The Sound and the Fury (W. Faulkner) - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis
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The Sound and the Fury (1929)
William Faulkner
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@ambigiousmallcop 9 жыл бұрын
My God...four and a half years in college studying English and you just summed up one of Southern Literature's most convoluted narratives in a way that made more sense than anything ever taught to me within the four walls of a classroom. Here's my subscribe. You earned it. Real Talk...
@chrishenson4450 4 жыл бұрын
Read it in 1990. Just this moment had precisely the same awakening you did. Thanks, Thug Notes!
@kymo6343 Жыл бұрын
And in four minutes no less XD
@roniquebreauxjordan1302 Жыл бұрын
I just died ..😄😄😄...but...the real irony was hearing...I I kid you not...an intercessionary prayer for W. Faulkner yesterday at mass...I blinked..twice.
@MovieCompoundBoat 10 жыл бұрын
"Because Willie don't give a Faulk." Well played.
@mauricedavis2160 11 ай бұрын
Absolutely, well played Professor, well played!!!🙏👌📖👻❣️
@hnieberg 9 жыл бұрын
Willy don't give a Faulk...I'm done
@trajanfidelis1532 9 жыл бұрын
pussy...
@cappy2282 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best novels ever. *Benjy's narrative and age can be determined by which of Dilseys children are watching over him -Luster in the present -T.p during Benjy's teenage yrs -Versh during Benjys infancy and childhood 👍
@alexf02071999 10 жыл бұрын
Shame this book is taught at high schools and a load of unwilling readers end up hating it. Faulkner's style definitely isn't for everyone, but I personally think it's fantastic.
@sugarmackb 7 жыл бұрын
alexf02071999 I enjoyed the book but my teacher ruined it by making our reading quizzes memorizing the exact dates of shifts and labeling them in a given excerpt
@otherpill7008 7 жыл бұрын
sugarmackb hello, since you liked the book, could you explain to me one thing? I understood that Questin Compson was planning to commit suicide (the second chapter ending made it clear too) and I understood that he did the act when Caroline was talking about the letters, but where is it mentioned that he jumped and drowned in the river?
@sugarmackb 7 жыл бұрын
Other Pill in Jason's chapter "at Harvard they teach you to swim at night without water...." I don't know the exact quote but it's something like this
@otherpill7008 7 жыл бұрын
sugarmackb o.. I remember that. I'll read the complete book again. I love Faulkner really. I kinda raced through it in 4days. I'll read it again slower now.
@kymo6343 Жыл бұрын
Literally every book High Schools make kids read are books that kids really should not read...
@EricLeafericson 10 жыл бұрын
I remember reading this book for a 4th grade assignment, and not understanding anything that was happening. Why the hell would a 4th grade teacher assign such difficult reading, in an OUT OF ORDER story, to a bunch of kids?
@darthgaul1 10 жыл бұрын
4th grade?! That's messed up.
@EricLeafericson 10 жыл бұрын
Darthgaul Yes. 4th fucking grade. I don't know why. I don't think the teacher works at the school, thank god.
@althecomm 9 жыл бұрын
MacTownShores Well he is Batman.
@qazedc3 8 жыл бұрын
+EricLeafericson yeah wtf, I'm studying this in a 2nd year University English literature class right now.
@mahendrakrisnamurti9599 7 жыл бұрын
might be an attempt to give a kid stimuli to know more about something they don't understand. It sounds really good but mostly it backfired resulting the kids say "Fuck this shit I'm done"
@bluesilkdesigns 8 жыл бұрын
Quentin's pic is Franz Kafka lol
@PaperweightBoxing 5 жыл бұрын
Who was, himself, a giant baby.
@dullknifefactory 5 жыл бұрын
@@PaperweightBoxing I don't feel as though that describes him well.
@PaperweightBoxing 5 жыл бұрын
@@dullknifefactory Yes it does. His father supported him until just before Franz's death at age-40. Moreover, the author wasn't the least bit grateful, constantly bickering with his father.
@junkiemozart 3 ай бұрын
@@PaperweightBoxingbickering is crazy😭bro his father was abusive
@doommagic 10 жыл бұрын
Was wondering when you'd get to Faulkner finally. And I agree. I hated this book when studying it in school because it was confusing as hell and had no central character. Thanks for putting it down in real terms as always, Professor Sweets.
@maiamaito 10 жыл бұрын
It's not important book has central character or no. The most important is Idea of book, character's feelings. It was the best book i had ever read.
