Animal Farm - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis

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From plot debriefs to key motifs, Thug Notes’ Animal Farm Summary & Analysis has you covered with themes, symbols, important quotes, and more. This week’s episode is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
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[@Robovski]

My personal favorite point to take from Animal Farm is how Boxer is treated. He is loyal, works harder than anyone, an inspiration to others. He works so hard he is crippled, and he is assured he will go to his just reward. That reward? The glue factory. Those in power will use you up and if they can get a couple pennies for your corpse they'll do that too.

[@user-qn1ng4hx1k]

you just explained why socialism doesn't work

[@user-qn1ng4hx1k]

yes, so why give the corrupt humans the power to decide your fate? in a true capitalist country, Boxer would've been a millionaire

[@eljerarriayoub8213]

Robert Turner

[@Fevercrumb]

Orwell was a communist, one of the important things to note is that at the end of the book the animals are suffering just as much as at the beginning. Orwell is saying Stalinism is just as bad as capitalism, not that capitalism is good

[@McLovin3691215]

Orwell was not a communist but a socialist. His book 1984 clearly shows his opposition to communism.

[@akatsukilord12]

R.I.P. Boxer.. i feel the pain to this day.

[@axeledongo7846]

feels bad man, i pained me how hard my boy boxer worked, all for nothing. every pages i flipped i hoped it would start with "one day snowball returned"

[@axeledongo7846]

King K well i didn't know that, RIP my bo snowball the realest OG to ever G

[@marcomendex8780]

aaron tatro at first boxer's dead did make me feel bad but soon i was just like 'meh' since it was boxer's stupidity that killed him

[@bumblebot2458]

It's not really his stupidity, but a case of loyalty to power. Or in this case, a loyalty to a corrupt power that was misusing the animals for their own selfish gain.

[@codeoptimizationware2803]

@Bumblebot 245: Boxer was in fact loyal, but not to the current power (i.e., Napoleon). Death to Napoleon!

[@johnnyboicasey295]

"The flags maybe different, but the methods are the same" - Victor Reznov

[@buckeyeinblack]

+John Casey One of my favourite quotes of all time.

[@maximeproulx9434]

+Aguila701 Which was pretty much the method proposed by Marx in the Communist Manifesto. It preaches violence to get things done, and the hate an enemy.

[@MonarchyOverMonday]

Aye

[@TJ5897]

+Maxime Proulx Marx also encourages Democracy and it wasn't until Lenin's revolution that the concept of a "vanguard" came to be. In fact, Animal Farm isn't even pro Capitalism. It was Orwell critiquing the Bolsheviks. He even literally made them pigs lol. Marxism-Leninism isn't the only form of Marxism

[@BelgiumInc]

+TJ he didn't hate the bolsheviks, he hated stalin. he fought in a trotskyist battalion in the spanish civil war so i'd say he was pretty socialist

[@rv3963]

Thug notes back at it again saving my English grade

[@rachel.p3108]

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[@RhythmGrizz]

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[@inadaizz]

Lol I always wish I had this back in highschool. We only had spark cliff notes haha. I would have loved for this to be a thing back then.

[@Agalin920]

Spark Notes is way more informative, condensing a whole book into 4 mins eliminates A LOT of detail

[@poba.g]

agreed but if you have a quick summary assignment or that good shit this will take care of it

[@patrickkinnear8625]

"Orwell droppin' some mad allegory"

[@invisibleman686]

"four legs good, two legs bad"

[@finickyscut9207]

+retro junkie "four legs good,two legs better"ya fucking dumb ass, it even says it at the end.

[@themercifulguard3971]

Napoleon you crooked ass pig!

[@finickyscut9207]

EXCUUUSE me sir Im a little baby boy and my momma luvs me plenty! I was just makin a comment in a satirically rude manner ironically, so calm down continue eating and sleeping and keeping yourself living healthy, proud of you! Dont let your dreams be dreams and buy your mom a house and buy your whole family houses.

[@petesheehan6927]

Innit tho..

[@isakkallsmyr9854]

Napoleon is always right!

