"I don't know where you got the idea that the quality of the novel should be judged by the likeability of the characters" TAKE NOTE GOODREADS REVIEWERS, YOU NEED IT
@rebekahaugustine7836
5 жыл бұрын
It's so true. All the King's Men is one of my favorite books and none of the characters are likable. That doesn't make it a bad book, in fact, that is kind of the point of it.
@kanani7410
5 жыл бұрын
I hate all the characters in A Streetcar Named Desire, but that play is incredibly moving.
@thefluffykirbyprincess6307
5 жыл бұрын
As soon as I heard him say that, my first thought was, "Amen." XD
@subhradeepbiswas1577
5 жыл бұрын
So true lol
@lamb9770
4 жыл бұрын
YES. same thing with movies & tv shows
@SergeantPancake
9 жыл бұрын
I actually kind of liked Daisy Buchanan, at least in the beginning... She's a bubbly, flirty, enthusiastic, almost childlike beautiful woman who feels almost like a childhood crush that continued still into adulthood. Sure, she's often unreasonable and floaty, but as John said, that seems to be almost a ruse, a covering to protect herself from the criticism of society. She has a continuous energy sparking around her, jumping from one topic to the next. I enjoyed her as a character, just not the decisions she made.
@kateking-smith2357
9 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Pancake I honestly don't understand how Daisy's flirty, light attitude could be used as a ruse for her so-called intelligence. To me, throughout most of the book, she came off as hopelessly ditzy. She ignored most of responsibilities to her family for pretty things and acting recklessly when she finally snapped and killed Myrtle. Sure, she was aware of Tom's affair but it wasn't as if he was making his unfaithfulness a secret. Jordan tells Nick of how he crashed his car with a chambermaid sitting in his front seat mere weeks after his marriage to Daisy. Surely, she got the hint then, right? I can't say that I didn't enjoy reading about her (after all, villians and bad people are always the best people to read about in novels) but I could never shake the feeling that Daisy's overwhelming selfishness blinded her better judgment and her somewhat-prevalent intelligence. Frankly, I felt like Jordan was smarter and no doubt more informed on many things compared to Daisy. But then again, each to their own.
@bennolee348
9 жыл бұрын
Sergeant Pancake I pitied daisy more than I hated her.
@senoritalethargy
5 жыл бұрын
I liked Daisy. I like Daisy. I pretty much feel the same. Her choices were... choices but she as a person was just trying to navigate the world somewhat unscathed I feel. I think she was smarter than she let on.
@star2705
10 жыл бұрын
You know, 'The Great Gatsby' fascinated me. I individually despised each and every single one of the characters. (By the end, the most likeable character to me was Jordan Baker. And her most prominent characteristic was blatant, compulsive lying.) Even the character Nick idolized was a glorified gangster. And, as far as Daisy goes, another English teacher at my school came across a group of students from my class reading 'The Great Gatsby', and commented, "You know, I always loved Daisy." When they, in shock, asked WHY, he answered, "I have never met a character more focused on doing nothing."
@whalesharko4465
5 жыл бұрын
My personal favourite was the man in the library who says my favourite quote "I've been drunk for about a week now, I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library" And we never get is name and only meet him once but her represents the atmosphere of the party and strange connection that humans feel when they all end up befalling the same broken system I'm British so I can't speak for American's but I've always got the vibe of the fall and delusion of the American Dream is bound to unite you right?
@emilyanndmoore
4 жыл бұрын
I liked Gatsby because I related to his idealism-unrealistic and out of reach, yet painfully hopeful. I also really liked owl man for his love of books and showing up to the funeral.
@jeremybrown9611
4 жыл бұрын
LMFAO
@hehehehehehheheheheheheheh556
4 жыл бұрын
@@whalesharko4465 @Ikra Rehman you mean owls eyes right? He was the one who knew that Gatsby was hiding behind a facade.
@JohnnyParkerAugust
5 жыл бұрын
"He's never even used his pool - well until the very end of the novel." That is cold blooded.
@jeremybrown9611
4 жыл бұрын
Truthful tho LMFAO
@grafforbust
8 жыл бұрын
This channel is the best thing so far that has been created on the internet.
@jasonpeake294
8 жыл бұрын
+Jared Greenwald what about cat vidoes?
@ravengrey8891
8 жыл бұрын
+Jason last name here Cat videos is all about entertainment. They are cute though
@EuropeanQoheleth
8 жыл бұрын
The best thing on the internet is that AMV of Gundam Wing Endless Waltz with All your base are belong to us.