@doommagic 8 жыл бұрын
maia gulisashvili Love it if you wish. I still think it's confusing as hell.
@maiamaito 8 жыл бұрын
Doommagic ok : ))
@JoDoSa Жыл бұрын
The fact I only found out about this show years after it ended, brings tears to my eyes. This is just awesome
@Newgenerationkid17 10 жыл бұрын
"... He dead." I will never tire of hearing that.
@ashleylesiak4114 7 жыл бұрын
I really don't think this book should be taught in high school. It's way too advanced and disorienting. Reading this book should be a labour of love for literature, not a chore.
@squashman2089 5 жыл бұрын
True. Just finished it as a choice a novel for my Juniot English class. I love the book with all of my heart, its probably my favorite, but I would never force anyone to undergo such a trial
@julialostetter8855 3 жыл бұрын
I tried to read it for a book report my senior year and just couldn't. I had to ask my teacher if I could switch books.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 жыл бұрын
I think anyone sane should take it slow and go through these fun videos first, to get a feel for the story and want to know some more. Go through it all step by step.
@jackmealor8455 8 ай бұрын
I’m in a dual enrollment class in high school and we’re currently doing this, although I guess it’s 13th grade curriculum. When you prep it with discussing romanticism and modernism, you can grasp it more. You need a good teacher and a student who’s willing to try
@LikeMike1234100 10 жыл бұрын
Good lord man, you're just so awesome, words cannot explain.
@ejbennable 9 жыл бұрын
So how do I site Thug Notes in my bibliography?
@edgarmanuelcambaza6459 8 жыл бұрын
APA Style: Wisecrack (2014). The Sound and the Fury (W. Faulkner) - Thug Notes Summary and Analysis. KZfaq. Retrieved from kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJacapealrnVqJc.html at 01-04-2016.
@ilqrd.6608 7 жыл бұрын
site???
@caleb688 5 жыл бұрын
@@edgarmanuelcambaza6459 MLA format?
@omniunown 4 жыл бұрын
Convince whoever you need to to drop MLA and use APA or Chicago instead.
@kyokuslaps2411 4 жыл бұрын
@@omniunown I can't, it's the standard for my english class
@karaamundson3964 2 жыл бұрын
I adore Faulkner and this was the first of his books that I read. It was sitting on my folks' shelves, 1st paperback edition, the glue in the spine flaking to bits. When I moved to Seattle I spent hours in used book stores combing the shelves for titles and eventually acquired just about everything he wrote. Good ol' Yoknapatawpha County and all of its mad inhabitants... I still have that old copy of TS&TF.
@SaraIcy 5 жыл бұрын
This book is extremely challenging but that does not change the fact that it is freaking amazing.
@matrkgentry6685 5 жыл бұрын
Read this book when I was a sophomore in high school. It was tough going ,but worth it. I consider it Falkner finest work.
@Tyfu39944 8 жыл бұрын
This was honestly really helpful mate, mind blown when explained where the title could be sourced from
@HistoryMovieCritic 8 жыл бұрын
This gangsta synopsis was 20 times more coherent than the actual book. Worst thing I was ever forced to read. Brilliant video.
@rikochette25 9 жыл бұрын
I loved this book in hindsight of the struggle to read and understand it. Faulkner was brilliant in the concept of writing from the character's perspectives. It showcases how perspective influences characters actions in the story. Not every action can be justified, but good or bad, maybe they don't have to. Given the chaos of the human experience, amplified by various personalities, it can be said that a simple moment in life can be so confusing, if not rich. Life, even in its most uneventful moments, can rage and turn. It just depends on how and where you look at it from.
@bethelshiloh 3 жыл бұрын
This book sounds like my large family of siblings recalling our rearings. We each remember different things differently. It was complicated, but very interesting. So far, I understand Benjy’s narrative best. Wonder what that means about me?
@thezdbailey 10 жыл бұрын
I was hoping he would do a Faulkner book. I had to read the short story "A Rose for Emily" in college and it still haunts me to this day. Amazing writer.
@ClydeLeeM 10 жыл бұрын
I love this book, there is no single central arc, but there's arcs up and down in confusingly timeless matters throughout the plot with each character. They all show the same angles of life a little differently.
@landonoberg519 5 жыл бұрын
"Don't give a *faulk* " This is why I love this series.
@MrJeffBarg 7 жыл бұрын
I read this book while I was in college. I slogged through it in a few weeks for an assignment, but we were getting tested on it, so I read it again. The second time through was so much easier, and every time you read it you learn something new. After that, I read it 4 times in a month.
