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The scariest part of Beloved was how Sethe and Denver were literally starving because Belived kept eating everything they almost looked emaciated all the while Beloved kept gaining weight a sign of spoiling
As a young writer, this book really changed my perspective on literature itself. It's so haunting and beautiful at the same time. One thing the video omits is the role of Baby Suggs(Sethe's mother in law) as a unifying, almost holy force in their community. The scenes where she throws gatherings with the formerly enslaved are actual perfection.
One of the most important things Extra Credits does is recognize its own biases and try to account for them in each episode. I really love this channel because it highlights the best of humanity- the empathy, thoughtfulness, and desire for truth and justice, while also giving a voice to those who might otherwise not have a platform. Keep up the great work guys!
I like how he opens with a viewer discretion advised. Those are not topics that can be easily spoken of and not everyone is capable of speaking about them. It's great that this channel actively tries and do it in such a way. I'm definitely impressed.
This is an amazing book. It’s has become part of even the Asian school curriculum for literature due to similar experiences here in Asia in the shadow of ww2. Unrelated note, can we visit The Discourses of Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli? It’s a true exploration of what Machiavelli would want.
I read it in high school, and read it again about 2 years ago. Toni Morrison is, in my opinion, one of the greatest American authors to ever set a pen to paper.
Not at all fun connection, but there's an Icelandic folk song about a woman whose dead baby comes back to haunt her. Only the woman may have killed the child to save it from a slow death of starvation and she has now been invited to a feast by the local lord, and the ghost offers that her mom can wear her burial shroud, probably the finest cloth they have, in a very childishly compassionate way. Disclaimer, I'm not Icelandic, I don't speak the language, if someone who does can correct me and/or point me in direction of the song, I'd be grateful. Anyway, I just think it's sad how that particular story is horrifically universal.
Can I just say, I love this series of yours. It's so nice to have all these great books recommended, and how you teach people about them and their messages. I think the lovely art really helps too!
Thank you for covering this your amazing! I appreciate you using your platform to bring light to different ethnicities literature while also keeping in mind how our experience can differ based on our ethnicities and experiences. I will definitely check this book out. I love Toni Morrison!
Beloved is a very hard book to read but well worth it. I read it decades ago when the movie beloved came out and I didn't understand a lot of what was going on in the movie until I read the book.
a great suggestion I have never heard of before but will be happy to check out despite how harrowing the particular topic can be but like you guys said owning up to our dark pasts is the only way to become whole again
I love these keep em up. Couple of book ideas : 20000 leagues under the sea. Frankenstein. These are personal favorites: Eragon series (Christopher paolini) The bartimaeus trilogy (Jonathan Stroud) The winds of Altair (Ben bova) Prey ( Michael Crichton (jurassic Park) )
@Mercedes Rivera alot of people dislike it because allegory is difficult to get across for some people, or maybe the idea of beloveds ghost wasnt clear cut (enough?) - or maybe because it fits alot of connected yet different topics together which is also difficult to get across
I remember kinda hating this book when I had to read it in high school. It was difficult to even understand what people were saying, highly uncomfortable in several fashions, and shockingly they actually removed it from my school's curriculum the year after I had done it... Hoping this video will shed some light on this book.
This is great, though could have added another channel called "extra literature" for style. look forward to see if any First Nations recommendations pop up here. Also, BIG thumbs up for RIFTS refence at the end
As you know there's some people that don't have the ability to read would you ever think about doing a full book reading with your amazing animations ?
I'm reading The Adventures of Augie March at the moment, but I will put Beloved on my reading list. It sounds quite interesting. I'm not much of a believer in the supernatural, but I can put that aside while reading this.
I remember having to read this book for AP English back in high school and just...thoroughly and viscerally disliking it and not being able to put my finger on why. To this day I'm not sure if it was just me as a white teenager being confronted with these issues in a way I hadn't really been before, or because of all the themes of violence and trauma, or just that it plain wasn't my thing. Probably some combination of all three.
I am curious that the Pulitzer price was mentioned, but not the Nobel prize? As a non US citizen the Pulitzer doesn't mean much to me. Does the Nobel mean little to US citizens?
Great video, but I don't think you being white and reading a story about forgetting the traumas and horrors of the past and forgetting the lessons learnt from them has anything to do with you being white. I'm pretty sure when she wrote the book, she wrote it with the intent of all people of all races to read and analyze it. And I doubt she knew what it was like to be a slave. I do know that she had to know what it was like to be discriminated against. The point is, it doesn't matter whether you are black or white. What matters is your intention with the story and your knowledge of the subject you are portraying. She clearly poured her heart into this story and she did an amazing job.
The slave mentality is horrifying, it breaks people in unimaginable ways, like in this case, someone who would rather kill their own children than fight back... it takes centuries of conditioning, and I did see very similar stories in China or in Slavic countries, where people never lived free... It takes a conscious effort to break from the self-destruction cycle. Look at Arab Spring or Color Revolutions, Hong Kong protests, women in Iran etc., all the same problems in any part of the world.