[@UniteForgetLeftRight]

Revolution ends where it begins. Wow

[@Magg9294]

***** out of all the examples you could have given, you chose feminism You can't be serious, you really think you are being oppressed by women? get over you frail sense of masculinity

[@LackingSaint]

***** Yeah, we're at the middle of it, right between "women are oppressed" and "women are oppressors". That's why right now, women earn exactly the same as men, popular media shows women as main characters just as much as men, we have as just as many female leaders as men, and there aren't major parts of the world where women are treated like second-class citizens. "The oppressed become the oppressors" misses any amount of nuance Orwell was communicating in the novel, and your analogy is massively off-base.

[@a1b26600]

***** oh ffs stop lying. It's a crime to lie in a day and age where they can be disproven easily.

[@p.a.5254]

that's why its called revolution. it revolves back to the start. insurrection>>>>

[@oscarnguyen5401]

Feminism is about oppressing men apparently.

[@Frankiigii]

He really makes it clear that a lack of education and critical thinking is part of why the pigs gained ultimate power over the animals. Only a few animals could read. Boxer tried, but wasn't able to and was more interested in loyalty to the cause. The sheep represented patriotism, to me. Shouting over all the other animals when they made any attempt at dissent. Benjamin could read and understood what was happening, but he wouldn't take a stand and in the end lost one of his best friends. All the animals just accept it when the pigs tell them they're basically too stupid to remember what really happened or what was when the commandments are changed. I saw a lot of similarities between the animals and things here in the U.S.

[@TheKa89]

If you really want an eye opener, read Gustave Gilbert's interview of Herman Goering before the Nuremberg Trials. When Gilbert argues that what happened in Germany could never happen in the u.s. or u.s.s.r., Goering literally gives him a five step recipe at control: "[...]Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

Potato is talking about politics right now. People are hideously stupid and are making decisions based on media manipulation, loyalty to their party, patriotism, ignorance, and those are are aware of what's going on plan to leave the country rather than do something to prevent the country going to shit.

[@twe6465]

The founders were right!

[@michaelmartin9022]

I think the sheep were an allegory for party loyalists in Russia (and later China) who turned up at meetings for the express purpose of shouting their enthusiasm for the leader whenever somebody with a different idea tried to speak.

[@antoniocarniero5138]

If you cannot read you can't think and if you can't think others will think for you -george orwell

[@LemonCoutureBunny]

In less than five minutes, you've explained everything that my English teacher took five weeks to say. I can't believe I haven't heard of you sooner!!

[@adriennes7739]

***** don't make any connections to the Russian revolution? Why the hell did they have you read it lol

[@Checkmatehyena00]

+Robert Scott because it would emply that the revoltuion would have been morr successful if Trotsky was Lenins succesor. and thoughts like that are illegal in the heart of imperialism. i wasnt tought about the russia. revolution allegory either. we just read it, talked about corruption and moved on. i do like how thug notes tocuhed that things started going south when materials were becoming scarce and they had to turn to foreign policy for help. like Trotsky said, communism can onlyngo into full effect when it is destroyed on a global scale. Animal Farm is anti-Stalin not anti-communist,but schools wouldnt be allowed to teach that for obviously

[@Checkmatehyena00]

+LionWingenedMunki39 because critical thinking would lead to obvious answers such as, America and its capitalist iron fist is the reason for most of the bullshit going on arouns the world

[@animeonepiecelife1663]

@@TheRedPlumbob He summarized in two minutes, and explained it in two mins. This dude isn't leaving out detail.

[@mattprssmn4]

"Pig Brother is watching you." Sums up Animal Farm and 1984 in a few words.

[@FugieGamers]

No it doesn't

[@aleksandrathefuni3077]

Both written by the same author

[@grantkistel3411]

pig brother moment 🐽

[@JerrytheJ]

Well both books includes themes of power corruption.