@nz1229 Жыл бұрын
I love these no-nensense reviews which get right to the point.
@limegreenelevator 10 жыл бұрын
"Willy don't give a FAULK." Well-spun.
@AshleaAnnya 3 жыл бұрын
Where has this been my whole life 😭? You, my good sir, are a gem
@celticraven3932 9 жыл бұрын
Good job tacklin' this one, brother. Faulkner's novels are all faulked up. His short stories, though, now those are damned good and incredibly understandable. Curious.
@HighPeerAeon 10 жыл бұрын
I lost it when I saw Kafka. My face might as well have been one of those "reaction images."
@pianiplunker1981 10 жыл бұрын
The picture of Caddy is Evelyn Nesbit.
@bortmaximus 10 жыл бұрын
Look at all those Faulks that Willy didn't give! That was down right poetical, Thuggy.
@TheGmoney4980 10 жыл бұрын
I've never read this literature. However after watching this awesome,informative video. All I have to say is "He Deeeaad."
@specialtramp 8 жыл бұрын
HE DEAD! Bwahahaha! Srsly tho, excellent summary and explanation of the themes of the book and how they are communicated through it's structure and use of language. You are a true scholar, sir!
@yammmit 8 жыл бұрын
its*
@derojomanos-des2496 8 жыл бұрын
"Srsly tho" Me: Oh great one of those idiots who can't spell. *Well spoken and great sentence structure* WELL THEN
@CrimsonAlice 10 жыл бұрын
Wrote a paper in high school about comparing the POV's to the different aspects of Freuds structural model of the psyche (id, ego, superego), each brother being a part of Caddys own mindset
@petrakupper7098 2 жыл бұрын
Niice!
@awesomemusictaste 10 жыл бұрын
I wondered if you were ever going to tackle this one... Color me impressed!
@Horomaru 10 жыл бұрын
The Sound and the Fury is perhaps my all-time favorite book (hell, it took me around five days to read it) but damn, this was too damn funny. Kudos!
@averybrooks5233 10 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure this is the greatest channel on KZfaq.
@allisondouglass5549 10 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that waits all week for your videos? I purposefully waited all day to watch your video because its something to look forward to during the day! I was wondering which book you would do next. I'm reading 'All Quiet on the Western Front' because of you. I found it at my school library and decided to check it out. I got excited when I found your cited quotes in the book. Anyways see you next week playa!
@haltersweb Жыл бұрын
This book and "All the King's Men" were my absolute favorites in High School. Hardly read any of the other books I was assigned to in secondary school, but these two captured me!
@samanthapoyssick5109 10 жыл бұрын
I get so sad that I have to wait until the next Tuesday for the next Thug Notes. :( Honestly, as an editor, you are my absolute favorite. Try and read one classic each night so I can wake up and get my shot-to-the-arm. :)
@kyoko703 10 жыл бұрын
Another great episode! Gotta get my learn on!!!!
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 жыл бұрын
That was brilliant. You deserve all the subs.
@kimbrownct1 10 жыл бұрын
If you could do The Jungle next! Love that book.
@chris.hartliss 3 жыл бұрын
I'm SO happy you put the preacher's sermon in there!
@RedHotMuse12 10 жыл бұрын
They should cover The Giver. I remember it being one of my favorite books in school :)
@aaronfetty93 10 жыл бұрын
Great book great analyst as always.
@owenhelmkamp3535 4 жыл бұрын
I read this as a sophomore in high school in my Honors English class we were all assigned different books, about two people were assigned to each book, and I chose this one not realizing how much of a pain in the ass it would be. We had to write a paper about an issue that was covered in the book and connect it to the modern time and it had to be 5 pages long. I did mine about sexuality and the other person did hers on mental illness.
@ANIMALFLYER456 10 жыл бұрын
Great review
@giuliaromano3542 7 жыл бұрын
I'm in love with this video!
@erinbailey4754 10 жыл бұрын
Amazing as always, Sir. I knew that the title sounded familiar.
@Akentrophyta 10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this one, a really tough novel but very satisfying to finish. Go ahead, do Gravity's Rainbow!
@666bishopTPRpro 8 жыл бұрын
This........is brilliant!
@ToddKeener 10 жыл бұрын
WE be learning!
@sirliridon.4419 3 жыл бұрын
We is learning *
@freakkiller277 10 жыл бұрын
"Willy don't give a Faulk"- kudos on that, that was genius.