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Just to let you know you have helped so
many people learn!!😊😊
RIP Toni Morrison, one of our most incredible writers
Agreed
The scariest part of Beloved was how Sethe and Denver were literally starving because Belived kept eating everything they almost looked emaciated all the while Beloved kept gaining weight a sign of spoiling
True
As a young writer, this book really changed my perspective on literature itself. It's so haunting and beautiful at the same time. One thing the video omits is the role of Baby Suggs(Sethe's mother in law) as a unifying, almost holy force in their community. The scenes where she throws gatherings with the formerly enslaved are actual perfection.
Dang just listening to the plot sends chills down my spine. Should definitely read this soon. Thanks EC for keeping our interest in reading ablaze!
I felt that IRL
One of the most important things Extra Credits does is recognize its own biases and try to account for them in each episode. I really love this channel because it highlights the best of humanity- the empathy, thoughtfulness, and desire for truth and justice, while also giving a voice to those who might otherwise not have a platform. Keep up the great work guys!
Which is very cool!
4:35 Something that is often hard to comprehend nowadays is how close to living memory the days of slavery truly are
I like how he opens with a viewer discretion advised. Those are not topics that can be easily spoken of and not everyone is capable of speaking about them. It's great that this channel actively tries and do it in such a way. I'm definitely impressed.
Me too
I am impressed also.
This is an amazing book. It’s has become part of even the Asian school curriculum for literature due to similar experiences here in Asia in the shadow of ww2.
Unrelated note, can we visit The Discourses of Livy by Niccolo Machiavelli? It’s a true exploration of what Machiavelli would want.
Where in Asia are you talking about
The graphic of the middle passage is stunningly powerful. Thank you for making this.
I suspect Beloved wasn't just a single ghost but the ghosts of all those who suffered from slavery, both living and dead.
Well, yes
As a black dude, seeing the care put into this makes me very happy.
Thanks for all of this!
I read it in high school, and read it again about 2 years ago. Toni Morrison is, in my opinion, one of the greatest American authors to ever set a pen to paper.
This is the first book to rip my heart out. I never expected in a million years to see it on Extra Credits. Thank you.
Not at all fun connection, but there's an Icelandic folk song about a woman whose dead baby comes back to haunt her. Only the woman may have killed the child to save it from a slow death of starvation and she has now been invited to a feast by the local lord, and the ghost offers that her mom can wear her burial shroud, probably the finest cloth they have, in a very childishly compassionate way.
Disclaimer, I'm not Icelandic, I don't speak the language, if someone who does can correct me and/or point me in direction of the song, I'd be grateful. Anyway, I just think it's sad how that particular story is horrifically universal.
Agreed
Can I just say, I love this series of yours. It's so nice to have all these great books recommended, and how you teach people about them and their messages. I think the lovely art really helps too!
You should do “all quiet on the western front” its so amazing and shows the true horror of ww1
Agreed
And people say that literature is not political. This book got banned in some schools across America
Thank you for covering this your amazing! I appreciate you using your platform to bring light to different ethnicities literature while also keeping in mind how our experience can differ based on our ethnicities and experiences. I will definitely check this book out. I love Toni Morrison!
this is the best series on the channel
I don't know if you need to be a patron to suggest books for this series, but i think you guys could do an awesome episode on Catch-22
Ayeee Toni Morrison, I had the pleasure of reading this book last year. Absolute gem
We can all agree that Extra Credits never disappoints us with his content
extra credits are always spreading great information
This is a story I've never read...but now I think I need to.
This is a very melancholy story😢
Can you talk about Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in the future?
I never heard of this but this is really touching story to hear what it is about, thank you for sharing this book to us x
wow, I JUST bought this book for my AP literature class lmfao
Interesting. I’m glad you’re Artist are talented people.
You did this beautifully. Thank you. May i suggest The Bluest Eye
Beloved is a very hard book to read but well worth it. I read it decades ago when the movie beloved came out and I didn't understand a lot of what was going on in the movie until I read the book.
Right the wrong...the righteous thing to do today. Its for Healing .💖
Do Don Quixote!
Excellent. Thanks for the summary
We had to read this book for my class in 12th grade.
a great suggestion I have never heard of before but will be happy to check out despite how harrowing the particular topic can be but like you guys said owning up to our dark pasts is the only way to become whole again
I am proud of you for covering this!
Quite honestly, my favorite summary on Beloved is on Thug Notes.
Studied this is university under American Literature, its so good!
What an incredible book.
Not just the book but the movie was emotional too
Can you guys cover recitatif by Toni Morrison as well do I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou?
I love these keep em up.
Couple of book ideas :
20000 leagues under the sea.
Frankenstein.
These are personal favorites:
Eragon series (Christopher paolini)
The bartimaeus trilogy (Jonathan Stroud)
The winds of Altair (Ben bova)
Prey ( Michael Crichton (jurassic Park) )
Sounds like a really good and really depressing book.
