Where the Red Fern Grows - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis

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From plot debriefs to key motifs, Thug Notes’ Where the Red Fern Grows Summary & Analysis has you covered with themes, symbols, important quotes, and more.
Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)
by Wilson Rawls
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@firebaby7 8 жыл бұрын

WOOF....WOOF....Muthafuckaaaaaaassss lmfao

@zumzoz7245 8 жыл бұрын

Hahhahahha

@henrygeoghegan815 8 жыл бұрын

+firebaby7 Impeccable

@chase.7780 8 жыл бұрын

+firebaby7 damnit i was gonna post that

@therealrunesead 8 жыл бұрын

+Chase M Me too!

@callmejaked7600 5 жыл бұрын

Yo u Hamz or somethin

@imshinycaptain 8 жыл бұрын

There are two kinds of people in this world. People who cried during "Where the Red Fern Grows" and liars.

@Chris_Meade 8 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I wouldn't trust anyone who claims they didn't cry at the end of this book

@EnderSheeper 8 жыл бұрын

Well actually some mortals say they _absolutely hate animals_. Which is funny because humans are animals too, but the mortals think they are so superior to come up with their own name for themselves, such as "people" just to ignore the fact that pretty much everything on earth is ether an animal, plant object, dark, light, or some form of matter like plasma, gas, solid, or liquid. The only living things are animals and plants (unless you count teeny organisms). If you really still don't get it, use the process of elimination. Humans aren't plants. They aren't bacteria. They are a living creature that is an animal species that tries to classify themselves as something else. Oh, wow I went on another comment rant. Sometimes I just get carried away. Sorry for the trouble I may have caused you if you read this far.

@An_Ian 8 жыл бұрын

no the 2 types of pepole are thous who divide pepole into 2 groups and thos who dont

@imshinycaptain 8 жыл бұрын

No the two types of people are those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

@omegagilgamesh 8 жыл бұрын

I'm the third kind of person: I legitimately didn't cry, likely because I didn't read it. And after that summary, I doubt I will, because I WILL cry, like a BITCH, if I read it.

@DecayingReverie 8 жыл бұрын

I read this book in second grade. It stands as the first book to ever make me cry.

@NandiTimes 8 жыл бұрын

Same

@ithydoodles 8 жыл бұрын

Didn't read it until I was in sixth grade. And had to read it twice (because I had to move in December of 6th grade.). Think I still have the book lying around

@jaredhall5169 8 жыл бұрын

+Decaying Reverie Goodnight Mr Tom for me.

@tracistuart3016 8 жыл бұрын

+Decaying Reverie Same,I didn't even cry at my grandma's funeral. But the picture of my Grandma holding my dead dog did.

@7thlittleleopard7 8 жыл бұрын

+Decaying Reverie Mine was 'Sasha, my Friend'. It had another name, but I remember it by that one.

@hitomisalazar4073 7 жыл бұрын

Probably the only assigned reading I had in school that really stuck with me. In particular what the Grandpa said about Faith to Billy. "You have to meet God halfway. You put in the sweat, toil, and time, and he'll give you the strength and will to continue." Deep lesson that really sticks with you, and just writing that quote got me all tearing up.

@gianlucaherrera5472 10 ай бұрын

For me it was Fahrenheit 451, the only book I can remember that I enjoyed reading everything 🤮

@stickilstickel 7 жыл бұрын

"A kid's book"? I just mentally witnessed a child chuck up blood and die from tripping on a blade.

@MarchingGrrl 6 жыл бұрын

I totally forgot about that, but now I'm remembering reading it in elementary school. I would read one sentence at a time and then look out the window for a while, so I didn't get sick. There aren't a lot of things that I have to read like that, but if I re-read WtRFG, I think that scene will still be one of them.

@redram5150 5 жыл бұрын

Trips on an axe and “fuck” shows up a dozen times in that scene. Kids books were hard core back when

@chaseeasttexaspowerlifts9201 5 жыл бұрын

@@redram5150 not exactly fuck but alot of cuss words do pop up in that chapter

@kaley3239 3 жыл бұрын

we literally read this book in my 7th grade class lmfaooaoa

@TheBrownSys 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is a kids book. No kid that read this book tried to take an axe to some dogs and tripped on it. Many other valuable lessons in this book as well. Better to learn early.