@ravengrey8891
8 жыл бұрын
Sioraf asNaCillini weaboo
@Himynameishoodie
8 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@simpsonman956
10 жыл бұрын
Hmm. Interesting take on the parties. I interpreted the significance of them a bit differently, though. To me, the first party wasn’t Tom’s. It was Myrtles. A middle-class party in a middle-class apartment. It isn’t a very pleasant party, and the guests aren't very pleasant people, but if you notice, they’re all described by Nick based on their personalities. Everyone knows each other, and care about each other. When Myrtle gets hit, everyone goes to her aid. Gatsby’s party, in contrast, is more fun and prettier, but much shallower. Nick describes Gatsby’s guests solely by their appearance, and nobody knows each other. They don’t even know what their host looks like. When that guy crashes his car, nobody cares about him. Mostly, they just seem to laugh at him. Throughout the story, I think there is a lot of examples of people with less stuff having more meaning in their lives. The parties are one prime example, but there are others. Regarding the American dream, the theme for me is that the pursuit of the American dream is more significant, and brings more meaning to life, than fulfilling it.
@whalesharko4465
5 жыл бұрын
Not only that but, in Tom's or Myrtle's party there's a line like "after the second drink we were on first names" or something similar Whereas in Gatsby's there are entire characters we don't even know the second name of Like that guy in the library Our only information of him is he is a guest of a guest with a forgettable name who has abandoned him in a party, But I suppose it's up to you Jordan actually says "I hate small parties they're too personal" (again not actual quote AT ALL) So it depends on your preference
@jacobsilcoff
10 жыл бұрын
I feel that this is a somehow appropriate way to spend time when I should be doing english homework...
@jacobsilcoff
10 жыл бұрын
Ugg I'm wrapping up my paper.
@davidb154
7 жыл бұрын
Jacob Silcoff so what grade did you get??
@thunderplunder1013
6 жыл бұрын
Its been 4 years what was your grade, whats your job, did you graduate, do you make a 6 figure salary with that major?
@Arcaryon
4 жыл бұрын
I think a common problem with most school systems approach to literature is that people are forced to read books and can not appreciate it.
@voctor1381
4 жыл бұрын
It's been 2 more years and we're in the middle of a pandemic, how's everyone holding up?
@axela.9247
9 жыл бұрын
Carraway=Care away Mind blown
@orangeburrito_
9 жыл бұрын
+Axel A. Your profile picture is freaky.
@drakelight9548
8 жыл бұрын
+OrangeBurrito look who's talking.
@orangeburrito_
8 жыл бұрын
Drake Light Why am i always seen as the freak? I am a bacon-human hybrid, but I have a normal working body and brain.
@jochembroodhuys7273
8 жыл бұрын
Daisy Fay... 'Fey'
@AJ-dy2bt
7 жыл бұрын
Could you please explain what is actual meaning of care away?
@harrietmilton8397
9 жыл бұрын
The "Not all characters have to be likable to be interesting" was something that I was just arguing in a paper. I was in fact arguing, in many cases, it is the traits that make the characters unlikable that makes them interesting and compelling
@Corristo89
9 жыл бұрын
I think Gatsby's ultimate fallacy is that he, in his often childlike naivité, believes that wealth will lead to love and love will lead to wealth. In that regard he resembles the protagonists of Horatio Alger. He believes that by accumulating enough wealth that Daisy will be his again, even though her interest towards pretty much everything is superficial at best.
@slydessertfox6267
9 жыл бұрын
+Corristo89 I kind of agree kind of disagree. I think there is only one moment in the novel when daisy reveals her true thoughts, or, rather, actually has her mind made up. That's when she mentions she wants to run away (well, in the movie, I forget if it was in the book, though I know for a fact it was in Trimalchio, which was basically a first version of The Great Gatsby). Gatsby of course can't do this. Whereas Daisy, in perhaps her one moment of clarity, wants to leave the wealth and the life she's lived behind and just run away with Gatsby, Gatsby proves himself to be the one that is too attached to the money and a "respectable" life style. In his quest for Daisy, he fell in love with the lifestyle he crafted for himself to win her over. Which is doubly ironic: That it is the inherited wealth rich girl that is prepared to leave it all behind, and the guy who built up his empire solely to win her over, who can't part with it for his love. The other part of the irony is, of course, it was obvious from the moment she first say Gatsby again, that she still loved him regardless of whether he had wealth or not (since she obviously did not know of his extravagent wealth when she hit it off with him again at Nick Carraway's house).
@MiamiPush2theLimit
8 жыл бұрын
+SlyDessertFox how deep...
@slydessertfox6267
8 жыл бұрын
MiamiPush2theLimit I try. :P
@zarabrennan7969
5 жыл бұрын
Corristo89 WOW amazing work !!
@jeremybrown9611
4 жыл бұрын
@@slydessertfox6267 I don't think that he was attached to that lifestyle or wealth, I think it was more about that ambitious dream of his. It was about the vision he and Daisy were attached to it. He wanted to recover the past!
@Artsaveslives
9 жыл бұрын
its 2 am and im watching this for pure entertainment...