@alphamarshan 10 жыл бұрын
Great video - love your channel man. What about Candide by Voltaire?
@thomastempleman2029 8 жыл бұрын
Do "As I Lay Dying", only so you can validate the toddler's only chapter.
@MistitledProstitute 10 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@joshray3855 8 жыл бұрын
diggin' that Brandenburg Concerto 3 in G Major for the analysis on this one! well read for life! well listened for life!
@pastaman8312 Жыл бұрын
This was actually very helpful
@captainawk043 10 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, I wish this video had existed for my freshman year of college.
@owenhelmkamp3535 6 жыл бұрын
CaptainAwk I read this in my Sophomore year of High School and I had to write a report on it. The report was about how sexuality doesn’t just effect yourself.
@geesealyse 10 жыл бұрын
My favorite novel! You definitely need some guidance the first time you read it but after that it's a breeze. The book has no central plot, but that certainly doesn't mean Faulkner's not saying anything. He's saying a ton about time, family relationships, God, mental illness, race, and societal norms.
@gabrielacortes9113 5 жыл бұрын
Love all the vids... please do "Kite Runner"
@hughlingshimwich6178 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@angelamassey4232 10 жыл бұрын
Could you do the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturlson or Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins? Either one would be great! Keep up the good, work by the way.
@AnComJohnny 9 жыл бұрын
You guys NEEEEEEED to do As I Lay Dying by Faulkner... an awesome story which I could see you guys doing really well.
@bubblemaximus6500 10 жыл бұрын
So much love.
@jordanalexander9892 8 жыл бұрын
I am a huge fan of your channel man, keep it up!! Can you please do As I lay dying by Faulkner and Bleak House by Charles Dickens?!?!?!
@russianbot2855 10 жыл бұрын
Do Faust please!
@MegaZeroBlues 10 жыл бұрын
Haha! I love that the fucked up Quentin dude is Franz Kafka's face.
@TheVCRTimeMachine Жыл бұрын
I just read the whole thing and thought I had it down pat, but now I finally understand it.
@cj-seejay-cj-seejay 10 жыл бұрын
please do Antigone, it was one of my favorite things I read in high school
@shaylamariah 10 ай бұрын
i hated this book in school but you just made perfect sense of it to me. thank you v much
@yvonne2965 8 жыл бұрын
This is the best stuff I have Eva seen.. I love Literature and this is a treat💋
@Arcue1d 9 жыл бұрын
"But since william don't give a fuck, he gotta confuse the hell out of u with another character named Quentin" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XDDD
@raxelleon8189 7 жыл бұрын
I actually am in a class right now which is all about Faulkner and Fitzgerald. The stuff Sparky talks about here is very helpful because it will help me understand what the Modernism movement is all about.
@JesusIsKingAndSavior 5 жыл бұрын
Thug Notes - Thank you.
@mischaavros5444 5 жыл бұрын
I always saw this story as 3 different men who are all trying to possess a woman (Caddie or Quentin), and they all fail because they are all too crippled mentally or emotionally to understand that women are people, not objects. And after 3 attempts, there is the fourth part about Dilsey, who has just stopped even trying. I know this isn't what Faulkner was going for, he was trying to convey the grief he felt at losing his ... daughter, I think, but that's what stands out most to me. Also, to me, the song Don't Stop Believing, by Journey, will always be about Quentin and that guy she skipped town with, and what their lives are like afterwards.
@Sunchildflowerchild 10 жыл бұрын
VIDEO REQUEST: The metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Please :) it would be great to see your own interpretation of the book.
@Machimachina 10 жыл бұрын
Only book I cliff noted, and I don't regret it. Its almost impossible to read straight, if you aren't already in on the joke.
@SkotFischer 10 жыл бұрын
Not one of my favorite books but well covered. Quite right about the lack of central complication dragging the book in a confusing mess.
@plvannest 10 жыл бұрын
Great (as always)! Would love to see "God's Little Acre."
@grantjones7592 10 жыл бұрын
As hard as this book was to read I really liked it. But damn, those first two sections were a clusterfuck lol
@LeonidThe90sKid 10 жыл бұрын
Feeling this channel yo! Though i can't wait till the day Edmond Dantes delivers some righteousness up in here :)
@gloriabeckley7464 10 жыл бұрын
The Count of Monte Cristo PLEEEASE Soon!
