WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-GB 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.040 *a childish felix clapping at kindergarden* 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:08.480 *shaky voice* Pewdiepie's Literature Club! 00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:13.260 Doki Doki! Welcome back, everybody to Pewdiepie's book club! 00:00:13.260 --> 00:00:16.680 That's right, who doesn't want to know about what I think ABOUT... 00:00:16.780 --> 00:00:17.660 ..BOOKS? *Laughs* (Ah well PEW tell us you LOVE Twilight) 00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:19.120 (Desperation) Please keep watching. 00:00:19.120 --> 00:00:20.840 Did you do your homework this month? 00:00:21.100 --> 00:00:23.860 That's right, we have HOMEWORK on the Pewdiepie channel now. 00:00:24.065 --> 00:00:27.075 Isn't that exciting? That's just what everyone wants more of! 00:00:27.080 --> 00:00:29.300 *requesting again* PLEASE KEEP WATCHING! PLEASE KEEP WATCHING! 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:32.940 I've been reading a lot of great comments from last month, saying that- uh.. 00:00:33.380 --> 00:00:38.540 You got into reading because of the videos that we've been doing, and that's essentially the goals of these videos, 00:00:38.660 --> 00:00:43.720 to get you apart of- part of this uh, Book Club we're doing. 00:00:43.980 --> 00:00:47.660 Now last month, the books that we read was.. uhhhh... 00:00:47.660 --> 00:00:48.860 The old man in the Sea 00:00:48.860 --> 00:00:49.760 Moby Dick 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:50.660 Man's search for meaning 00:00:50.660 --> 00:00:52.560 Tony Takitani 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:57.040 I couldn't find Tony Takitani, for some reason it's 600 pounds on Amazon 00:00:57.040 --> 00:01:00.300 I'm so sorry if you spent that amount of money. *Laughs nervously* 00:01:00.380 --> 00:01:04.040 This month, I made sure that all the books that I picked are actually accessible. 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:05.880 My apologies, okay? 00:01:05.880 --> 00:01:08.980 I didn't do my homework on all of it, but I bet you didn't either. 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:10.700 And if you did, I am so sorry. (600 pounds gift to everyone who did LOL) 00:01:10.740 --> 00:01:15.220 I also read Flowers for Algernon, recommended by Brad, really good. 00:01:15.220 --> 00:01:16.360 The Sound of Waves 00:01:16.360 --> 00:01:18.140 The Temple of Golden Pavilion 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:20.160 BUSHIDO: The Soul of Japan 00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:21.500 The Book of Five Rings 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:23.820 Metamorphosis by FRANZ KAFKA 00:01:23.820 --> 00:01:24.680 And I think that was it- 00:01:24.720 --> 00:01:26.720 They're very short books that I read this month. 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:30.680 I think I made the mistake of reading too many short books cause' uh... 00:01:30.720 --> 00:01:34.640 Next month I'm gonna- wanna read some longer novels instead of just novellas. 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:35.760 It just sort of happened- 00:01:35.800 --> 00:01:39.200 I just pick a book I want to read and then I don't really look too much of- 00:01:39.760 --> 00:01:41.520 -how long it is. ANYWAY, let's get into this. 00:01:41.580 --> 00:01:42.940 'The Old Man And The Sea' 00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:44.580 By Ernest Hemingway 00:01:44.660 --> 00:01:46.680 You know about this book, everyone knows about this book. 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:50.880 This is the quintessential- 'teacher wants you to read in in- 00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:54.760 -school kind of book, which is actually why I picked it as well, because uh- 00:01:54.940 --> 00:01:56.760 I want- I want you to be part of this. 00:01:56.820 --> 00:01:58.980 Did you read it? What did you think? 00:01:59.020 --> 00:02:03.200 The story is of Santiago, this uh- sailor 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:06.800 He's very old, and he's- he's been unlucky for a very long time. 00:02:06.820 --> 00:02:08.200 He hasn't caught any fish, 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.040 He has his young apprentice- 'the boy' as he calls him 00:02:11.060 --> 00:02:16.640 and uh- he's not even allowed to sail with Santiago anymore because of his parents don't want him to- 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:19.380 they wants him to sail with someone that actually catches some damn fish. 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.820 It takes place out- of the Coast of Mexico, I think? 00:02:22.820 --> 00:02:23.600 Or Cuba 00:02:23.640 --> 00:02:27.680 Santiago sets out to break this unlucky spree that he's on 00:02:27.720 --> 00:02:29.400 and finally catches uh- 00:02:29.420 --> 00:02:30.300 something on his hook. 00:02:30.340 --> 00:02:32.800 He doesn't know what it is or how big it is, but 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.200 uh, he knows it's big 00:02:34.260 --> 00:02:36.200 And it(the fish) pulls him away from shore 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:42.180 And [Santiago] decides very early that he's going to commit to trying to catch this fish, no matter what. 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:44.180 It's a very short book, it's very simple to read 00:02:44.240 --> 00:02:47.780 It's the pinnacle of a- minimalistic approach to writing 00:02:47.820 --> 00:02:51.440 One character, essentially, and such a simple setting as the ocean. 00:02:51.440 --> 00:02:54.180 I think- Ernest even called it himself, he coined it- 00:02:54.600 --> 00:02:55.900 'Iceberg Theory' 00:02:56.360 --> 00:02:58.820 Er- You can probably guess what that means 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.060 I'm guessing it's well, uh- he's giving us the tip of the iceberg 00:03:02.120 --> 00:03:04.580 And it's up to us to interpret the rest: 00:03:04.660 --> 00:03:05.960 WHat DoSE ThE FiSh MEaN? 00:03:06.000 --> 00:03:07.440 WhY DoSe hE dREaM oF LiONs? 00:03:07.740 --> 00:03:14.780 I really enjoyed it. I fought it was fun to read and what kept me through it was just: "Is he going to catch the damn fiss- fish or not?" 