I will show all your videos to my class. And will sometime in the futher get a thugnotes t-shirt. As a smart man. I would recommend your videos to majority of the people living in the USA today. Great work.

[@reannasandoval2513]

Please do Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[@shannonsage4486]

Yes!

[@jennithywong2704]

Noice

[@Guardian2320]

YES please i love that book

[@janeyrevanescence12]

wonderful job as always. May I suggest The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood?

[@MuscadineDreams]

Ooooo! That's a great story. I read it in high school after I saw the film.

[@3choBlast3r]

janeyrevanescence12 YES PLEASE ...

[@robhousedjalive]

Celebrating your efforts to provide insight to great ideas in literature! Keep it up bro!

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

Do 20000 Leagues Under The Sea, please

[@0fficer47]

Hell yea 20000 leagues!

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

+Daniel Ian Monreal See, this guy agrees.

[@portsouth]

Amazing book

[@username9045]

Unfortunately Wisecrack can never, ever top this series. But it's in my KZbin top 2 of all time.

[@heinwilliamrich]

I love these videos. They're legit.

[@Paraselene_Tao]

That feel when I was already subscribed to this channel without knowing. Feels good, man

[@lbhorne9793]

I have seen all of your Thug Notes videos and love them all so much! Keep up the good work. I would love to see Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody

[@Dbxto]

this is by far the best summary i have ever seen... amazing job.

[@tobymccormack8310]

PLEASSEEEEE DO JULIUS CAESAR BY SHAKESPEARE!!!!!!!

[@WisecrackEDU]

Coming very soon!

[@nataliealewine7250]

Clean it up so I can show this in class! These videos are spot on. No way in heck I'll get away with showing it unedited though.

[@WisecrackEDU]

Any non-tv safe swear words are censored - What would make this clean enough for your classroom?

[@lilredbanned268]

I was just going to say the same thing. Perhaps you should teach your students the use of AAVE and compare it to classroom English. Perhaps you could analyze why this speaker chooses to use this form of English over the accepted AE form we all try to push our students towards. I don't teach in the states anymore, but if I did, I would use this not only to aid in analysis, but to analyze as well. Love this dude.

[@wordforger]

Wisecrack There are parents that would get up in arms even over a word like "Crap". It kind of puts teachers in a dilemma because your idea to use more colloquial English while advocating reading and analysis of classic literature is FANTASTIC, but they have to worry about their principals or parents giving them nasty notes or calling for their heads for showing the students something riddled in swear words. Might I suggest that perhaps you have a second playlist of the "cleaner" version where all the swear words are muted out for classroom use? I know it would be more work for you, but if you did it that way then "Thug Notes" could be used both in the classroom and just for entertainment of the common youtube user. I personally don't mind the swear words myself, but as someone who works with teachers I do understand the dilemma that many face.

[@nataliealewine7250]

I personally don't believe in censorship, but my beliefs count for squat when the district is involved. I would much rather be able to have a conversation about language and when it is appropriate. As it is now kids blush when they read the most basic of curse words and then show their friends. If we had a culture where it was discussed, cursing would be a lot less of a distraction.

[@wordforger]

Natalie Alewine I agree with you. While I think that relying almost entirely on swear words is the crutch of ignorance, I do believe that swear words have an important place in the English language. Look at Ceelo Green's song "Fuck You" as an example. The censored version "Forget You" is not nearly so to the point or powerful because it doesn't adequately convey the sentiment.

[@magicalfaeriechick]

I love this channel! I REALLY wish I could show these videos to my students!

[@LocutusBorgOf]

Atlas Shrugged! Atlas Shrugged! Atlas Shrugged!

[@LocutusBorgOf]

Or The Fountainhead

[@joellequandt]

YES!!!

[@mikegunne163]

Need more thug notes!

[@VxlvetCece]

I think this is the greatest video I’ve ever watched. Can this guy be my new English teacher?

[@shelleyarminbauer402]

Missed you! Well done! Was waiting for this one. Would have LOVED to have had this when I was teaching at Lake O!!!!

[@itspossible3381]

Love this man’s mind, humor and style!

[@DUDEMUFFIN360]

The Giver was my summer reading book.GREAT analysis and you just got a new sub!!!!!!!!

[@jayrusso5835]

This is a reflection of the 9-5 how it trains your happiness

[@LilBeats]

I don't think you understand how many assignments this man has helped me with 😂

[@WiscoNortherner]

"And uh... that's about it. What the hell?" that line made me lose it.

[@annettehardin4419]

I love Thug Notes! I show them in the classroom when the students finish the novel. Our favorite last year was The Scarlet Letter. Keep up the good work! And by the way, it isn't the kids who can't handle the cursing. Admin. practically have a stroke when they see it, but hey, that makes it all worthwhile. Thanks!

[@SRFColonel]

I was close to going into withdrawal, but here came my quick fix of Thug Notes to the rescue! Possibilities for new episodes: - Gravity's Rainbow - Atlas Shrugged - Don Quixote - War and Peace - Ulysses - Against The Fall of Night/Foundation Trilogy - 100 Years of Solitude

[@TheMetalsuit]

Whats gravity rainbow, it sounds cool

[@motbidlykawaii]

Oh god,gravity's rainbow.it'd help so much if helped cover it!

[@motbidlykawaii]

motbidlykawaii helped if he

[@myusernamewasinuse]

He should do Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas too.