@dillonleon5558 7 жыл бұрын

"Because we're about to cry like pussys" best explanation of this book ever

@Laurennn 6 жыл бұрын

"Billy just can't figure out why his pups had to die, and you know what me either man bullshit" 😂

@starinight6936 8 жыл бұрын

This was the first book to make me cry. I was actually crying so hard that I made my mom read the last couple pages for me.

@Sunny-uh5bc 8 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@starinight6936 8 жыл бұрын

+Lyrion Tannister why? I was 7 years old.

@Sunny-uh5bc 8 жыл бұрын

+StariNight69 I mean I understand what you mean. The book was so emotional that it drove you to tears. But you should've been able to finish the book instead of having your mother read it.

@EdwardLCheeverII 8 жыл бұрын

+StariNight69 First book to make me cry too. I just curled up in my bed and sobbed.

@cry-piddawg Жыл бұрын

⁠⁠@@Sunny-uh5bc they were 7, why are you trying to be rude?

@kadencet3950 7 жыл бұрын

"WOOF WOOF MUTHAFUKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSS" I CANT STAP LAUGHING 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@pattiweigand 7 жыл бұрын

That makes me laugh so hard..

@sucons4254 4 жыл бұрын

“Yeah I cried, so what?” I respect you so much man.

@joshuathehand8214 8 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you did this one justice bro. this book is BELOVED by everyone over 40. For a lot of us this was the first time we EVER read about death and loss. When i was a kid EVERYONE had to read this around 4th or 5th grade. And we all went home to hug our dogs...

@SeiferVII 6 жыл бұрын

I'm only in my late 20's and we also had to read it in 3rd grade. Our teacher cried, which made the entire class cry. Damn, even this summary made me tear up...

@critterfreek83 5 жыл бұрын

I’m 35, and I had to read this in 5th grade. Devastating is too mild a term for the effect it had on me.

@dewayner5388 8 жыл бұрын

How has no one recognized the pun in the "sexiest bitch in he hood" line?

@emailjwr 8 жыл бұрын

I did!

@UncleHyena 7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Rowland I noticed

@Crick1952 8 жыл бұрын

My third grade teacher could never finish this book when we read it in class. She always had a student read the last chapter while she sat there crying... Just wanted to share that...

@bebeMX 4 жыл бұрын

Were we in the same 3rd grade class cause same..

@sarascarpati887 2 жыл бұрын

can't i say that i blame her

@robertrarrick4006 4 жыл бұрын

I've had students who, 20 years later, can recount every detail of this novel's plot. This is one of the best novels every written. The way it is structured is amazing.

@berrybowlls9717 Жыл бұрын

I just re read it after over 20 years. It was exactly how i remembered.

@MrThirtyH 3 ай бұрын

Honestly for real. As much as I like to rag on how sad it is, it's pretty much what awakened my ability to read into symbolism. Like how the main character loved to relax under the big tree that he described like a mother hen protecting her children, so when he started to cut it down, my 7-year-old ass was like "No, don't do that! You like to feel protected by that tre- wait... this is like, the moment where he stops being a child that craves protection, so he's destroying something that represents that."

@boxertest 6 жыл бұрын

"BS!" "Yeah I cried so what!"

@julianvenegas642 5 жыл бұрын

He sounded more like a thug than ever before

@angelinapetersen7422 7 жыл бұрын

Even in thug notes version this books makes Mr cry like a baby

@FatherTime89 8 жыл бұрын

That guy is the embodiment of "do not pray for easier lives, pray to be stronger men"

@LittleBallOfGiggles 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see your notes on Coraline.

@Texasp12 3 жыл бұрын

Hey!

@camillastimemachine 7 жыл бұрын

I remember literally crying so hard I fell down the stairs the first time I read this book.

@RomanceFreak 8 жыл бұрын

Dude, I am LOVING Thug Notes!! It's really helping me understand some of the harder books like Moby Dick. And in your analysis sections, you bring up some points that I never thought of and totally makes sense! Thank you so much, brotha! Keep it real, man!And Hey, for some more suggestions for Thug Notes, can you do Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Harry Potter, Treasure Island, and/or Sense and Sensibility?

