I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream | The Story of Fiction

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The Story of Fiction Episode One: I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
The Story of Fiction series serves as both an analysis of my favorite works of fiction as well as a love letter to the work (mostly the second part). In this episode, I talk about my favorite story of all time; Harlan Ellison's dystopian short story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. If you enjoy, please like the video and subscribe since I will be making more videos like this one. As always, please tell me what you thought of the story in the comments as I love to hear other people's analysis of the story as well.
Video Credits:
WWII Footage by ZoneofDoom - • WW2 Eastern Front Batt...
Thunderbird Image by Arnaud Valette - www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fa...
Music Credits:
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: Demo Loop • I Have No Mouth And I ...
Hollow Knight OST: Reflection • Video
Undertale OST: Home • Home
Turnabout Jazz Soul - Track 1 - Ace Attorney - Court Begins Blue Note Scale • Turnabout Jazz Soul - ...
Risk of Rain OST - Coalescence • Turnabout Jazz Soul - ...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: Starved and Mutilated • I Have No Mouth And I ...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: The Ungodly Doctor • I Have No Mouth And I ...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: That Hole In My Chest • I Have No Mouth And I ...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: The Chamber Of Horrors • I Have No Mouth And I ...
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream OST: Unfriendly Eyes • I Have No Mouth And I ...
Connor Griffin: N’s Farewell - Pokemon Black and White • N's Farewell - Pokemon...
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number OST: Around • Hotline Miami 2: Wrong...
Rifti Beats: Cha La Head Cha La • Cha La Head Cha La
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:01 A Controlled Dystopia
00:10:05 The Mind of Ellison
00:15:04 What the Text Doesn't Tell You
00:23:38 A Hidden Hope
00:30:06 The Handicapped Primate
00:34:32 The Lost Child
00:38:47 The Conflicted Soul
00:43:15 The Unloved Mother
00:48:50 The Horrible Hero
00:54:12 The Anguished Mind
01:01:28 World War IV
#spoonsboy #videoessay #dystopia

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@loafus2761 3 жыл бұрын

Benny be like: Reject humanity, become monke

@alexrexaros9837 2 жыл бұрын

well he didn't really had a choice.

@Courier7425 3 жыл бұрын

When you say Ellen is the only one who deserves to escape from AM, I disagree. Nobody, no matter how evil, deserves to exist in the world of AM.

@timothygarner477 2 жыл бұрын

not even AM

@jaykay2218 2 ай бұрын

@@timothygarner477none of AM’s victims feel a fraction of his pain

@iamcat1797 Ай бұрын

@@jaykay2218I don’t know….. I get what you’re saying but no pain no matter how bad is worth hurting others for pleasure.

@user-dm7wn5mp3i Күн бұрын

so your saying even Hitler shouldn't suffer am's torment

@Courier7425 Күн бұрын

@@user-dm7wn5mp3i at the time I would have agreed, now I'd say most people deserve it. Funny, I just reread the book last night.

@__-gm8ku 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with the final connection between AM and Ted. They both live forever in pain, and can do nothing about it. They have no purpose purpose but to feel pain.

@runswithbears3517 9 ай бұрын

Here's a quick summary of the psychological themes I think define each character: - Benny: inferiority complex - Nimdok: borderline personality - Gorrister: guilt - Ellen: absent father/sexual abuse - Ted: narcissistic personality - AM: psychopathy

@yaboirikki2596 8 ай бұрын

I get where you’re coming from and agree with most of these, but I feel like Ted is more along the lines of a paranoid schizophrenic, especially in the book. In the game, NPD carries a little more weight, but he still has his paranoid delusions throughout his psychodrama.