[@ubuntuposix]

Orwell was a Democratic Socialist, and I would add an Anarchist Leftist. Its amazing how he points out that the worst thing that can happen to Communism is to become Capitalism. Basically he equates a Stalin dictator with a capitalist.. He clearly believed in this idea that the workers should own and control the factory, because he describes the Animal farm as being more successful more advanced than the capitalist system, and workers work with more passion (like they work for themselves). Its amazing how Americans miss these aspects.. He basicaly was a Trotskyist.. (a Communist arguing nobody should be a ruler. arguing against Representative Democracy basically)

[@shitonskyrim]

These reviews are so much funnier if you've read the book

[@tigernikki101]

no shucking fit

[@shitonskyrim]

@@tigernikki101 shut up

[@ManiacMeats]

Lol. "The book was much better than the movie"😂

[@wtry69]

Ik, Ilike to watch these after I read the book

[@Lmomjian]

Plot twist: Major foresaw everything that would happen, and started the revolt so that his fellow pigs could be in control.

[@xXKM4UXx]

Eyyyy inception, cus he's a wise all knowing pig O.o

[@TheOsamaBahama]

Lmomjian I never thought about that. But if you think about it, there really probably were communist revolutionaries who just wanted to gain power, and used marxism as a tool.

[@Lmomjian]

Rick Apocalypse For sure there were. I hadn't thought about applying the concept back to real-life events, but it certainly fits.

[@mikeh5399]

That wouldn't work irl. Marx was German. If anything, he would have sparked a revolution for germany, not russia

[@radicalsocionics]

+Lmomjian in reality Lenin started the revolt himself, succeeded, but died in 1924, unable to prevent Stalin`s dictatorship. Lenin did not like Stalin, khew that he is a rough guy who never bent, and offered his mates to elect Trotskiy as the leader, but failed. Once started, the revolution is uncontrollable.

[@aussie_anarchist]

Surprised you didn't mention the Donkey and his cryptic message "Donkeys live a long time". Pretty sure that means something like this had happened before and that revolution is an endless cycle.

[@Craven_Moorehead]

could be about the period of detente

[@nataliagonzalez1698]

Bob Feen the donkey knew best. He figured that it would all be the same whether the pigs were in control or the humans

[@stanleyraz6690]

Benjamin the donkey represents i think the modern nihilist.

[@someonefromsomewhere1009]

Rodrigo Jimenez Aleman deep

[@princesssparrow4530]

Yeah he was my favorite character in the book!

[@mollymadley7738]

This story goes deeper. It isn't just about communism. It's about human nature in general and how a corrupt governing body will always take charge and enslave their fellow man.

[@alexbroGellungaRunga]

+Molly Madley That was specified in the video lol.

[@OGMilkstopher]

+Aguila701 Well not really... Sure Old Major may have been the one to throw these events into motion, but he only had the best in mind. All he wanted was for all animals to be truly equal. He wanted his fellow comrades to live in the Utopia he dreamed of. Unfortunately, he came up with a system that just doesn't work. Animalism (Communism) is basically a society without the use of currency. Everybody works their job and then the government distributes everything the people need. Only problem with that is when you give that much power to a single dictator, they will use it to oppress the population and further their own needs. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".

[@FirstNameLastName-vz3zr]

+Cristopher Johnson Animalism was meant to represent Stalinist distortion of Communism, Orwell was a Socialist who fought with Socialists and Communists in the Spanish Civil War.

[@OGMilkstopher]

Absolutely. I'm not calling Communism bad. In a way, its supposed to be a utopia, except it will never work. Sure you can write the ideas down on a paper but when they are applied to real life, it gets twisted by the one in charge. In the beginning of the story Old Major introduces true Animalism. At first, it represents actual communism. Over the course of the story, animalism is slowly twisted by Napoleon into a whole new system of government. The original Animalism was a utopia, but it was changed to have a negative connotation.

[@MarcusKhaos1]

+Cristopher Johnson Communist theory was never about utopia. The characterisation of anything as utopian and not scientific is nonsense. The issue arises in the Soviet Union where the purpose of the Revolution became undone by the bureaucracy and power-grabbing of the leadership which in turn led to reppression of opposing ideas. Animal Farm in itself isn't perfect but commies should take some serious consideration of it's implications about democracy and organisation after the revolution.

[@CesarManiaX]

Moral of the story: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@fastronaut909]

*General Shepherd voice*

[@MrJgame22]

I did not expect this to be helpful, but I think it just increased my understanding of Animal Farm fivefold.