[@burningombre]

My 7th grade English teacher had us all read this book for a unit... It was creepy, we were only 12 years old

[@stalkingself]

i read this on my own when i was in middle school. but yeah, in high school, my teachers made us read Ender's Game, 1984, Animal Farm, etc... I didnt mind, I love dystopian novels. hope you enjoyed reading them (:

[@9deadroc]

I read it in 5th grade, and wrote a report about it.

[@caseydelles7274]

I read it in 7th grade and currently teach it to my 7th graders. I think it works well with that age group because they are nearly the same age as Jonas.

[@billdonoso2000]

Philly D sent me here, and I'm happy I came. This overview of The Giver had me laughing. Subscribed.

[@corng9]

I would love it if you would do more books by or about women: Mrs. Dalloway, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Antigone, The Awakening, Wide Sargasso Sea (as a follow up to Jane Eyre like you did with Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart). I would also love to see 100 Years of Solitude or A Confederacy of Dunces or The Merchant of Venice. Lots of requests, but your videos are just so great that I can't choose what I want next!

[@TheDallasDwayne]

This might be one of the best uses for the Internet i've yet to see.

[@ajeunderground]

Sir, you've yet done it again. Great video.

[@Guillermo46]

You have to do Oryx and Crake my dude!

[@ikilem]

Can you please do Watership Down? Love your channel btw!!

[@JeanMidnight]

Will you analyze Paradise Lost by John Milton?

[@jupiterxal8276]

I honestly had no idea this video existed when my teacher assigned this 9 years ago. I didn’t have a phone and I didn’t think of looking this up back then. But when us 11 year olds were reading this I was so confused about this book. I did my project by watching the movie instead. I at least passed.

[@Struggler12349]

Crazy, when I sat down to read it a few years ago I sat down and didn't get back up until I was finished

[@awdii3000]

"That's about it; what the hell". My sentiments exactly!

[@mr.dapper5386]

best english class of my life, the teacher put this video on.

[@TheLasombra077]

+Mr. Dapper That is what is wrong with kids these days. She should of put the book in your hands and made you read it. Those that get it, live. Those that don't...get released.

[@BankruptcyMan]

I seemed to me that he died in the end. He showed up to a house with lights on which was the exact same one at Christmas which was the Giver's favorite memory. The probability that he'd show up at exactly the same thing is just so unreal that he didn't slide into a memory, but into the afterlife.

[@bearifiablepau2095]

Man I miss this "thug" series ! ... but I'm grateful for the episodes that were posted. :)

[@vee6570]

Maaaaan.. I would like “The Return of Sparkie Sweets PhD: Thuggier Than Eva.” I’ll just binge on Thug Notes for as long as I can ☺️

[@JordanVanRyn]

I heard this book being mentioned by my english teachers in middle school but I didn't know about it. Thank you for telling me what it was about.

[@Poltguy]

"Towards some bright lights in a window, and....uh, that's about it. What the hell?" Bwahahahaha. Love this! Great review though as always!

[@rachelthomas7591]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer! PLEASE. I'd like to show my students one of your synopses, and then have them make their own using their own vernacular. LOVE YOUR WORK.

[@MrHeyyyyy1234]

I am reading Solzhenitsyn's book and it is a good short read. This channel is very refreshing to me. Keep this channel going because soon everyone will wake up out of the coma to see angelic bombs be dropping. It would be awesome to see a summary and analysis done on Ginsberg's "Howl."

[@andrevu3996]

U should do a review on Bryce Courtney's book, the power of one. And when is the new series coming out playa

[@thesephiam]

Why have I never heard of these videos. As soon as I can figure it out I will watch as much as possible.

[@submerse9993]

I like your series, I'm learning a lot.

[@toomuchdog1503]

"...about what I was like when somebody's ridin yo nuts, 24/7." 😂😂😂 I cried it's so funny!

[@glknight1813]

Might I recommend covering One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey? Seems so ordinary, but then you start diving into the Chief's hallucinations, and getting to know the characters, and things get messed up REAL QUICK.

[@gregnoble4035]

"I" before "E" except after "C" >.< Regardless, you still produce a quality, concise summary and analysis of the book as always; thank you for continually creating these wonderful videos! Stay thug!

[@VivianMyron]

Could you make a video about Night by Eli Wiesel? That would be amazing!

[@1nanettes]

Love your channel. Whenever I wear my Thug Notes t-shirt, people ask me what it means and I tell them to check you out! I hope they do!!!

[@jroden06]

We still love you, Sparky Sweets ♥️

[@BasicPrinciplesGTA]

Could you do V for Vendetta. Not actually sure if you've done that one already but if you haven't I think that one would be sweeeet!

[@Splurgendii]

I second this.

[@wordforger]

It has become one of the most culturally significant movies of this century.

[@BasicPrinciplesGTA]

well i was referring to the book but he could also sum up the movie aswell since they had some differences

[@JBabyLeather]

My favorite book growing up! Thank you!

[@VolatileAhnuv]

I wish you had given us your perspective on the ending! It always baffled me.

[@davyjones5287]

Dude I thank you for this mad knowledge u sprayin. U lightin my day =D Mad respect playa

[@wrldondrugz666]

One of the greatest books of all times

[@TheCastedone]

Been a while. Good read and you da man. Peace.