To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1 - Crash Course Literature 210

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In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book. You'll get an overview of the plot, and we'll talk a bit about Mockingbird as an example of bildungsroman (again) and Southern Gothic, and look into the novel as a commentary on the racism and patriarchy of the Alabama in which Harper Lee grew up.
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@Kelly-ik6pn 9 жыл бұрын

"Atticus Finch, one of the most beloved father figures in American Literature" *starts crying uncontrollably*

@-wenschow907 8 жыл бұрын

+Kelly Fulton wut?

@Kelly-ik6pn 8 жыл бұрын

read "Go Set a Watchman"

@claudiabenedito2928 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't like him even before go set a watchman... He compared himself to a racist man and everyone just overlooked it and was like "no he's totes not racist". Lies. He was only so dedicated to the case because he wanted to promote hard work, some sort of good morals and perseverance to his kids

@leichen8132 6 жыл бұрын

He was still a good father. That book just proved that he is just a human been with his own viewpoint

@Laura-qp9iw 6 жыл бұрын

As depressing as reading that book was, I do think it provides some good context for what becoming an adult is like. Sooner or later you will realize that pretty much everyone is problematic in some way. It is much more enjoyable and easy to think of some people as inherently good, but it is important to remember that everyone is complex. I do think it's possible though that that Atticus is perhaps not the exact same Atticus but an earlier version of him in Lee's mind.

@epicfunpeep 9 жыл бұрын

I bet people who have never read this book are wondering why Scout is in a full on Ham costume at 4:32

@aaliyahrosalina917 4 жыл бұрын

Janelle ikr 😂

@yu1kari 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t it Halloween at that point?

@annetteacosta8878 4 жыл бұрын

It’s me, I’m people who have never read

@cjpreach 4 жыл бұрын

"PORK!"

@lizziex7117 4 жыл бұрын

annette acosta - r u confused 😂

@romir3841 10 жыл бұрын

that animation of boo radley coming in to save the day was exactly how i imagined it in the book

@andy4an 8 жыл бұрын

Atticus is the hero, Scout is the narrator, but strangely, Jem seems to be the main character. The first and last paragraph of the book are about Jem. A shocking amount of the book orbits around Jem. Its interesting to read the book with that in mind.

@clarknicol6949 8 жыл бұрын

How many are watching this a day before an exam i wonder?

@josmargarcia7964 8 жыл бұрын

lol me

@jorgeortiz8183 8 жыл бұрын

@af7244 8 жыл бұрын

+Clark Nicol me too

@kykay1937 8 жыл бұрын

Me😂

@amiraaden8336 8 жыл бұрын

@LaurenOpara101 9 жыл бұрын

Why do I even bother going to school when Crash Course exists.

@nincomshit 9 жыл бұрын

Just to clarify: Go Set a Watchman is not a sequel. It was one of the first drafts of To Kill a Mockingbird, written before the version we now know and love. So, Attics does not BECOME a white supremacist but was one originally; Harper Lee actually never intended for Go Set a Watchman to be published. Hopefully, that clears up a bit of confusion.

@spaceacekaitlin333 8 жыл бұрын

If this was before TKAM, then why is Jean Louise 26?

@shiftyrye2743 8 жыл бұрын

+Lauren Wright Has it been CONFIRMED that it was a rough draft?

@coco_writer929 6 жыл бұрын

Have you read it? It's definitely a sequel. A sad one, but it is a sequel.

@coco_writer929 6 жыл бұрын

And Atticus doesn't become a white supremacist. He's against integration, which of course is terrible, but he's not a white supremacist. At least that's not what i took from the book.

@anonymous1370 6 жыл бұрын

ShiftRye 27 Yes, it has been confirmed that Go Set a Watchman was the TKAM's first draft.

@janeyrevanescence12 10 жыл бұрын

Actually, my teacher in high school had a (really) disturbing theory that some of Mayella's seven siblings were actually the result of Ewell raping Mayella.

@kyled9451 6 жыл бұрын

janeyrevanescence12 I wouldn't blame your teacher........

@chupacabra9357 5 жыл бұрын

Literally nobody didn't have that theory

@karenkleiner4945 4 жыл бұрын

When you consider that the mother hasn't been around for years and that some of Mayella's siblings are quite young, it's hard to conclude anything else. Which makes me feel sad for her. No one seems to care about the fact that her father has been abusing her for years. No wonder she was willing to go along with her father's story. She knows no one would protect her from him if she told the truth.