@jisselcastellanos1332
8 жыл бұрын
Same af. But it's 4:20 am for me lol
@luxolomuthwa8045
8 жыл бұрын
Same 3:20 for me
@FreshHas
8 жыл бұрын
Watching at 2 am too, but because I have a quiz on Great Gatsby in the morning
@KCMMFB
8 жыл бұрын
+javiera vasquez hahaha i didn't sleep at all just binging these.
@Carmenjrg
8 жыл бұрын
It's 4 am and I'm watching this because I have an exam in 4 hours...
@Nightling727
5 жыл бұрын
Read this in 10th grade english. It spawned the best essay I've ever written, which was four and a half pages on why Nick wasn't straight and was more than likely gay for Gatsby. Got an A on it. No regrets.
@BeautyBySilence
9 жыл бұрын
When your favorite author is also a miracle worker that helps you out with a myriad of subjects…
@christopherbautista-howell9907
6 жыл бұрын
Do you mean God?
@kaoutherlamloumi8784
6 жыл бұрын
ikr !!
@heidic2472
5 жыл бұрын
Myriad, nice!
@ratkid2333
6 жыл бұрын
the first time i read the great gatsby, the only thing i could think was "nick's gay for gatsby"
@shoujokadyan5502
6 жыл бұрын
rat kid true facts
@sonyrawat7888
5 жыл бұрын
Me too. In beginning I thought it was a cute man crush but the way he describes Gatsby it become more clear that he wants him .
@redcoat4348
4 жыл бұрын
Also there was that scene which could be construed as him sleeping with another guy while naked...
@onettaviator5396
4 жыл бұрын
My entire english class and I are just *convinced* that's the case.
@hililly3219
4 жыл бұрын
Redcoat exactly! I read it and was sooo confused ahaha I literally had to ask my English teacher if that’s what it meant lol and she said it could be or could not be and I was like ok...so yes?
@wang10057
8 жыл бұрын
"Petals fell off the Daisy?" SAVAGE JOHN GREEN
@abijithp92
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't get that.....what does it mean?
@replyandyourestupid5606
5 жыл бұрын
Same. I dont get the joke. Can you explain
@dhivaansalig6398
5 жыл бұрын
The petals of a daisy is white while the center is yellow. White symbolizes innocent and yellow, in The Great Gatsby, symbolizes wealth and decay. When the white petals fall off, Daisy loses her innocence and all that's left is pure greed. Petals fall off the Daisy.
@Roma-kp4qg
4 жыл бұрын
Also that to "deflower" a girl is slang for sleeping with her. The petals fall off the Daisy because she's now with Gatsby
@corinneosullivan3039
4 жыл бұрын
Looking for Alaska anyone?
@GraceMcFadden
8 жыл бұрын
I have a couple thoughts about this book. 1. Daisy Buchanan is the original manic pixie dream girl. 2. You could also interpret parts of the book about how the threads that hold the world together are terrifyingly thin, like how Daisy kills her husband's mistress in a strange twist of fate that just happens to be an accident, and her distant cousin's neighbor takes the blame for her. Maybe it's just me, but everyone in the story is almost scarily interconnected. This probably has something to do with larger symbolism that I'm not understanding, though. 3. As it is in many books, the one child in this story shows more restraint than all the adults combined. The one possibly sensible character, oblivious to the manic wealth she survives in, only appears once and as soon as she leaves, her mother makes a comment on how she hopes that her child will turn out more of a fool than she is. This sets off a chain of events so tense that I nearly had to put the book down and stop reading because everything was so awkward. And maybe I'm reading too much into this. But Daisy's child is not aware of the constant, frantic splurging her parents thrive on, which I guess goes along with the whole idea of the American dream and how it drives people mad. That's basically it. I had more thoughts on this book, obviously, but I'm not going to write them all down because that would be stupid.
@vision5281
8 жыл бұрын
I don't see how Daisy showed restraint. Please explain.
@maireadzielinski8037
8 жыл бұрын
This book is not the first to create a manic pixie dream girl, but is one of the first to dismantle the idea. At the end of the book, the magic of Daisy has clearly been revealed as allusion and she is definitely not left as a manic pixie dream girl
@clsisman
8 жыл бұрын
The manic pixie dream girl exists purely to excite an unmotivated or world-weary man back to work and/or fun. Daisy isn't that at all. She is objectified as the embodiment of the american dream BY GATSBY, but not by the novel. Gatsby is basically wrong - he can't access her just because he 'deserves' to - there are parts of her life that he hasn't bothered to take into account when planning how he'll get her back - like her loving honeymoon with Tom where he carries her down to the water. Gatsby wants to erase all parts of her life in between their first meeting and their last, but he can't. 2. It's not a crazy coincidence that Daisy runs over Mytle. Myrtle and Daisy know about each other and are jealous of each other. Myrtle runs out into the road because she thinks Tom and Daisy are in Gatsby's car together - because on the way into New York Tom is driving the yellow car - it's only on the way back that Gatsby drives it. Daisy doesn't stop - perhaps because her privilege tells her that she doesn't need to and it's not her problem, but possibly because she recognises myrtle as her husband's lover. 3. I'm not sure a five year old can show restraint - she's treated as a toy and she behaves like a toy, and there's nothing noble or ignoble about it - like most kids, she's just responding to her treatment by adults. By the way, I hope I've not come across as over-critical. I think your thoughts are really interesting, I just like debating about literature.