@Badmunky64 8 жыл бұрын

Back when the enjoyment of reading was constantly put down by public school, this book was one of the few that I genuinely loved and didn't need to rely on spark-notes.

@simonw.3920 7 жыл бұрын

This was the first book that ever made me cry, I read it when I was nine. It still gives me horrible yet beautiful tears whenever I read it.

@vesper180 8 жыл бұрын

ahah "Grab your tissues and pop some zoloft, cause today we weepin like little old bitches" Lol xD

@hbeachley 3 жыл бұрын

I read this book in jr. high, and I still started crying when I recognized the story. I consider myself a pretty dark and nihilistic person, but if this book doesn’t move you on some level, you may not be entirely human.

@windwulfboi 8 жыл бұрын

I remember crying reading this book, and I start getting teary-eyed when I heard this summary. Wonderful video.

@valkyriemaiden9593 8 жыл бұрын

I actually cried during the summary in this video. This freaking book is so powerful!

@BostonBookBitty 8 жыл бұрын

YES I CRIED IN CLASS WHEN THIS BOOK WAS READ ALOUD. SO WHAT.

@BiggerinRealLife 6 жыл бұрын

Dang, even this recap had me teary. This book messed me up in 5th grade. Best book ever.

@ragingtothemax 8 жыл бұрын

This channel is really excellent, I look at old books I read in school and movies I've seen in a whole new light. This whole channel has really great stuff. Glad I found it by accident

@deadward173 8 жыл бұрын

if you don't cry at the end of the book you have no soul...

@St0len1 6 жыл бұрын

Well I guess I have no soul

@MarchingGrrl 6 жыл бұрын

I cried just listening to the video.

@savageshyguy4486 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like I got no soul

@HenriqueErzinger 4 жыл бұрын

No soul here o/" All the religious bullcrap kills it for me

@paksta 8 жыл бұрын

Re-read my old, tattered copy of this book for about the eighth time just recently... still getting tears even when I know what's gonna happen! Damn, this book.

@RealRabidRabbit 8 жыл бұрын

Damn, I remember getting all teary eyed reading this during middle school. This book is a masterpiece

@lahdeedah6859 8 жыл бұрын

Why aren't you making more thugnotes? I need my fix! What is happening and why has the pace of the video's slowed down sooo much?

@WisecrackEDU 8 жыл бұрын

+Donna Harrell Don't worry, Donna! We've got plenty more Thug Notes on the way! Lots going on here at Wisecrack!

@12345balla12345 8 жыл бұрын

+Wisecrack your the man!

@atanvardecunambiel8917 8 жыл бұрын

+Wisecrack Like My Immortal by Tara Gilesbie?

@xzevious69 8 жыл бұрын

+Wisecrack Your channel is one of the golden ones!! Can you do The Long walk?

@atanvardecunambiel8917 8 жыл бұрын

+Wisecrack DON'T GIVE ME BLUE BALLS

@GHOSTWRITERL 7 жыл бұрын

I read this book after reading Shiloh when I was younger, because while Shiloh was sad, it ended happily, so I was thinking this one would be similar to that. Boy was I ever wrong. I guess if you need a children's book that teaches your child that life isn't fair and bad things sometimes happen just because they happen... then I guess this is a perfect book for that... though I guess there's the positive message that life goes on and there's always the potential that something new and good will come into your life, especially if you go out of your way to help someone/something. Great summary.

@katzpajamas5123 8 жыл бұрын

As a child, this book had an enormous impact on me. Yeah. I'm crying just thinking about it. Thanks for the analysis!

@maddiebutera8177 8 жыл бұрын

Can you all do "The Taming of the Shrew"? That would be great, seriously love your videos!

@cadenparsons4680 6 жыл бұрын

In 4th grade, we read this whole story together and by the end, the whole class flooded the room with tears and it was so dang sad. Then later in the year I read Old Yeller and I came to the conclusion that the author just has a fetish with killing dogs.

@stillwaterfilms3626 3 жыл бұрын

Or just traumatized af from dogs dying on him as a kid possibly

@DespairAndRepair Жыл бұрын

I have my fathers copy of this book, given to him by his father when he came of age with a handwritten message from my grandfather to my father, both of who have now passed, inside the front cover; so now, when I re-read it, I get to cry both at the beginning and the end...

@mitchypdx 3 жыл бұрын

This made me cry almost as much as the book, thanks thug!