@PumpkinSparks 10 жыл бұрын

I love mockingbird. It's still one of my favourite books. Though I would argue that it is NOT that easy to read. I had quite some trouble comprehending some of the chapters, due to the sothern slang used. But still, and amazing book. Everyone should read it at least once in their lifetime, not just americans! On another note: Vader isn't German, despite what Pitch Perfect says. Now I'm all for praysing the glorious language inventions we have here in Germany, but Vader is not one of them. It's dutch!

@john-alanpascoe5848 10 жыл бұрын

***** Yes, Dutch and German are two different languages. However many of the words are similar. For example in Dutch father is 'vader', and in German it is 'Vater'. Also, to make things more confusing, the German word for German is 'Deutsch', which is easily confused with Dutch, especially if you speak English. The Dutch word for Dutch is 'Nederlands'.

10 жыл бұрын

***** *Dutch= Nederlands NOT Netherlands :)

@arthurbrennan8362 7 жыл бұрын

It is NOT an easy read, although the knuckleheads at Accelerated Reading say the book is appropriate for 5th grade INDEPENDENT reading. Ridiculous!

@nataliam450 6 жыл бұрын

*praising

@militarian9759 6 жыл бұрын

PumpkinSparks YES I’m in AICE GP and I have an exam with part of it in it

@Zuraneve 9 жыл бұрын

The quote at 8:09 reminds me of something my sister said to me over Christmas. My sister, a new mom, said her coworkers were horrified by the thought that my sister plans on teaching her kid the alphabet and simple words and sentences before kindergarden. "You should leave that to the school system." "You're going to be too strict of a parent expecting him to read before kindergarden!" I say good on parents for teaching their kids as early as possible.

@harpothekidrs3282 9 жыл бұрын

I'm reading this for my ninth grade English class, thus far I have loved it.

@negatooskienugget7266 5 жыл бұрын

HarpothekidRS now you’re graduating 😪congrats

@RobertoC0sta 8 жыл бұрын

It's astonishing how fluently and accurately he's able to express himself. Of course, it's on camera and he can edit separate parts, but you can hear he has a talent concerning expression, especially in English. As a foreign speaker, I feel like it's impossible to achieve this skill, unfortunately...

@Kewljack02 8 жыл бұрын

It's possible, but it's unlikely you'll remember most of you're first language considering the unnecessary complexity of the language.

@bucca2 8 жыл бұрын

Uh, no, the Ewells are not one-dimensionally evil. Really only the father is portrayed that way. We know Mayella does little things like save up nickles so her siblings can get ice cream, and Scout can tell Mayella must be very lonely. She does act like a so-called "villain" in court, but only under threat of a beating from her father, no matter how well she plays the part. She's not all good, but she's not all bad either.

@annieranai2198 7 жыл бұрын

that's EXACTLY what he said at the end of the video though....

@jaeger1123 7 жыл бұрын

Well the ice cream thing was only to be home alone with Tom wasn't it? But otherwise I agree

@roseg9103 6 жыл бұрын

I definitely agree that Mayella is not one-dimensionally evil; she's one of the most complex characters in the book. But here's the thing: while she's definitely under pressure from her father, she looks at Tom with real hatred in her eyes. She doesn't *truly* object to accusing and condemning Tom to capital punishment because she broke the social code of no interracial relationships and wants the evidence (Tom) to be put out of mind, no matter what she has to do. If she were to expose her father as who lied in court under oath, it would put a stop to the trial and give Tom Robinson the justice he deserved. It would probably also expose Bob Ewell as an abuser and see him locked up. But she doesn't. Definitely not the actions of someone who's being reluctantly coerced.

@adflajsdhflakjsdf 5 жыл бұрын

small comment: she saved up nickles so her siblings can get ice cream so that they're out of the house so she can force herself on Robinson

@marraer481 5 жыл бұрын

She didn't know what the word "love" meant

@GraceMcFadden 9 жыл бұрын

What's Harper Lee's favorite drink? TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD HAHAHAHAHAHA I'M HILARIOUS

@Tokyoxhipster 9 жыл бұрын

Grace McFadden to-kill-a

@cam.rc58 9 жыл бұрын

honestly, i thought you were going to say 'harper tea.' *cries*

@GraceMcFadden 9 жыл бұрын

Cameron Cooper hahahaha that's also fantastic

@milascave2 8 жыл бұрын

+Grace McFadden Southern Discomfort?