@GraceMcFadden
8 жыл бұрын
Gangoo No, not at all. You bring some really good points to the table. I'm kind of new to talking about literature, so this was really interesting.
@thunderplunder1013
6 жыл бұрын
Whats a manic pixie dream girl? Lol
@imperfectlyzerowaste3997
8 жыл бұрын
If John Green can't afford Champagne with a cork, who can?
@Vidikis360
7 жыл бұрын
Fingers Crossed (Susie) Bill Gates
@whalesharko4465
5 жыл бұрын
@@Vidikis360 only just
@lollyholly3005
4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading the great gatsby and hating Daisy sooooo much and then realising she is a reflection of myself and everyone else. Youre supposed to hate her because she reflects humanity clinging to power and staus without care for others
@BrianHutzellMusic
Жыл бұрын
The first time I read “The Great Gatsby,” the book I used was an old copy my mom had used in a high school literature class. Throughout the book, she had underlined passages about color. One such passage that has always stood out for me is the scene in which Gatsby is showing off his many shirts to Daisy, who is brought to tears by the sight of those beautiful shirts in all their colors.
@GL0CKSTER69
8 жыл бұрын
Wait, the idea of a sequel from Daisy's daughter just hit me like a train.
@GL0CKSTER69
8 жыл бұрын
yes, yes I did
@GL0CKSTER69
8 жыл бұрын
Onesockanda Song R.I.P. me
@ws04
8 жыл бұрын
+GL0CKSTER69 gg
@abbie1200
8 жыл бұрын
Haha me and my friend talk about that a lot - how Pammy is the only decent person in the book: The Great Pammy
@rosecomedygold
8 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean like a car? Like the car driven by Daisy? :P
@sladewoodward273
9 жыл бұрын
The chair is not gold. Don't you see the black and blue?
@gabewj8690
9 жыл бұрын
Go onto some pewdiepie video you will get more likes ;)
@ahernandez3887
9 жыл бұрын
Don't you dare start that!!!!
@CandorArchives1981
9 жыл бұрын
Slade Woodward LOLOLOLOLOL DUDE THE WHITE BALANCE IS FINE
@ry.0
9 жыл бұрын
+Slade Woodward jajajaj esto es tener sentido del humor xDD
@margaritam.9118
8 жыл бұрын
Don't you get it's an old joke already?
@taylorswizzzle
9 жыл бұрын
"...because the truth is, we all share his ambition."
@Flutist97
11 жыл бұрын
So, in a way, when Gatsby finally uses his pool at the end of the novel, it's like that statement in Romeo and Juliet about being unsure if their love was like a flash of lightning or the unending sea...and instead of going into the water at the end of the dock with the green light, Gatsby swims in the artificial pool. I'm not sure if that means that Gatsby chose artificiality over love, or peace in reality over an idealistic love. Either way, Fitzgerald is brilliant.
@Silesh
9 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, this video is really helping me for my exam tomorrow and I'm really really glad you made those subtitles, for me as non-english it would have been quite hard to understand everything you said and I guess I couldn't have followed you, but with the subtitles it was a lot easier and it helped me a lot understanding the meaning of the book, thanks for that!
@MsSmile300
10 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you point out that a character doesn't have to be likable to be interesting and that a novel's worth isn't judged upon the character's likability. Another great example of this is Things Fall Apart by Chinau Achebe.
@singinwithceline
10 жыл бұрын
I love that the animated Gatsby apartment has a TIFIOS poster!
@TheBookwormBakery
9 жыл бұрын
That awkward moment when your name is Jordan Baker...
@stefan_wsl3398
8 жыл бұрын
But Jordan a great character, least intresting but most likeable. She so strong and independent she don't need no staring role in one of the greatest novels in history
@ttam809
8 жыл бұрын
+Wych Bite And also she cheats.
@stefan_wsl3398
8 жыл бұрын
ttam 809 So does every other character in the book... and in real life tbh
@arnoldlee4013
8 жыл бұрын
why
@arnoldlee4013
8 жыл бұрын
+Wych Bite srsly..im cheating on two girls rn..and im going on a blind date from a naughty website tomorrow..so fuck yea
@alicemay1999
8 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Gatsby liked The Fault in Our Stars that much to get a poster.
@OmegaLittleBob
8 жыл бұрын
Wow, these videos are making me want to read classic literature way more than any of my High School or College classes.