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[@Army0fJesters]

That revolution bit at the end just blew my mind o_O

[@aviationjohn]

yea, it made me start seeing shit

[@ericklopes4046]

In 1984 there's this book of Goldstein that says exactly that. Got 3 classes, low middle and high. The whole of human history involves class struggle, with the middle class manipulating the lower class to overthrow the high class so they can become the oppressors. After a while the bits of the low class that benefited from this struggle and the dissents from the high class got to the middle class and again manipulated the lower class to overthrow the higher class, and it goes on forever.

[@skaterdude7277]

@@ericklopes4046 woah. I mean it makes sense. The book immediatly shows the inequality among humans in a second. The pigs learn to read and write, they are naturally more adapt at such work than say the horses, but the horses are more suited to physical labor. The part where it breaks down is that the pigs begin growing arrogant of their intellect and seeing others who don't possess it as less equal. They don't realize that the plan for the farm and the reality of that plan are two sides of the same coin, no one more important than the other.

[@ericklopes4046]

@Mark Anthony Yes. What's more intriguing is, if you delve into other Orwell's books (specially Way to Wigan Pier) he makes his case for socialism, yet the very ideology that is described as evil in 1984 is English Socialism. As for innate differences in work potential among different animals, Marx accounted for that and said you shouldn't set total equality as a viable political goal. A man shouldn't simply be entitled to the product of his own labour. You can say Animal Farm had everything to work out great, and it did for a while. The problem's that even after seizing the means of production, someone still had to manage things (pigs). Shit went downhill when they managed to deceive and excluded other animals from the decision making process. Orwell's point was to emphasize the democracy both Soviet Union and Fascist regimes rejected: “Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.” - George Orwell. The similarities between Animal Farm and the Soviet Union are staggering: 1. Both lacked the advancements in production methods brought by capitalism, being mostly rural and feudal, and so they had to build modern infrastructure as revolution established itself. 2. The old pig who died can be compared to Lenin, who also died during political turmoil and advised not to pick Stalin as party leader. 3. The pig who got shit together and helped to pave the way for the revolution was persecuted in Animal Farm, he can be compared to Trotsky, who was also killed by his fellow soviets and finally 4. The pig who concentrated power in his hands, idolised himself and promoted purges can be compared to Stalin. Orwell adopts many Marxist views (such as that of class struggle/thesis vs antithesis and synthesis) and yet is critical of the Soviet Union and orthodox Marxists due to their dogmatism. Despite of his political alignment with Marxists, he still feared a worldwide dichotomy dominated by tyranny, using the evildoings of one side to justify the other and vice-versa. Here's a quote from that Wigan Pier one: "And all the while everyone who uses his brain knows that Socialism, as a world-system and wholeheartedly applied, is a way out. It would at least ensure our getting enough to eat even if it deprived us of everything else. Indeed, from one point of view, Socialism is such elementary common sense that I am sometimes amazed that it has not established itself already. The world is a raft sailing through space with, potentially, plenty of provisions for everybody; the idea that we must all cooperate and see to it that every-one does his fair share of the work and gets his fair share of the provisions seems so blatantly obvious that one would say that no one could possibly fail to accept it unless he had some corrupt motive for clinging to the present system. Yet the fact that we have got to face is that Socialism is not establishing itself. Instead of going forward, the cause of Socialism is visibly going back. At this moment Socialists almost everywhere are in retreat before the onslaught of Fascism, and events are moving at terrible speed."

[@skaterdude7277]

@@ericklopes4046 How would that system work? And how does it differ from the capitalism we have now? Like seriously I don't understand what a total socialist society, or socialist democracy would look like.

[@PassivePsyche]

I swear, if I pass my English Literature GCSE next year, with help from this; I'll buy a Thug t-shirt.

[@clairehanna9207]

me too

[@Natasha-lo3fo]

yessss😂

[@maevet1554]

Same 😂

[@r42productions69]

Ya!

[@wilsonpeak1430]

so, did you pass?

[@AssassinFOURnolan]

I'm surprised that the crow Moses and it's representation of religion in the USSR is never mentioned.