@averageytber5547 8 жыл бұрын

😭 tequila mockingbird shit!!! I didn't see that coming 😭😭😰😭😭😭😭😭😣😣😣😣😣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@vhr 9 жыл бұрын

1:52 Any Alabama resident would know how true this is. "Good Morn-" "ROLL TIDE ROLL."

@billywelker5245 6 жыл бұрын

I live in Alabama and believe me it sucks being a non Alabama fan

@ilovebirds36 5 жыл бұрын

What!? WAR EAGLE!

@ZoggFromBetelgeuse 10 жыл бұрын

The best thing about the German language is actually the cool "construct your own word" feature. Customized über-nouns! User-created content! Yay!

@claspe1049 10 жыл бұрын

netwitch56 Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft is the schoolbook example.

@hannahwilliams5294 10 жыл бұрын

This book will forever be one of my all-time favorites. "Hey, Boo." always brings a tear to my eye. And Roll Tide, John.

@Countrygirltodaladia 9 жыл бұрын

Hi John Green, I was just wondering why you hadn't analyzed your novel, The Fault in Our Stars. I think it would be extremely insightful to hear about what your inspiration was and how and why you wrote it so artfully. Thank you for taking the time to read my comment. -Casey

@l.i.3667 9 жыл бұрын

Countrygirltodaladia While I am not John Green by any means, I would like to respond to your comment. It would be difficult for an author to analyze their own book without bias, and I actually respect him for not trying to review The Fault in Our Stars. He's probably cited inspiration somewhere though (I'm afraid I can't help you there since I am not a fan of the book in question).

@eatenangel 9 жыл бұрын

Countrygirltodaladia What the other reply said is right, analysing your own book would be not only vain but extremely cringeworthy

@tegantalks9612 9 жыл бұрын

The inspiration for TFIOS was a Nerdfighter named Esther Earl, a 16 year old girl he met at a Nerdfighter gathering who was terminally ill. He befriended her and even went to visit her and her friends a few weeks before she passed away. Hazel is loosely based in her, however if you want to find out more about Esther I suggest you read her book, This Star Won't Go Out.

@loocie4636 4 жыл бұрын

I had no idea he was an author!!

@huicheng9160 4 жыл бұрын

@@loocie4636 Same lol, I thought they were different John Greens.

@crashcourse 10 жыл бұрын

In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book. You'll get an overview of the plot, and we'll talk a bit about Mockingbird as an example of bildungsroman (again(man, this description is heavy on parentheses)) and Southern Gothic, and look into the novel as a commentary on the racism and patriarchy of the Alabama in which Harper Lee grew up. To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210

@chocolatesuite19 10 жыл бұрын

Please do The House of Scorpions. It's very interesting.

@ZacharyBittner 10 жыл бұрын

netwitch56 don't get me started on the irony that one of the most fascist computer companies laptops has a sticker that says this machine kills fascists. I guess its forgivable since John green never had a crash course computer science show

@jchobbit 10 жыл бұрын

This was the first novel I ever read and it had a huge impact on my life and my view of the world. Also, in my grade 9 English class I was tring to say how Mayella was a victim of society as well (though that doesn't redeem her for what happened to Tom) I was almost lynched in class. People for some reason thought this made me racist - which I am not.

@99xXxLOLxXx99 10 жыл бұрын

+Zachary Bittner how is it possible for a computer company to be fascist? That is a contradiction.

@miciarokiri5182 10 жыл бұрын

jchobbit That is so strange, because that was one of the points my teacher made sure we understood, she was a victim too.

@alligrim 10 жыл бұрын

One of the things I love about To Kill a Mockingbird is that it has something new to give me every time. I read it for the first time when I was in about fifth grade, and I was proud of myself for being able to follow the plot of such a highly reviewed book. I read it again in 8th grade,and I saw there was much more to it. This video revealed even more to me. I can't wait to read it again.

@weirdaljedifan2 10 жыл бұрын

Vader is Dutch. Vater is German. Either way, how he is called in the movie wouldn't be how you pronounce it.

@Anon54387 6 жыл бұрын

Ever met one of those people who take a joke too seriously? Oh. Incidentally, Dutch is a Germanic language.

@lj1989100 6 жыл бұрын

This always bothers me too. Don't let this guy dismiss you. I agree!