@protestthehero200
10 жыл бұрын
I think one of the thing i like most about your videos, is how you string a sentence together. Genuinely fun to listen to while still conveying interesting and thought provoking ideas and concepts...thank you
@hipnhappenin
10 жыл бұрын
Came upon this video after coming across the biology videos to help me in my anatomy class. OK... TOTALLY didn't know that John and Hank were brothers AND that this is the author John Green! My stars!
@fancynancyketchup
10 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Nerdfighteria! I hope you enjoy your stay!
@winterblonde8755
10 жыл бұрын
John green you are amazingly talented and knowlegable man, people like you restore my faith in humanity. Love your videos keep going bro.
@kassidygroner1638
8 жыл бұрын
I think what makes this book so great is that there's so much to talk about. I never get sick of discussing different themes, characters, or symbols presented in The Great Gatsby. :)
@EyeLean5280
8 жыл бұрын
Yes, those who believe in monogamy find Daisy exasperating. But even from a monogamy point of view, I think the difficulty she has in choosing is understandable. It's pretty damn hard to give up a marriage and motherhood and respectability. Plus, she probably felt at least some lingering connection to her husband, the father of her child. But there's another view, as well, the view that she shouldn't have to choose, that she should be allowed to love two different people in two different ways and be left in peace. After all, that seems to have been her husband's attitude towards himself, right?
@clsisman
8 жыл бұрын
I agree 100% with you in moral terms about monogamy, but I think most people's problem with Daisy is not that she has trouble choosing between her husband and Gatsby, but that she takes no responsibility for any of her actions, and she doesn't have to because she's protected by her wealth. She literally gets away with murder, and manipulates Gatsby into taking the fall for her, whilst simultaneously making up with her husband and leaving town with him.
@EyeLean5280
8 жыл бұрын
Gangoo Fair enough. In those regards, she is indeed pretty awful.
@thecalmingwitch
5 жыл бұрын
EyeLean5280 everyone contemplates about Daisy’s character most, I find. I also find that most people tend to be like Daisy. Which is probably why people argue over her character most. Some show sympathy, and some show hatred toward her and her actions. One thing I can sum up as a fact between Daisy’s and Gatsby’s relationship that also takes place in real life is this... There are many married people who have lovers that aren’t their spouses. And sometimes they may fall in love with their lovers and even share hopes, dreams and promise them a future together. But these married people also have jobs, children, expenses, a spouse they may even love as well. And the reason for the lover is to fill a void they have in their lives. A void that the spouse, children, money, whatever cannot close. But it’s always been a rarity for the lover to become a permanent part of their lives. Because most lovers are quite temporary. And humans are quite selfish. Most of the time, when one is in love/involved with a married person, they should at least know, that they are always going to come second to the person’s spouse, children, house, money, expenses, job; etc. and that those things will always be chosen over the lover. A rarity for the opposite to occur.
@alex-marquette
10 жыл бұрын
I hated tom more than daisy.....
@HaroldsCatNice
10 жыл бұрын
tom is cool ... u r fool
@HannahSPineSap122097
10 жыл бұрын
HaroldsCatNice naw I didn't like Tom either. But I liked Daisy as a character.
@withniejules2244
10 жыл бұрын
I never liked neither of them.
@withniejules2244
10 жыл бұрын
Hannah Semmelhack Daisy was a gold-digger.
@HaroldsCatNice
10 жыл бұрын
Jane Miller no a gold digger is poor daisy was rich
@Frivolitility
8 жыл бұрын
After watching a whole lot of John's videos I realized that he also has an "extraordinary gift for hope"--more extraordinary than Gatsby's because he's not hyper-delusional and actually acknowledges the bad and complicated parts of reality. But somehow he always seems sure it will turn out all right in the end. I often come away from John's videos feeling like his world is not the same world as mine. I wish I could live in a place like that.
@chhaya11
8 жыл бұрын
"I often come away from John's videos feeling like his world is not the same world as mine. I wish I could live in a place like that." that was too real. I feel that too.
@spartan4613
9 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice the "The Fault In Our Stars" poster at 6:06?
@FROPDESAI
9 жыл бұрын
spartan4613 OMG! Thank you!
@sarahalfrhan
6 жыл бұрын
Yesssss i thought i was the only one who did
@ajhanmer6864
6 жыл бұрын
No shame advertisement nice!
@SenorTallon
10 жыл бұрын
You know, without these videos, I would have no idea what The Great Gatsby is about. I have no ability to read critically.
@nerdgoddes27
9 жыл бұрын
I'm under 21 and get that burn. It's a deep one, so deep it's anticlimactic. You know that May or may not make sense.
@m.b3191
9 жыл бұрын
It's only a burn if you have accomplished something praiseworthy by the age of 21 such as winning an olympic medal. Although I dont know you, I think you fall into the demographic of people who lives in the suburbs and enjoy their petty lives. So yeah, I don't think you'll feel life as being anticlimactic. Perhaps, you are just a bored, clueless teenager.