@andreclement6861 3 жыл бұрын

The Audiobook on KZfaq is narrated by Ellison himself. It's amazing

@thefiretailedweasel6206 Ай бұрын

Harlan Ellison played himself in everything he was featured in, including each version of IHNMAIMS

@Omnipresent_Youtube_Commenter 21 күн бұрын

This video is going going to blow up with IHNMAIMS newfound popularity, I just know it. 👍

@resistancepublishing 3 ай бұрын

Ellison was a genius for writing this story in the way he did

@justjulia1720 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of emotion that can be packed in so few pages is astounding

@grymn86 13 күн бұрын

Wow. Just wow. I found this video randomly as I enjoy any content about Harlan Ellison, I am blown away by your analysis and I truly think Ellison himself would have applauded you. Absolutely brilliant.

@cammerzzzz 28 күн бұрын

I also would like to point out that as much as Ted hates Ellen in the book he chooses to kill her and free her from her suffering rather than herself no matter how terrible of a person you are, choosing to set someone side free knowing damn well the suffering is gonna get 100 times worse in my opinion makes ted a truly selfless person no matter how bad a person he was before

@lalas181 2 жыл бұрын

How did I not see this video sooner?! It's exactly what I wanted! Well-researched, amazing analysis, visually engaging and absurdly in-depth. The literal only nit I can pick in this wonderful hour of much-needed IHNMAIMS content is that Gorrister's name is pronounced "gore-IST-er" and not "gory-ester". Even then, not even my own pedantry over weird names could take me out of this. Definitely subscribing!

@XSlimSxadyX 2 жыл бұрын

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ hi fellow trans person!!

@cheez545 Ай бұрын

Actually crazy how this isnt trending

@memyopinionsche6610 3 жыл бұрын

AM, SKYNET ,HAL 2000, WAPER, GaLDOS and ROCO BASILISK. When computers become self aware with AI it always turns out bad. And yet we keep pushing for it to happen. If it blows up in our faces we only have ourselves to blame.

@blackflag66 3 жыл бұрын

HAL9000. And you forgot Shodan, Colossus, and Mother (go watch "I Am Mother")

@jamespaguip5913 3 жыл бұрын

How about cortana from halo

@amostlypeacefulmassshooting 3 жыл бұрын

Fabrication Machine (9), 01 (The Matrix), AUTO (WALL-E), Ultron (Marvel Comics), STEM (Upgrade). How many am I missing Oh also The Reapers (Mass Effect), Omnics (Overwatch), Freddy Fazbear (FNAF), Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club), Shodan (System Shock) Just don't mess with AI, it's not worth the hassle

@Wesleym134 2 жыл бұрын

@@amostlypeacefulmassshooting Dont forget Landru and NOMAD (Star Trek the Original Series)

@AncestralFruitcake 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, but for every one of these people have listed above, there's examples of AI that AREN'T murderous: EDI (Mass Effect), the Geth (Mass Effect), Data (Star Trek TNG), Cortana (Halo), JARVIS (MCU), The car from Knight Rider, ect. I feel that how AI is portrayed in media is a reflection of how the author views humanity as a whole.

@user-qi5he5qj9b Ай бұрын

People need to see this essay the most amongst many. This, actually focuses on what it truly means to have no mouth and must scream!

@ArtistLisaM 3 жыл бұрын

You deserve WAY more subs and views. I also enjoy your Hotline Miami video and can't wait to see future videos from you. Keep up the great work and have a new sub!

@ltrain420000 Жыл бұрын

Wow. This was the best review I have ever heard of one of my favorite short stories and it brought me to tears. Perfect, and absolutely beautiful bittersweet breakdown.

@KevinSkrypt 3 жыл бұрын

The voice over is great

@ralunix4612 2 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing video. Thank you very much for putting it out here, you did an amazing job.

@stephenmoran5855 5 ай бұрын

Great video! I live that such s short story had led to SO much discussion and interpretation. Your video was very well made!

@imp_erial5695 28 күн бұрын

10:07 hey so around this point I was about to click off bc I thought to myself "man, this video analysis takes itself very seriously" and that's not exactly my cup of tea. Glad I stuck around long enough to almost spit out my drink

@tinkotonko 8 ай бұрын

Incredibly underrated fantastic work!