@ascendinggnat3177 6 жыл бұрын

Anon54387, that'd be like arguing it's okay to use a Spanish word while speaking French because they're both Latin languages, but any tutor, teacher, or person that speaks French will tell you you're wrong.

@coby4480 6 жыл бұрын

does it even matter?

@veroanne5565 6 жыл бұрын

Does our native language matter, the native language of almost 100 million people? Yes, I think it does.

@oafkad 10 жыл бұрын

If you are a man and haven't tried peeing while sitting down I highly recommend it. You don't know what you are missing. It is a divine moment to reflect and relax.

@goreoproductions6955 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, Folks! I agree. It’s great

@tadstrange1465 5 жыл бұрын

I mean I sometimes pee a little while I poop.

@zoeferrier858 5 жыл бұрын

k................lol i am a female :)........... why am i so creepy

@Animoody 4 жыл бұрын

This entire comment thread is cursed D:

@nizzy1999 9 жыл бұрын

To kill a mockingbird changed my entire worldview. The thought that something as ordinary as a tiny bird can represent so much is unbelievable. Also, I think the ending is quite a lot like the theme catcher in the rye.

@mythics102 7 жыл бұрын

I just finished the book (like literally 3 minutes ago) and it was incredible. Thank you for this beautiful overview of it!!

@MariahNLoeb 10 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how many people are arguing in the comments about whether or not this is a good book. If you liked it, great! If you didn't, also great! Everyone's viewpoint is important, but guys, let's NOT act like jerks over a subjective topic. Or over any topic.

@Lisa-bs4bq 8 жыл бұрын

Since English is not my first language, the novel contains plenty of new vocabulary to me, however, I don't stop and translate every single one, i skip most of them and i believe i still understand the story in general but the details might be blurry

@valeryposadas7852 8 жыл бұрын

same here but i find the definition of each of them and it is breaking my mind.

@Lisa-bs4bq 8 жыл бұрын

+Valery Posadas that's torture tbh, I would never finish the book if i did so haha

@j_art0117 7 жыл бұрын

try cliffnotes,you can find the summary and analysis for each chapter

@Anya-oe6yt 6 жыл бұрын

That's why I first read a translation. When I finally read the original version I found it much easier to understand and could take time analyzing the details because I already knew the story.

@destinymills255 4 жыл бұрын

"Atticus Finch, one of the most beloved father figures in American Literature" Described as satisfactory in the first chapter.

@pamelagb.585 4 жыл бұрын

Destiny Mills JAJAJAJA

@zachhutch2027 10 жыл бұрын

Dear John, Thanks for making my friend so happy. So, I'm going to tell you a story. My friend, Shelby, is going through her phone emails, waiting for the school bell to ring. She gets you email and yells,"Oh my God, John Green just emailed me!" The teacher asks,"What did he say, what was the email about?" Then Shelby explained that she had asked you a question about your book. I ask, who is John Green, is it this guy? Then I pulled up a Mental Floss video, and the teacher goes, yeah Zach, that's him! I then stated that I didn't realize that you were an author, and everyone flipped out. I just said that I thought you were a famous KZfaqr. Anyways, thanks for making her so happy, I just love seeing people's faces light up. Sincerely, Zach Hutchinson

@Andy_Kitsune 10 жыл бұрын

This is prefect timing. Right now in school we just finished the book and were doing an essay on it. This makes everything a lot clearer and nicer to have you talk about it. Can't wait for part 2!!

@yuanxinliu1000 8 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace, Ms. Lee, you would be missed.

@tri-slosher 9 жыл бұрын

2:53 A year later... SEQUEL CONFIRMED, SEQUEL CONFIRMED, SEQUEL CONFIRMED.

@lane3276 9 жыл бұрын

I died when I heard about that. Now I'm Dad

@zorasmith4880 8 жыл бұрын

If you can call it that...

@wispie1577 8 жыл бұрын

+Sunwoo Kim it's actually more of a prequel....

@TheVergile 7 жыл бұрын

prequel/sequel are not defined by the chronology of their development, but by where they are set in the internal timeline of the fictional work. So, yes, technically it IS a sequel. You cannot call it a "prequel" in any kind of sense.

@TheVergile 7 жыл бұрын

and just to clarify, because this argument gets tossed around a lot: neither is the intent of the author relevant in this. The book was published, so any discussion about whether the author would have ever released it or changed some parts of it after writing and publishing to kill a mockingbird is besides the point. It is set in the timeline after the events of tkam, it clearly references to it, so it meets all the requirements to being a sequel. This doesn't mean that the genesis of these books isn't a worthwhile topic of discussion - just that the categories "sequel/prequel/midquel/etc" are not very useful tools to understand the process of writing a book

@christar5942 10 жыл бұрын

I was so excited that I screamed when I saw this, this is honestly my favorite book.