@OneTyler2Many 6 жыл бұрын

This book made me cry when I was a kid.

@ShadowACE1998 8 жыл бұрын

Best thug notes yet. I remember reading this book in 6th grade. I cried like a bitch. This and Old Yeller are essential for growing up.

@VEROTIKAA 8 жыл бұрын

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@lavieenrose7925 8 жыл бұрын

Out of all the video's I've ever seen on youtube in my life, Thug Notes is one of the most impressive damn videos out there. You can't categorize this because it breaks stereotypes, typically held conventions on "thugs," literature, conduct, and shallow expectations all while being educational, creative, intelligent, funny, engaging, and existential. You guys are great, and with the rest of the series Wisecrack has, you deserve to be the #1 youtube channel. Word.

@PsychopathUltimate 8 жыл бұрын

I recommend the Hellbound Heart or I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream.

@slendy9600 8 жыл бұрын

i really wanna see i have no mouth and i must scream

@CuteFuzzyWeasel 8 жыл бұрын

Star Ship Troopers!

@thatguy4064 8 жыл бұрын

+CuteFuzzyWeasel Yes, a million times that.

@spazzmaticus1542 8 жыл бұрын

yaaaaaaaas. starship troopers was legit

@fan9775 6 жыл бұрын

CuteFuzzyWeasel The one where they are basically Astra militarum? Or the proper one?

@jlstout7807 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work on these videos! I find your guys' comedy hilarious and insightful! Keep up the great work!! God bless!

@mauricedavis2160 6 ай бұрын

I cried like forever when I read this novel as a child, 60 plus years later I weep even harder, this novel and BAMBI are that powerful, nuf said!!!🙏✨👌🦉🥰

@Greencoast215 8 жыл бұрын

I actually got a coonhound after reading this book. Best goddamn dog I've ever had.

@syntheticsleep 8 жыл бұрын

Damn dude. As soon as you started this video, all my memories of reading it as a kid just flooded back. That shit fucked me up bad....

@mytwo2cents 7 жыл бұрын

I read this freshman year of high school. Back of the bus on tears. The only book that ever made me cry.

@sagbag 8 жыл бұрын

I'd be pretty pissed if I was the raccoon in the tree. "Thanks God. Way to pick sides, asshole!"

@RABthefirst 8 жыл бұрын

I read the book when I was about 10...And I owned redbone's. It killed me.

@SenorGato237 3 жыл бұрын

Man, I haven't read this book in forever. Just started crying again after hearing you go back through it. "Fuck this book." Indeed sir.

@pengxueher5714 8 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching 8-bit philosophy and Earthling Cinema, but nothing makes my day more when I see Dr. Sparky Sweets out with a new review!

@LadyOfBroadway333 8 жыл бұрын

"Not only do Little Ann win sexiest bitch in town" 😆😆😆

@Orrphoiz 8 жыл бұрын

everyone knows that the red fern grows in that one mushroom cave beneath the dwarven ruins.

@hermaeusmora2945 8 жыл бұрын

+Neopterix Frosti Blackreach

@asahearts1 8 жыл бұрын

crimson nirn root?

@yummyjackalmeat 8 жыл бұрын

love your reviews man. funny and on point.

@brock4938 8 жыл бұрын

We need to get his videos to 100k+ to support this series!

@YouJustGotAnimated 8 жыл бұрын

Please do 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"!

@EnderSheeper 8 жыл бұрын

Never heard of that, but as a sheep I do wish to see an electric sheep.

@norrinradd6746 7 жыл бұрын

If you've ever seen the movie Bladerunner, it's a film adaptation of that book. Philip K. Dick, the writer, is the most famous writer no one's ever heard of. Minority report, Bladerunner, Total Recall, Screamers, Next, A Scanner Darkly, all based on Philip K. Dick books. check him out bro. You won't be disappointed.

@TroaBarton 8 жыл бұрын

Next series you guys should do is "The Wheel of Time" series.

@logang7203 8 жыл бұрын

hell yes wheel of time!

@Gwolfsoun 8 жыл бұрын

Yep. I second that motion.

@noahraymond244 8 жыл бұрын

Yes your back I've missed you Sparky😂. Been waiting for 3 weeks. Great video as always.