@GraceMcFadden
8 жыл бұрын
+Mubeen Bankur chill
@miguelangelcastrogimenez897
6 жыл бұрын
Another bored clueless adult who didn't accomplish anything but attacking teenagers on the internet. Claps to that, genius!
@thanos9704
4 жыл бұрын
@Liz Bradford plz explain that burn?????
@thanos9704
4 жыл бұрын
@@miguelangelcastrogimenez897 explain me that burn??
@robertsteffler5155
9 жыл бұрын
"Aggressively vapid" ^^ such a good phrase
@stephanieamaria6595
8 жыл бұрын
I love all the subtle references to his novels in the backgrounds
@OneOfTheLostOnes
11 жыл бұрын
My god John Green, I had no idea this series existed only searched "the great gatsby" for the movie and this made my day, NO my WEEK... no still not enough... this made my month (year is kinda big) :) Much love from Argentina.
@AlexRaces64
8 жыл бұрын
Did John really throw in an ad to his book at 6:09 😆
@dontask3497
7 жыл бұрын
Fricken thank you. I’m trying to read this for a project and I physically can’t comprehend what the author is trying to say. Seeing someone I like and admire explain what’s going on really helps me understand the book. I can’t thank you enough for helping me finish my projects.
@9Nato9
10 жыл бұрын
YOU HAVE SAVED ME, JOHN GREEN. THANK YOU THANK YOU
@Chungus581
8 жыл бұрын
Thank god for this series, thanks John Green
@JamBear
7 жыл бұрын
I swear, you guys have a knack for distilling the most important information and presenting it in an interesting way.
@quarantinegarden1445
Жыл бұрын
Fitzgerald felt sorry for himself because he wasn’t as wealthy as his Princeton classmates. I just can’t summon up sympathy for Gatsby. The struggles of the new rich for acceptance by the old rich don’t interest me. At least one of my ancestors died in a Civil War prisoner of war camp in Rome, Georgia. I don’t understand why so much of my assigned high school reading was about the angst of prep school boys!
@anthonysartarelli3367
10 жыл бұрын
6:10 cover of John's book The Fault In Our Stars. Nice one John.
@katiecampbell5597
10 жыл бұрын
Actually, it was Jordan Baker who told the story of Gatsby and Daisy's love. It was during the dinner scene with Meyer Wolfsheim, Nick, Jordan, and Gatsby. This series is still brilliant, Mr. Green! Love your books.
@sarty
10 жыл бұрын
I'm in heaven. I love this. Please, please, please make more literature episodes!
@bryannguyen8440
9 жыл бұрын
At 0:06 he laughs when he says The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and this slender beast. Guys listen to his laugh when he does this
@wehaveskittles
7 жыл бұрын
Thank god for Hank and John Green, always having a video to help me when I'm stuck on homework.
@idaresay357
9 жыл бұрын
He is just so amazing..I wish I had a teacher like that
@zacharyruf7590
8 жыл бұрын
I though Nick wasn't rich and enjoyed be being around rich people because of his desire for what they have
@hopestarr1008
8 жыл бұрын
that's what I thought too...
@clsisman
8 жыл бұрын
I think Nick is rich-ish - like he comes from a wealthy family and he has enough to live on without working very hard, but he isn't life-of-leisure-and-luxury rich like Daisy and Tom and Gatsby. I think he genuinely likes Gatsby as a person and believes in his goodness, but also his foolishness. He does enjoy living the rich life because of all the good food and drink and fun and music etc., but eventually he realises how hollow it all is and goes home
@hopestarr1008
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@tape2518
5 жыл бұрын
@@clsisman Really? I pegged it as he was born rich but wanted to live a more humble life.
@TheTaleoftwocities
11 жыл бұрын
The Fault in Our Stars reference at 6:09 makes me love John Green even more
@crowsnow2843
9 жыл бұрын
you should do an episode on Fault in Our Stars
@bobstevenson3130
Жыл бұрын
These videos are so much more interesting to me now that I've graduated high school lol
@English3Muffin
10 жыл бұрын
I never really despised or disliked Daisy. If anything, I pitied her all throughout the book. It seemed to me that she was just acting a part she thought she ought to play, though never truly enjoying herself. (I guess you could say that for every character, but I sympathized with her most) She was a coward that she wouldn't leave her asshole of a cheating husband, a coward not to own up to her crime, and a coward to flee with Tom after everything was finally out in the open. Sure, she was vapid and shallow, but mostly she just seemed so sad to me.
@downhomegirl5
Жыл бұрын
I loved Daisy right up until she wouldn't tell her lying, cheating disgusting husband Tom that she never loved him & wanted a divorce. She had her chance of a beautiful fairytale life with Gatsby... Who wouldn't want that?!!!! I'd love the movie re-done starting with the part where she should have told Tom & walked out with The Great Gatsby. Because otherwise its heartwrenching & based on true love that went wrong & ended too soon. But don't we all just live for a few extraordinary moments in time? 🥂
@jngo123456789
9 жыл бұрын
I am SO impressed by the smoothness of that introduction!