@PrillyMcPrillinson 10 жыл бұрын

Its worth pointing out that Tom is described as making a mad dash to escape prison, climbing halfway up the fence (With a practically useless left arm), and being shot by the guards present. I don't think I need to point out whats fishy about that statement.

@marluxes 10 жыл бұрын

Would you say Tom's actions draw his true actions and motives into question, or the actions and "testimony" of the guards who shot him "escaping"?

@PrillyMcPrillinson 10 жыл бұрын

Samuel Spence Only the credibility of the guards, but you bring up an interesting point there.

@elijahawkins 10 жыл бұрын

It's been a little while since I've read the novel, but as I recall Tom was getting extremely desperate to return for his family, and even though his arm was useless (to the point where he couldn't even keep it on a bible to swear in court), he was otherwise extremely able of body, considering that he was still able to work with only one arm, even busting up a chest or something with a hatchet for Mayella at one point. That being said I think that the guards definitely overreacted, but it's not as if they staged the incident.

@apirateoftheair 10 жыл бұрын

Also remember that the guards didn't just shoot him once. It's been a little while since I've read the book, but Robinson was shot around 10-15 times. A bit of overkill, isn't it?

@christinereardon644 10 жыл бұрын

apirateoftheair The year I got married (and so a year I remember well) including many shootings by police that went well into double digit shots being fired, including Amadou Diallo. As a result, 10 to 15 hardly seems like overkill to me anymore.

@Commandelicious 8 жыл бұрын

Vader does not mean father in german. Vater does. Sorry to spoil the fun :D

@menoleya 8 жыл бұрын

It does in dutch!

@morgangrider7676 8 жыл бұрын

Väter is the word for fathers in German.

@harrietmilton8397 8 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, it's a bastardisation of Dark Father in German

@Commandelicious 8 жыл бұрын

Bastardisation fits :D Vater is it. Pronounced roughly "Fa-ter" As isF instead of the Wader we say to Vader :D

@bucca2 8 жыл бұрын

Well of course they can't straight-up use the word Vater, that would be weird and it sounds too unfamiliar to English-speakers.

@raashiljain3796 10 жыл бұрын

OMG i just realized that this john green is the one who wrote the fault in our stars....MIND BLOWN

@LauchlinM. 10 жыл бұрын

I always found it equally ironic and fitting that the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was the descendant of the Confederate general, Robert E. Lee.

@TheSquidPro 10 жыл бұрын

Actually never mind, I read more onto the old general and the more anecdotes I find the less convincing my claim started being.

@nickj.648 10 жыл бұрын

Well E. Lee wasn't fighting for the South because he approved of slavery but because he felt he had to protect the southern traditions of his home state (Virginia I believe). He actually complied with the Emancipation Proclamation and released his slaves 6 months before Ulysses S. Grant released his.

@mutantbloodbath21 10 жыл бұрын

They weren't related...

@dukeoflytham 10 жыл бұрын

Vader is DUTCH for father not German !!

@stevenmessmer3088 10 жыл бұрын

try typing in "vater" into your google translate

@dukeoflytham 10 жыл бұрын

I was referring to Vader not Vater , is indeed German

@haye7475 10 жыл бұрын

dukeoflytham to america it's close enough

@sharonchase4802 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ANDELE3025 10 жыл бұрын

Both West Germanic languages, its like arguing between Latin and Italian.

@mialarrigy8080 10 жыл бұрын

Could you do a literature crash course on George Orwell's 1984??

@angeladalessandro266 10 жыл бұрын

I love Crash Course! I love how articulate and logical your ideas are on these books. Your analysis is perfectly succinct, no fluffyness. Crash Course makes my appetite for reading even more ravenous.

@footiepajamas101 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so so so much for providing closed captioning to your viewers!!! Your support to this aspect of videos is encouraging :)

@erikponciano 10 жыл бұрын

I think I'm thirsty, I keep hearing TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD.

@Timbowskie87 10 жыл бұрын

omg that's all I hear now..........I think I like it better

@BobHutton 10 жыл бұрын

You must have been watching Get Smart.