@yocampout 10 жыл бұрын
I didn't come to that analysis in lit but I can dig it. very cool
@kevindevilling8698 10 жыл бұрын
The first time I read TSATF I thought I was going to have an aneurism...but a teacher, (not unlike you Sweets), turned me on to the symbolic and instructive nature of the title. When I re-read it it made me realize that in spite of it's unorthodox format and pacing, it was a powerful lens turned on human relationships and theology. The seemingly lucid perspective of the fourth segment of the book appears to support the idea that religion and orthodoxy bring clarity, but in fact, our lives are chaos and religion is merely a self-delusion that allows us to accept the otherwise futile and chaotic universe around us. Beneficial but still pointless beyond providing a construct of comfort for all of us.
@ceramicchicken1 10 жыл бұрын
good way to end the night
@RODERICKMOLASAR 6 жыл бұрын
That wiggin' out portrait at timecode 0:54 was over the top hilarious. But that's pretty much how I feel until I've had my morning dose of caffeine.
@TheJaredtheJaredlong 10 жыл бұрын
Do Finnegans Wake next!
@tarico4436 10 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha ha. Tee he he. You funny, jared.
@TheJaredtheJaredlong 10 жыл бұрын
lol, I can't begin to guess how long a video would have to be just to summarize that book, let alone even attempt to analyze it. It would probably take a 4 minute video just to analyze a single sentence.
@tarico4436 10 жыл бұрын
TheJaredtheJaredlong I met a fellow reader once, and she said she was reading a book on how to read Finnegan's Wake. Those mountains are too high for me.
@sullywinchester2910 10 жыл бұрын
Great book
@JiriTeller 10 жыл бұрын
I WAS WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS DAY. FAVOURITE BOOK. *sorry for the fangirling
@TheeBeard1984 10 жыл бұрын
"Willy don't give a Faulk." Lol. Very punny.
@travelersworldcafellc7036 4 жыл бұрын
I just clipped dudes script here for my book report. I love Yale! Dudes won't notice tho right brah?
@1998awest 10 жыл бұрын
I have to wonder if Sparky Sweets, PhD is stimulating more love and discussion for classic literature than any English teacher alive. Outstanding work, Dr. Sweets. I love your vids even for books that I hated reading (ahm, "Ethan Frome"). I've been pimping Thug Notes to anyone who will listen.
@hiplobonoxa 10 жыл бұрын
i'm the same way. i teach in a high school and i am hesitant to bring thug notes up on a professional level. that being said, if i see a student who i have a good relationship who seems to be struggling through a book, i'll take his or her phone, bring up the accompanying thug notes, and watch a smile appear and understanding and appreciation unknowingly seeps in. as teachers, we are sometimes limited by the system in how far we can go to inspire learning. thank you, sparky sweets, ph.d., for picking up where we have to leave off. =)
@1998awest 10 жыл бұрын
hiplobonoxa Haha, that's great to hear. I can tell you are a good teacher, and it sounds like you go out of your way to relate to the kids. Most of my English teachers were stuffy as hell. Unfortunately, standards of decorum discourage showing innovators like Dr. Sweets, but this is great stuff that would likely stimulate interest in literature. Btw, my mom who's 70 just read "All Quiet on the Western Front" for her book club. I sent her Thug Notes on that, and she said it was spot on. :)
@lahaza6515 3 жыл бұрын
Who is this amazing & hilarious man?
@willrite7531 7 жыл бұрын
Do a series on Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha!
@TeatroGrotesco 4 жыл бұрын
" 'Cause Willie don't give a Faulk..." Now THAT is real literary analysis.
@jordanbenjamin3036 8 жыл бұрын
There's something enchanting about a southern atmosphere in literature and movies....
@NeoMaddy 10 жыл бұрын
This is the only book I've ever read that I felt taught me absolutely nothing. Thanks for breaking it down. Still doesn't make it a good or even worthwhile real.
@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 2 жыл бұрын
I think it's like exercise, going to bed early or piano scales. You sew nothing at the time. But long run, you're better for it.
@HemeHaci 10 жыл бұрын
Hey professor, please Anna Karenina or The Karamazov Brothers next time (or hopefully close future) :) And fantastic work as always.
@HussainAli-ee6ru 9 жыл бұрын
This is my version for cramming for the AP test
@avatohh 9 жыл бұрын
Hasan Ali Same. It's all about the essays bro.
@SoulfulMole 2 жыл бұрын
Some good shit, this book review.
@UnBreakableCell 10 жыл бұрын
Please do The Night Circus
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