[@esqueletosans6921]

Lol when I read it I thought he represented rasputin

[@JazzyJa17]

Assassin4nolan He can also represent propaganda as well

[@lightning860]

+Jadyn Lawson Squealer is the representation of Propaganda. Moses is a representation of how Stalin used religious values to keep people working.

[@bitchnoodles3641]

religion actually had a very important role in communism because although stalin benefited from having religion to pacify the proletariat, he also believed religion distracted people from they're faith in the communist party, placing it instead in idols, which would perhaps not motivate them to work as hard for him as he deemed fit. the east berliners were also strong catholics, and disliked communism for this reason as it portrayed stalin and the communist system above they're god. so just as in reality moses and religion are both warily left to they're ways, but with a wary caution.

[@daedalus7286]

I thought it represented the fact that religion was one of the first thing to be sling out of the USSR, but when people’s faith in communism began to falter, religion began creeping back, much like Moses.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

I think I vaguely remember an animated movie based on this book. If my memory serves, it much darker than the book. Like when Snowball was chased off the farm, you hear him making panicked squeals not long after he goes off-screen, and you see a crow watching. Which seems to hint that he was brutally killed by the dogs. In fact, I think the crow appears every time someone dies/gets killed. And I think the movie ended with the other animals rebelling against the pigs and their "more equal" status and I think the crow appears in that scene too.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

I never saw the animated movie, but I did see the movie movie with animated mouths and stuff for them. They even show Old Major's severed head in a fridge after the people flee and the animals start exploring the house. It was horrifying!

[@SaiyanGamer95]

***** Was it Macabre? Because there's quite a few movies that have a severed head in a fridge.

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

SaiyanGamer95 Oh, I found it. It was the 1999 Animal Farm movie. I'm actually going to rewatch it since I saw it over 15 years ago lol

[@SaiyanGamer95]

***** Oh. So we saw two different adaptations of the same book. Yours was live-action while mine was animated.

[@TheMadManV]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Animal Farm was published before Stalin had Trotsky murdered, so it makes more sense for newer adaptations to have Snowball mauled to death by the dogs. Even necessary.

[@rsgjv22]

when you put a revolution as something ending where it began i just sat their for 30 seconds letting that sink in

[@RobertMorgan]

Me too. That usage of the word has become so ingrained in culture as moving from one thing to another that when you consider it meaning the same as all the other uses of the word revolution, it's a simple yet paradigm shattering realization.

[@BluScoutBonk]

spainalmate69 I mean kinda. It comes from the late latin “revolutio” meaning a turn around whereas the other sense comes from the early “revolvere” meaning to roll back or restore.

[@Prismet]

Yeah but, it would be hard to claim that all revolts did not lead to eventual progress.

[@brandonyohn]

Man I haven't thought about Thug Notes in years. Bring these back! They were amazing!

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These are spectacular. To concisely summarize legendary works of literature using language that everyone can easily understand is a rare skill. Outstanding.

[@IndigoDetry]

i dont even have a paper due or anything i just rather watch this than read books😂

[@streetsandlanes]

I don't have a paper due either, I'm just reading the book for the heck of it.

[@axeledongo7846]

i don't even have a paper due or anything i just read the book then watched this

[@jaccuse4086]

I don't have a paper due I just happen to enjoy classic literature.

[@lorenzoeldude]

I'm not even in school anymore but reading these books make you understand humanity and history.

[@Meeeemawwww]

I was thinking about Boxer the horse who worked so hard that he ended up hurting himself and was taken to the 'vet.' You learn that he was actually sent to the glue factory. That made me think that Boxer representing the working man had to work past their breaking point to keep things together. Like how glue does. It might just be coincidence but it makes sense.

[@Serai3]

Yet another great video. Sharp, funny, and full of insight. This is a great work you're undertaking here, man. Looking forward to whatever you decide to tackle next.

[@Innogirly]

Thank you so much for doing these videos! You have really sparked my interest in the classics. I'm learning to really appreciate the lessons that are hidden in these stories that I took for granted in high school. Please don't stop anytime soon!

[@aossi4565]

The analysis is legit and the whole video is entertaining, please keep them coming.

[@mikeprice2038]

I love Thug Notes! Really good analysis delivered in a satirical package. Hat's off you the team that produces it.