@TRAVELLEROFWORLDS 8 жыл бұрын

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@Gwolfsoun 8 жыл бұрын

You aint a real man until you've read this book and had you a good cry. (said while flying a kite in a lightning storm while fighting a dragon riding a saber tooth tiger and bench pressing a muscle car.)

@Fafnerluver922 8 жыл бұрын

Please do Richard III! It's my favorite Shakespeare play!

@evilcam 8 жыл бұрын

Another great episode. The ending of both the book, and your analysis really hit me in the feels.

@jsauce6737 7 жыл бұрын

i love these videos. It simplifies a great story in a funny and accurate way!

@egoborder3203 8 жыл бұрын

goddammit even this damn video made me cry! Goddamn this book....

@kennethrcf2202 8 жыл бұрын

Please do The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery!!!!

@meingaht6265 8 жыл бұрын

my favorite channel on KZfaq

@718jef 4 жыл бұрын

We had our son read this by himself at a young age. This has helped him possibly become a better man than I am. Blessing.

@meepbeepborp 8 жыл бұрын

Please do The Phantom of The Opera! 😄

@hunter-yt4eq 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone in my class my crying at the end

@abdouldiallo5952 4 жыл бұрын

Best video I've seen! The level of creativity!

@saturn7096 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, this was such a great episode. Great job.

@yeti1906 8 жыл бұрын

Y'all should do book thief

@jeffanderson9938 8 жыл бұрын

The Time Machine by HG Wells

@copisetik5984 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the link to the tees, totally snatched one up!

@Catherine3385 8 жыл бұрын

I love your reviews

@projectdante6042 8 жыл бұрын

Can you do a thug notes on Anthem by ayn rand, also keep up the good work love your vids

@jaynux4525 8 жыл бұрын

Please do Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas

@Seminus662 8 жыл бұрын

I get on youtube every day just to see if Thugnotes has released a video, and I'm ecstatic that today is the day!! :D

@isisorduno9311 8 жыл бұрын

"A Rose for Emily" or "Barn Burning" by William Faulkner are really good short stories

@SlamifiedBuddafied 8 жыл бұрын

And that was excellent. But on another note, Stephen King's "IT" would be an interesting bit to see out of wise crack. Take a nice stroll up horror alley.

@theshevirgo 6 жыл бұрын

This book had my crying then the movie had the whole class sobbing lol

@binny4480 7 жыл бұрын

The best summary and analysis. ❤️

@notme7310 8 жыл бұрын

Well done Tyrone. Keep it up!

@Advent3546 8 жыл бұрын

3:46 I think that was the critics review they put on the cover

@ShawnRavenfire 8 жыл бұрын

You should so Plato's "Republic."

@travisshearer3406 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite book of all time. Not counting the ten reasons I apply to that. My middle namr william. Saved up for my own hounds. Read that in the 3rd grade and im now 36. And loved the summary. Respect sir

@jackncheeze 7 жыл бұрын

There's no way you made a thug notes on my favorite book. This book made me cry

@lilliedoubleyou3865 8 жыл бұрын

Has he done *Watership Down* yet?

@ryand8548 7 жыл бұрын

Amelia Doubleyou holy shit I don't think wisecrack have the balls to do thug notes on watership down. That book is brutal but beautiful at the same time but mostly brutal.

@ariel_haymarket 8 жыл бұрын

Still hoping, praying, waiting for House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

@critterfreek83 5 жыл бұрын

Just thinking about that speech Mr. Kyle makes never fails to utterly choke me up. It’s already been said many times, but we don’t deserve dogs and their unconditional love.

@GLitiatc0 6 жыл бұрын

I can't believe that this video made my eyes water. Keep it real thug notes!

@l.tc.5032 8 жыл бұрын

Please please please do The Martian by Andy Weir.

@Jake-kn3xg 8 жыл бұрын

Will you do Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

@roxomega 4 жыл бұрын

Needed this, thanks.

@derekwinfree452 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite books when I was a kid. Great video.

@DiegoHernandez-kf9bd 8 жыл бұрын

please do The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde!

@A.Mortem 8 жыл бұрын

I've avoided all these dog books like the plague, i cant handle dog deaths. Ironically Shilo is like my second favorite book series. Any books where i know a dog dies though i avoid like hell.