@theoriginalsache 10 жыл бұрын

Fun thing about Harper Lee, while she may never have written another novel, she was instrumental towards the writing of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood". She did most of his research and conducted the majority of his interviews on account of how most of the interviewees were too unsettled by Capote to talk to him. She is a major character in both movies based on the writing of "In Cold Blood" and if you watch the one where Capote is played by Toby Jones (as opposed to Phillip Seymore Hoffman), Nell Harper Lee is actually played by Sandra Bullock. She just turned 88, I believe, and, apparently, every year, a few people (journalists and lit majors, mostly) show up at her house randomly, and she frequently invites them in for tea. On that note, please don't show up at Harper Lee's house uninvited. Even if she will invite you in.

@carolineb9767 10 жыл бұрын

By far, one of my favorite books. So much depth and intuition, and Atticus is the coolest dad ever

@username55ify 7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I remember pretending to read this in middle school.

@ClaudiaExcaret 7 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha have you consider actually reading it?

@juliar684 10 жыл бұрын

I would love an Animal Farm Literature Crash Course!

@Shabangua77 10 жыл бұрын

Congrats John Green, one of Time 100 Most Influential People!

@anthonydwyer1783 7 жыл бұрын

Totally passing my English exam

@Jondatorials550 7 жыл бұрын

Anthony Dwyer yo same but im just worried about the quotes. btw how did u do?

@ClaudiaExcaret 7 жыл бұрын

Did you pass?

@Jondatorials550 7 жыл бұрын

Claudia Santos i passed off with an 80% so yea i count that as a pass if u do lol

@ClaudiaExcaret 7 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha I saw the video after reading the book and without a clear purpose but its great to see that is useful enough for exams haha

@Jondatorials550 7 жыл бұрын

Claudia Santos just know the quotes and the characters and u should be good lol u can also find quizlets on it there really useful as well mine was honestly not as bad as i thought it was going to be

@TonytheTaiwaneseTurtle 8 жыл бұрын

Backpfeifengesicht is the best German word ever invented

@willleger2917 8 жыл бұрын

+Yenish Cartoons Channel that means black whistling face

@anniibunni 8 жыл бұрын

+Will Leger No it doesn't. "Back" means bake, schwarz is black.

@katharinadembach3716 7 жыл бұрын

+Anna Nikitin actually in this context it mean cheak.And the word refers to a face that calls out for a slap (Backpfeife is a slap in the face Gesicht is face).

@anniibunni 7 жыл бұрын

Katharina Dembach Oh yeah, that makes sense too. :)

@totalNaervich 10 жыл бұрын

German language and Judith Butler quote? Best crash curse episode EVER!

@jamesgreen6251 10 жыл бұрын

I never read Finch as being 'rich' if anything being a small town lawyer he turned his back on wealth. You don.t get wealthy letting farmers pay you in turnips (or whatever it was).

@gaithorn 10 жыл бұрын

Rich in comparison to his neighbors. He has a house in town itself, and can afford a house servant. And even if he's being paid in produce, he's getting enough produce to eat regularly (I don't remember Scout and Jem complaining about long-term hunger). Which means he's a good 12 parsecs ahead of the dirt farmers living outside town. Granted, ship him off to Birmingham, and his kids are dead in a year from chronic malnutrition and living in an unsanitary hovel; but, in rural Alabama, Atticus Finch is a mini-Croesus.

@posthumorously 10 жыл бұрын

"Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers." - Chapter 2 (page 21 in my copy)

@jamesgreen6251 10 жыл бұрын

Oh he's definitely middle class, I just don't think this is one of those 'rich white folks helping the poor black people who aren't able to help themselves' stories. Which isn't that unfair actually, its very hard, if not impossible, for the down-trodden to stand up with out at least a little help.

@ethanhunsaker9363 10 жыл бұрын

I feel so educated when I watch things like this and can appreciate the draws of contrast and commentary on society.

@battleflight3333 9 жыл бұрын

I am not one often found composing KZfaq comments, though now I find myself compelled to express my appreciation for these videos. The wonderfully entertaining and informative collection of lessons available to me thanks to Crash Course not only assists me in my studies but also in my own personal writing. I'm not so confident as to say I'm even close to being a mediocre wordsmith, but as a friend of John and Hank Green's said, it's alright to suck at writing- it is sucking at writing that makes writers not suck. Or something similar.. Thank you for providing such educational content, Love, A kid who has to pass their English test Thursday.