[@noahburger7804]

One point I love is how Major said that Boxer what not work to his death under Animalism like he would under Jones ,but thats exactly what would happen under Napoleon

[@ICanHazWaffles705]

Do Fight Club. you could go into analysis about it's criticism of consumerism in it's time and masculine insecurity the narrator faces.

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[@romperstompist]

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[@guapagrande4789]

+Артём Водоватов ∆∆∆ what he said lol

[@kurayamidesu]

And the criticism of hyper masculinity. People always seem to forget that.

[@nobudoo9709]

HisNameIsRobertPaulson how is 2015 going

[@austinclay1797]

"I will work harder!" "Napoleon is always right!"

[@KenH60109]

Two things the Soviet Union never really had a heavy emphasis upon, not in the way they think. Yes, state media exists, just as in every country on earth, but overall it was much more because of desire for self-preservation rather than legitimate greed.

[@GamingPhilosophe]

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[@berkkarsi]

0:13 "We going HAM with Animal Farm" I see what you did there

[@jayflavor1]

The irony is PRAVDA mean TRUTH.

[@EverlastingHobnocker]

as a child in the 80s, I saw a little something of this newspaper but the next day or so, trying to remember the name I thought it was Prada...and that was years before I knew Prada was a clothing brand

[@mikeschmoll4079]

The character acting in these videos is amazing. Great work.

[@Roger-vo5lu]

This is quite literally the best book analysis I’ve seen.

[@saracart6013]

As an English teacher, I love this. I just wish it didn't have cussing in it so I could show this to my middle school students.

[@xNosaj50x]

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I HAD A PAPER ON THIS 8 YEARS AGO!?

[@dalanswenson]

Beautifully done yet again.

[@foxmulder4196]

This by far was a good episode,good work.

[@mki1230]

This book is now more relevant than ever.

[@TheBurningBurger]

How? I get that Trump is president and that's crazy, but their wasn't really any revolution, and he's not a communist.

[@MetalSymphony]

Forget Trump. This book is relevant today in regards to the modern charlatans who use the language of "equality" to push for the destruction of all social norms, and for some people to be more equal than others...

[@maitri5265]

Just want to let it out after reading it. I know many stories about bosses nowadays who just like those pigs in Animal Farm. They promise the life will be better and "both of us aim to a noble goals", and the employees work for themselves. But the bosses keep getting richer but the working conditions of the employees stay the same. Every "improvement" is not for the sake of being more productive in order to make the working life easier, but just to have time to milk for more work. I have heard so much in the media lately about a quote of some rich presidence, that "if you want to be poor, don't bother and rest at home at the weekend" and it makes me so mad. That the minimum salary is not enough for pay the bills, only enough when you work overtime. It's scary. Not only about politic, but everytime when you have power and greed at hand.

[@tylerlau1407]

This is awesome! don't stop

[@Lucols4]

can't stop watching these

[@mikesholler27]

i literally own or read EVERY book this guy has reviewed

[@kennyfloyd2621]

"A revolution ending where it began" holy shit that's deep... And... True! For the US at least. Maybe. I don't know about other countries like Panama, South Africa, India, etc.

[@alicekliewer]

It's very true in the case of the Soviet Union, and it's sad to say that it looks like America is getting closer to that, (with trump in the lead) but I don't think you can at least say that about South Africa. They overcame racism and bigotry to have everyone remain equal in the end, but eventually it will probably come full circle once again into bigotry, because that's what life is, working hard for something that will just eventually be washed to time with the same problem you "fixed" once again in place.

[@NoConsequenc3]

+Kenny Floyd It's true for every revolution

[@omega1397]

+Pseudo Lain a revolution for an authoritarian government definitely. (truly) Libertarian revolutions only failed due to more powerful nations destroying them and shit. The shitty stuff that happened inside these revolutions was due to being birthed amongst chaos and war. Orwell would understand lol. Homage to Catalonia is dope.

[@NoConsequenc3]

omega1397 "muh TRUE revolution!" oh fuck off you idiot

[@RollOnToVictory]

+Kenny Floyd wouldn't the American's "Revolution" only be truly complete when they install a monarchy, begin taxation without representation and drive on the left side of the road.