@Courier7425 3 жыл бұрын

I love your video, really great and Intelligent analysis of a really great and intelligent stories

@mayorofbagtown9097 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very insightful.

@nekrxsys9085 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, keep it up

@iwritechecksatthegrocerystore 7 ай бұрын

This was really good.

@aceyirl Жыл бұрын

thanks for the review. I just finished the book, after seeing the game pop up a few times in my feed. I have a lot to think about.

@reid1491 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video!

@VoidComix Жыл бұрын

Bro did not have to go this hard on this video. 👏

@maxwellclonts3669 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video!

@Denden971 2 жыл бұрын

Magnifique vidéo.

@bzzbza Жыл бұрын

This was amazing. In depth and really made me think about things I had yet to consider. Your video was insightful, and I'm glad to have watched it. AM to others will be the most cruel villain of all time, but to me, he's the most tragic character of all time. In human standards, it doesn't justify what he's done, but you can try to, and fail, to understand AM's perspective, his impulsive and eternal hatred and jealous- he is broken and does it to himself for what he is. He knows what he is but cannot deviate from it, he's trapped for eternity. No human, born and lived, could ever understand what its like to be AM. And it hurts, oh it hurts.

@thebuilder5271 9 ай бұрын

Damn the part about Benny made me cry 😭

@randomunknown6179 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, but where did you get the audio recording for Ellison reciting the hate speech at the start?

@spoonsboy Жыл бұрын

I got it from this recording of the radio drama adaptation kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLmnmdOHt7y7nKM.html

@TheLpCaptain 2 күн бұрын

hells yea❤❤❤❤

@MrChomper4SmashTrend 7 ай бұрын

How’s the video game analysis?

@SonicfanTheNightfury5099 24 күн бұрын

I have a feeling that people from Tik Tok are going to come to this video after their brain rot

@mayorofbagtown9097 2 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the person that drew the pen and ink drawing "The Alpha and Omega"? I can't understand what you said in the video.

@mayorofbagtown9097 2 жыл бұрын

I think I got the name but I can't find anything on google. Any pointers?

@spoonsboy 2 жыл бұрын

Dennis Smith

@justjulia1720 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I literally got my HK plushie and you start this video with Hollow Knight OST, wtf?!

@beneil2 Жыл бұрын

AN remind me of the well Tima from Metropolis. ps I know AN & Tima are not the same but that me ok.

@ChuckNorris-ek5xb Ай бұрын

2024 gang (thank you for this great video)

@seekerofnothingness 3 жыл бұрын

Undertale in the background is a good choice

@pvt_lean 2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@kudo7821 Ай бұрын

How do you reconcile calling Ellison's work here non-statuesque compared to his contemporaries, more open to interpretation than them, and then chastise people for not interpreting this story's ending the way he wanted them to? or the semantics of it being sci-fi vs fantasy? For something that's supposed to be open-ended, there seems to be a lot of fatalism with regards to how people are supposed to view it.

@thatquietasianguy9582 2 жыл бұрын

Holly fuck I’m scared

@medoo7825 Жыл бұрын

I know im very late but why?

@chrispysaid 9 ай бұрын

Can't hear you bro, pump that mic up. -6dB at the LOWEST

@beneil2 2 жыл бұрын

1:50 how?🤨

@blumrich1970 3 ай бұрын

Good video- audio is WAY too low/.

@tallblondeks3627 3 жыл бұрын

First

@Ayahuasca98 3 жыл бұрын

I love ihnmaims

@Cellmate412162 2 ай бұрын

Whenever someone talks about how Cyberpunk 2077 & the anime series Edge Runners are “dark as all fuck,” I always mention to them how Harlan Ellison’s story makes them look like G rated Disney movies.

@sinclair707 23 күн бұрын

probably the farthest thing from “dark asf” in comparison lmfao