I want to see one of a japanese novel maybe the tale of Genji
I love this video series especially!
Go read this book.
"[It's] not a story to pass on." Toni Morrison
That was excellent
I was lucky to read this in middle school.
Been reading this book for about a semester, I was so confused but I finally came around to it and love it. Definitely a classic.
Vergangenheitsbewältigung means struggling with the past in German. I believed that this term is the theme of the novel Beloved.
Personally I hated this book but in glad there’s more content like this!
@Mercedes Rivera alot of people dislike it because allegory is difficult to get across for some people, or maybe the idea of beloveds ghost wasnt clear cut (enough?) - or maybe because it fits alot of connected yet different topics together which is also difficult to get across
Could you do the Iron Heel?
Great introduction
Finally, one I have never heard of
A heavy subject, but I feel done well.
I remember kinda hating this book when I had to read it in high school. It was difficult to even understand what people were saying, highly uncomfortable in several fashions, and shockingly they actually removed it from my school's curriculum the year after I had done it... Hoping this video will shed some light on this book.
Need more black literature for black history month
Kindred from Octavia Butler has similar themes. You guys should totally talk about it.
True
there was also a movie about this too with oprah winfrey.
Would you believe that most Americans schools banned this book?
this is cool, i just stumbled across ted ed's beloved video wanted to know more and u guys posted this
Mansfield Park next?
The film adaptation by Demme is also very good
Finally something I really haven’t read already
Will definitely read this one. I love this series.
Extra Credit thank you and staff for a great beginning to Black History Month...
Your video made me look for this at my local library, thank you! I think you cover The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler too.
This video was so cool !!!!😎😎😎😊😊
Do "the tempest" next
As a black man, you by handled this well.
okay, now this is one that i legitimately HAVEN'T read yet ;)
This is great, though could have added another channel called "extra literature" for style. look forward to see if any First Nations recommendations pop up here.
Also, BIG thumbs up for RIFTS refence at the end
Amen brother
PANR has tuned in.
I now intend to read Beloved.
So you haven’t read the stranger would be a great episode
Now this is what I expected from the title of the series. Now I have to find a copy and get my feelings pulled.
As you know there's some people that don't have the ability to read would you ever think about doing a full book reading with your amazing animations ?
Keep up the good work spreading knolidge
When are we going to get a so you haven’t read bless me ultima
I'm reading The Adventures of Augie March at the moment, but I will put Beloved on my reading list. It sounds quite interesting. I'm not much of a believer in the supernatural, but I can put that aside while reading this.
So come on Mrs robi- Morrison don't you know that someone loves you...
Oof, this was a great but very hard book to read. It shook me. Hard.
Finally something I haven't read.
I remember having to read this book for AP English back in high school and just...thoroughly and viscerally disliking it and not being able to put my finger on why. To this day I'm not sure if it was just me as a white teenager being confronted with these issues in a way I hadn't really been before, or because of all the themes of violence and trauma, or just that it plain wasn't my thing. Probably some combination of all three.
were the hell did they pull the 60 million from
You should make a series on Indian authors works
Preemptive congratulations on this video ending up on banned school content lists in Texas
I think there was a movie adaptation of this book.
Truly, haven't read the book - but isn't this the one that had the movie, that showed Oprah Winfrey can actually act?
I am curious that the Pulitzer price was mentioned, but not the Nobel prize?
As a non US citizen the Pulitzer doesn't mean much to me. Does the Nobel mean little to US citizens?
HEY MY DAD TOOK CARE OF TOMY BEFORE SHE DIESD
I should just quit school and watch this
Im just joking don't quit school
Al least if you quit school you’ll learn actually history instead of bits of history told by colonizers and racist lol.
Haven't read Beloved? No, I haven't even heard of Beloved.
Wow. A book I haven't even heard of! But, if it includes bad things happening to kids it's a good chance I just buried the memory.
Great video, but I don't think you being white and reading a story about forgetting the traumas and horrors of the past and forgetting the lessons learnt from them has anything to do with you being white. I'm pretty sure when she wrote the book, she wrote it with the intent of all people of all races to read and analyze it. And I doubt she knew what it was like to be a slave. I do know that she had to know what it was like to be discriminated against.
The point is, it doesn't matter whether you are black or white. What matters is your intention with the story and your knowledge of the subject you are portraying. She clearly poured her heart into this story and she did an amazing job.
The slave mentality is horrifying, it breaks people in unimaginable ways, like in this case, someone who would rather kill their own children than fight back... it takes centuries of conditioning, and I did see very similar stories in China or in Slavic countries, where people never lived free... It takes a conscious effort to break from the self-destruction cycle. Look at Arab Spring or Color Revolutions, Hong Kong protests, women in Iran etc., all the same problems in any part of the world.
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It's an eerie read... proceed with caution.