[@jeiryasuth]

greatest video channel, love the videos, thanks

[@Coach_Jean]

you are on a roll dude. great job.

[@L3gion3r]

That was very clever about the word revolution. Thanks m8!

[@SolidChris]

Just found Thug Notes. Now love Thug Notes.

[@sachajosgray7153]

These are amazing. Great work.

[@juniorviajando]

Man, you make things so simple. Luv u

[@blueriverg]

The revolution thing blew my mind o.o

[@kolonarulez5222]

When I had to read this in highschool it just made me really depressed

[@libbywilliams9969]

Veronica Hill ,I'm pretty sure I'm the only teen who read this by choice, lol

[@iksardon]

Good, it should have

[@mobydick3769]

I thought Animal Farm was about a nice little farm where the animals lived adventures and such. Then I read it and realized how wrong I was... I was fucking 10. Why did mommy leave books like Crime and Punishment and Animal Farm and all the original Brüder Grimm tales with their bloody details near me?!!!!!

[@briciolaa]

I'm sorry dude oh wait tbh I'm not your mom is great

[@yejikim6463]

@@mobydick3769 hahaha, pretty much the same thing happened to me too XD One day my mom brought me a pile of library books I could read when I was 11 and one of the books was the Animal Farm. I picked it up thinking that it is some kind of fun story about animals in a farm... Well I wasnt that wrong in the first place, just that I never realized that the book was about communism until I picked that book up again when I was 16.

[@anzetsewere5020]

Thug Notes you are SUPERIOR with these uploads!

[@richobiquankenobi7499]

Man Wisecrack y'all saved my ass on Pride & Prejudice. Today I'm making a book list to read over the summer before college, and watch each Thug Notes when i'm finished. Thank you guys so much for reviving my want and need to read!.

[@SesshReincarnated]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman, please.

[@nobudoo9709]

SesshReincarnated shiiit how’s 2014

[@mazadancoseben4818]

@@nobudoo9709 , better and worse

[@mutafire]

Perfect, like an essay

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[@picklesnorf101]

This is awesome. I am subscribing immediately.

[@Merick123456789]

man im loving this, do more please!!

[@PrehanaPro]

This video helped me pass my sophomore year.

[@ryanjack_1]

This video got me an A in my English Literature exam

[@amarjit758]

Just finished reading this book and what a great book it is ! I wish this video was 10 times longer, I'd love to hear an in depth analysis by Dr Sparky Sweets !

[@johnoney1211]

Oh my god I love your videos! I've read all these books and you're pretty damn spot on on everything I've seen so far! I'd love to rep a t-shirt if ur giving em out!

[@amycabral3023]

“Man serves the interest of no creature except himself” (21).

[@harajukulover321]

i remember reading this in the 8th grade and this made me want to read it again

[@SeamusMacMattain]

I've seen your videos pop up in my 'what to watch' section, I finally actually saw one on a book I enjoy, too funny and a sub from me!! lol, that was awesome!

[@Abuamina001]

Excellent analysis.

[@MadDirectionerGirl]

Boxer was the realist homie 😩🙌🏼

[@TheTerrance1]

Hey, Can you do one for Dracula (The original novel)

[@stickyfingers6632]

This summary... these notes... are beautiful.

[@lunargoddess2002]

Excellent, excellent analysis of the book.

[@Lmskilla]

I grew up in the hood and hate how in college I'm suppose to act like a white dude from the suburbs, i will not conform you can still be a thug and be smart! Thanks thug notes!

[@invisibleman686]

I know it sounds stupid, but am I the only person who sees a similarity between Animal Farm and 1984

[@quintenhines7949]

No. 😌

[@jonathaniel1337]

They were both written by the same author

[@dacomomomusic2801]

xD

[@allencallahan1478]

Superb summary. Kudos!