@ravengrey8891
8 жыл бұрын
This is by far the most tragic story ever written.
@evakuzyk1991
8 жыл бұрын
It occurred to me that the fact that Gatsby, and Nick to an extent, live is West Egg which may represent the West as a concept. The old money east and the radical, partying west could represent America as a contrast to Europe. What do you think?
@carsonchiem145
5 жыл бұрын
This is 2 years too late but yea thats a really good take on it.
@Wendy-je9zf
5 жыл бұрын
can John green just host every educational program? he’s very relaxing to listen to and I learn so much
@AhyanBari-fajitasxLMA
8 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one watching this for school work?
@uglynerfherder
7 жыл бұрын
John Green is awesome. Everything he says is just so well spoken.
@HaroldsCatNice
10 жыл бұрын
HOORAY 4 TOM BUCHANON !!
@violentblues
11 жыл бұрын
6:09 TFiOS Poster!
@joshr8466
10 жыл бұрын
"none of those people has actually produced anything" YAS John Green I applaud your flawless grammar!
@AlexisGonzalez-tj6hl
9 жыл бұрын
MR GREEN MR GREEN ! CAN YOU DO ANOTHER LITERATURE SERIES AND INCLUDE: THE STRANGER BY ALBERT CAMUS ! :D
@kenyagonzalez1072
8 жыл бұрын
wait a second wait a second that looks like flower the flower oh the flashbacks
@tara.5986
8 жыл бұрын
Omg yes!
@carsonlambaiso3998
11 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed. That was really sharp, John. Something tells me that it was your idea to do this literature series. A very good idea indeed! I'm confident you'd make Fitzgerald himself proud and flattered with this homage to his great American treasure!
@johnedward8352
10 жыл бұрын
Are you the same John Green as "The Fault In Our Stars"?
@johnedward8352
10 жыл бұрын
Anmol Sanghrajka I've been watching his videos for the last year and didn't even realize it. John Green, will you come speak to my sophomore ELA classes in Austin, Texas PLEASE!?
@Yzyenthusiast
4 жыл бұрын
@@johnedward8352 you in college now?
@johnedward8352
4 жыл бұрын
@@Yzyenthusiast Hey! No I'm actually a high school teacher. How's life treating you in this crazy world?
@Yzyenthusiast
4 жыл бұрын
John Kaitlyn oh wow haha when you left this comment I thought you were a sophomore and I remember reading it years ago hahah. Life is going I guess would be the most accurate description of things
@Swaggerlicousxx
8 жыл бұрын
Crash Course on The Tale of Two Cities please!!!
@Thaheadband33
7 жыл бұрын
tokitian just read the book
@Swaggerlicousxx
7 жыл бұрын
i did and it's my favourite classic! i just want to hear other people's opinions on it xD
@alexandriavictoriayoung1588
7 жыл бұрын
tokitian my favorites are this one, and the catcher of the rye
@Dreamycinnamoroll_
6 жыл бұрын
I love you John Green! One of my all-time favourite authors!
@Thaheadband33
7 жыл бұрын
John has referred to Tom Buchanan as both an "asshat," here, and an "assface" in his Vlogbrothers video on the first chapter of Gatsby.
@sydneylawson484
9 жыл бұрын
i love experiencing this mans perspective.
@HoneySpiceBee
9 жыл бұрын
Please do another crash course literature season, its beyond amazing and ive seen this season about a hundred time
@fhoofe3245
6 жыл бұрын
Holden Caufield and Tyler Durden come to mind
@angelcastillo3871
8 жыл бұрын
I think how much you like a character does matter because you will grow attached to them and see them in your head better or you can make future predictions on how much if you like them like if you want them to live or guess how they will affect the book and others
@jaydupree418
9 жыл бұрын
Please do a video on The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho; and alchemy & science.
@adelajaini5019
6 жыл бұрын
Jay Dupree I have read that book when I borrowed it from the school library back In secondary school.
@mimiwashere1401
11 жыл бұрын
6:06 the clouds. :)
@HiSummerWasHere
11 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that it took me this long to stumble on this channel. This makes me SO HAPPY.
@ThePuppyTurtle
9 жыл бұрын
I honestly think Gatsby's quest isn't mine. I have character flaws, but I don't think greed is one of them.
@TheDhinesh619
10 жыл бұрын
is it bad this is the only studying im doing for my englsih litrature finals which is tom?
@MonkeyButler300
9 жыл бұрын
Yes, is very bad.
@TheDhinesh619
9 жыл бұрын
i got A!
@rockyzhou4754
Жыл бұрын
Awesome question at 7:10
@tracy2919
8 жыл бұрын
4:10 That Kardashian though xD
@meghanrevels4472
10 жыл бұрын
You should make more literature Crash Courses!! They are fun to watch and clarify everything
@JulianVJacobs
8 жыл бұрын
Something about this story doesn't sit right with me. I really jut don't like it. I do like most other books easily, but I have a hard time liking this one and I still don't know why and maybe it's because I don't understand or maybe it's my gripe over the way it's written not making sense. irdk it's just hard for me to like it.
@JulianVJacobs
8 жыл бұрын
making sense to me*
@jeffbrooker2359
8 жыл бұрын
Please do a literature segment on Tess of the D'urbervilles and Coriolanus. These are the IEB set works and thousands of students in South Africa will watch them. The IEB schools already love your Chemistry, History and Biology videos as many of the topics covered are in our syllabus.
@ChristinaAlvarezTheDreamer
10 жыл бұрын
you should start a psychology section :)
@InSovietRussia151
10 жыл бұрын
Hank says that they'll be starting a psychology crash course in season three, actually!
@ChristinaAlvarezTheDreamer
10 жыл бұрын
that's fantastic :) When does season 3 start?
@InSovietRussia151
10 жыл бұрын
uuhhh im not sure but hank announced it on his latest vlogbrothers video so it should be soon!
@ChristinaAlvarezTheDreamer
10 жыл бұрын
yay, thanks for the good news hopefully it's up before i finish ap psychology :)
@taharchaib4714
8 жыл бұрын
The green light . Everthing is permitted. Human nature. A miserable end.
@devkergirl2025
5 жыл бұрын
Nick was so crushing on Gatsby
@MinaCarroll
8 жыл бұрын
I watched the video you made on this book 5 years ago, and they seem similar! I liked this one better because its almost like you perfected it, and you added even more input. The visual effects helped too! xD
@timtennery6078
9 жыл бұрын
My high school teacher required me to read this book. I thought it was a bore then. Because of this I tried it again hoping age may have made it better. It didn't. One of the problems with the book is that it like Mr Green assumes that the reader like many Americans admires wealth and equates it with contentment. I do not. To love and be loved was always my dream. As I looked at wealth and fame they help you attract the girl,why I never understood. They that had it never seemed happy or loved only admired. I studied in history those that don't study it are doomed to repeat it. So why would anyone want to be admired but unloved? Yet for some reason I still can't fathom most of my world seems drawn to wealth, fame and power, When by all accounts it's not what they want to start with. Despite all our education, all the wars, all the trade, and tec no one seems to grasp this. As I told my teacher then, "This book is a tale told by and idiot full of sound and furry signifying nothing." The best thing about this book is the knowing this book like Macbeth is finished. I'm sure my thoughts will fane flames of anger to some but to me the best thing a man can leave behind when he dies is children that know how to love others. We are sold another man's dream and cling it to our breast as if it where our own and should it be fulfilled in our lives it will only leave us hollow and void of hope as we learn the great spans we have set between ourselves and others. Wealth and power is a white washed tomb both to the one that has it and the one that seeks it. It is pretty but like gold it is a dead thing.
@timtennery6078
9 жыл бұрын
tim tennery It seems the next 1 pretty much covers what I said. sorry. Pretty much all Mr Green's stuff I have seen is great. Thing is I never said anything till I disagreed.
@smallsignals
7 жыл бұрын
Why did we not talk about nick's sexuality?
@asharay-c.7940
7 жыл бұрын
Kenneth Mionnet my English class has spent roughly two hours digging and finding evidence that nick is gay or at least of a sexual orientation other than heterosexual
@smallsignals
7 жыл бұрын
Asha Ray-C. What was the result?
@smallsignals
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's about as much as I could figure out too. But I see in Nick the kind of crushes I had on straight guys growing up.
@simoneadamiuk8600
7 жыл бұрын
I do believe Nick is gay, for a number of reasons. He says he enjoys looking at Jordan and then goes on to describe her as looking "like a young cadet" - aka, a young man. There is also the aforementioned incident with Mr McKee, when an ellipsis (...) is used to indicate the passage of time, after which Nick and Mr McKee are in his bedroom, with Mr McKee clad only in his underwear. However, the reason nobody really mentions Nick's sexuality is because it doesn't really change much about the story; it only emphasizes the fact that he is an outsider when amongst other characters in the novel.
@Elizabeth-xp2sf
6 жыл бұрын
That burn is so beautiful.
@koolkatzxcv
10 жыл бұрын
I would like to thank John Green for this video. I had to write about the American Dream on my Gatby test and I drew from this video. My teacher said it was the best essay in the class, and I got full points!
@MrAbomb234
10 жыл бұрын
Daisy has dark hair
@piesquared1501
10 жыл бұрын
Yes but the center of a real daisy is yellow
@sailthemarigold_7864
4 жыл бұрын
Okay, I HAD to pause. "The end justifies the means," a phrase i haven't heard in months, returns!
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