[@ABBASUNIVERSE]

This is the best book channel out there

[@janetrmn]

"see yo ass next week" lmao

[@Divinemartyr]

I had to read this book in the 9th grade for English. I was a hot blooded kid, given to exercise my anger into some very complex, deep, and thorough essays. I always scored high but when I got to this book and I started reading it, it kick started a kind of self revolution between my temper and my reason. While I appreciate the book and its ability to maintain its relevance since its publishing, I have one issue with it, the one character which to this day may be the character I hate most in literature. Benjamin the fucking Donkey. When I first read the book I hated it, but failed to adequately articulate why I was so angry and depressed by it. So I read it again, crushing through the book, crying when Boxer... well... you know, and generally despising Napoleon and every single character that allowed him to run the farm. Still I couldn't quite figure it out. It took me that third read through for me to finally realize that it was Benjamin. Fucking. God. Damn. Benjamin. That. Fucking. Piece. Of. Shit. Donkey. This cynic did nothing, contributed nothing, but reminded us that as the smartest animal on the farm, inaction and apathy foster the greatest breed of contempt. A man who is happy to let the world pass him by without fighting injustice, without opposing the harshness, contributes to the death ever still. A tyrant is a man who is evil because through conditioning or birth he knows only evil. A Good Man may be tempted and falter, but through conviction alone he can remain Good. But a neutral man... one not who knows no better, but who understands Virtue and Vice and does NOTHING, is as much a detriment to society as is the wicked. He was the one who could read. He was the one who knew that they where changing their constitution, he was the one who knew what had happened to Snowball. HE WAS THE ONE WHO KNEW WHAT IT MEANT WHEN BAXTER WAS GOING TO THE "VET". He did NOTHING. A Greedy pig with cruelty and malice in his heart offends me less then a GODLESS PIECE OF SHIT DONKEY who failed to resemble, even for a moment, a decent individual. Fuck that Donkey. Burn in Hell Benjamin. Burn in fucking Hell. BTW I never really did get over my temper.

[@ashthesensei]

Dam only after reading this am I pissed of at Benjamin the good for nothing donkey. I guess u could say he was a real ass😉

[@AmberMingeaud]

I don't any other books summaries than these. Thank you!

[@rosiewalker1154]

These videos are the best!!

[@sanitorz232]

People in the comments acting as if Orwell wasn’t the original Trotsky fanboy

[@clutch1141]

I would hate to be bitten by you, but you are awesome at analyzing books.

[@SimonSaysSigns]

I asked and you delivered! Thanks for the hook up Sparky Sweets, PHD. Like watching my English paper from college come to real life. Mad respect, I told all my boys that they need to get on your channel. Thug Notes is the truth!

[@Trebor359]

This is a very clever idea for a channel. And wel produced at that! Keep it up!

[@ariesp1t]

im getting my teacher to show this to my class tomorrow:)

[@john1155]

Shit. Over it. Did she haha?

[@onairmastering]

Clockwork Orange please!

[@theprocrastinatingtypewrit6819]

I went and read the book because of this video. Finished it today. Thank you thug note for showing me such a collection of good books.

[@staceybartlett9514]

Everything you say is on point. I wish I could use this in my High School English Class, but due to the expletives, I can not show it. I hope in the future, you can omit that one aspect of your material so that I can post your amazing work.

[@Xx4real2007xX]

Please do Dr Jekyll and Hyde

[@latinaazucar]

I wish they had this 25 years ago when I read the book LOL but I got an A! :P

[@maddysullivan5305]

These are the most engaging book analyses videos I've watched this far. Also, anyone that watched this instead of reading, I just wanna say that you should at least listen to the audiobook because this book is super important and gives a lot of perspectives on stuff.

[@Gabriel-lm7jw]

Ingenious production. Tq!

[@nafisamarinasaima630]

this is so helpful, we're reading it right now in 9th grade.

[@desmondhui319]

we had to read it in grade 7...

[@nafisamarinasaima630]

Desmond Hui we read the giver and this other shit book in 7th grade. what did u read in 9th grade?

[@desmondhui319]

Nafisa Saima Sherlock Holmes, Kite Runner, Inherit the Wind (some stupid play), Romeo and Juliet, and A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

[@desmondhui319]

Nafisa Saima what did you read in grade 11?

[@nafisamarinasaima630]

not in 11th grade, i'm in an IB school, i guess that's why it's different.

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Better question: Does anyone NOT? lol

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[@johntao6822]

THIS is the one I've been looking forward to