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.960 I don't know if I really think if there's that much to analyse personally 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.000 but I'm sure there is 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.240 I *chuckles*I just- I 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.160 Not that interested, to be honest. I dont-I didn't find it that interesting 00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:27.380 especially after reading Moby Dick as well. 00:03:27.380 --> 00:03:28.940 Which we'll get into later 00:03:28.940 --> 00:03:33.440 There's this theme *about* MASCULINITY I think- 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:35.760 -that you have to catch this fish no matter what 00:03:35.760 --> 00:03:37.620 There's a certain manliness attached to that. 00:03:37.620 --> 00:03:42.460 I talked about this book briefly with my mom and she said that she actually really really didn't like it 00:03:42.460 --> 00:03:46.440 And I wonder if it is because of all the masculinity involved with it 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:48.155 I enjoyed it, It was a- It was alright but 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:50.985 but the more I think about it, the less I enjoy it 00:03:50.985 --> 00:03:54.000 To be honest this whole ICEBERG theory thing just kind of 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:57.080 annoys me the more I think about it, is there even 00:03:57.080 --> 00:03:59.800 an iceberg underneath the tip, Hemingway *HAH* 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.580 Moving on to Moby Dick 00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:02.680 Moby Dick is a story- 00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:03.600 (Someone left while adding subtitles and.. I know why now) (You're just not trying enough, mate) 00:04:03.600 --> 00:04:04.900 -we all know about Mobi Dick 00:04:04.940 --> 00:04:07.640 What I actually didn't know that Mobi Dick was a real whale that- 00:04:07.640 --> 00:04:10.080 that actually existed in the 1800s 00:04:10.120 --> 00:04:12.840 It was called 'Mock-a-Dick' *chuckles* (It actually spells "Mocha Dick" but I suppose nobody wants to know.) 00:04:12.940 --> 00:04:15.280 And Hermon Melville, who wrote the story 00:04:15.720 --> 00:04:17.100 was a whales-man as well- 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:18.340 -or SEaMEN 00:04:18.340 --> 00:04:19.940 *wheezes and bangs on table because he thinks his pun is genius* 00:04:19.940 --> 00:04:23.900 And a book like- like Moby Dick just wouldn't exist unless that was the case 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.440 this- Moby Dick is the heart of a whales-man 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:28.520 in--in itself. 00:04:28.520 --> 00:04:31.380 It really covers every single last aspect of whaling 00:04:31.380 --> 00:04:35.000 -and by every single last aspect of whaling, I mean Every. Single. Aspect. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:38.400 But we'll get into that. First of all, you kn- you probably know the story anyway. 00:04:38.400 --> 00:04:42.220 It follows a narrative of Ishmael, who is this uh- 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:45.160 a good-natured christian who wants to join a whaling voyage 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:49.500 so he travels and he stumbles upon- 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:52.000 uh, the other character which is Queequeg- 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.420 which is a harpooneer who has face tattooes 00:04:55.420 --> 00:04:56.840 He's a Cannibal. 00:04:56.840 --> 00:05:00.920 Eh--complete opposite of Ishmael but they become best- 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.120 they become close friends anyway 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.320 and they have to share a bed together in the early chapters and- 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:12.440 I remember reading it thinking wow, this is so--silly and it's so funny and so easy to follow 00:05:12.440 --> 00:05:14.500 I r-- I read a lot of comments saying 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:18.480 'Dude, are you actually gonna read Moby Dick? That's pretty tough stuff' 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.240 and oF CouRsE I'm naive as always--thinking 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:23.215 'Wow this is so easy to follow. What are people talking about 00:05:23.220 --> 00:05:26.160 tHey MuST nOT bE AS SmARt aS I aM' *awkward chuckle* 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:29.900 Little did I know, the chapters varied a LOT 00:05:29.900 --> 00:05:32.740 The book changes style of writing- 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:35.100 -you could say, a LOT 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:37.500 It goes from narrative to- 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:43.100 straight up facts about whales, for exaples, to poetry, to philosophy 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:46.580 And uh, it's surprisingly lack of narrative in this book 00:05:46.580 --> 00:05:50.280 You think the story of Moby Dick is so famous with Captain Ahab, 00:05:50.280 --> 00:05:55.940 the captain that wants to capture this white whale no matter what to the bitter end 00:05:55.940 --> 00:05:59.940 Because he seeks to revenge upon Moby Dick for taking away his leg 00:05:59.940 --> 00:06:04.320 Literally inside Moby Dick there's the book of whales inside it 00:06:04.320 --> 00:06:07.820 Which is very different from this minimalist book *chuckles* 00:06:07.820 --> 00:06:10.460 You have a book with books inside it 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:12.760 And if you are not interested in whales 00:06:12.760 --> 00:06:18.200 I definitely don't recommend reading this book. It basically covers every. Single. Aspect of whaling. 00:06:18.200 --> 00:06:21.860 'Let me tell you about the economy and the ecology and the anatomy, 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:25.180 and the philosophy and the poetry and the- 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:28.795 -the weight and the scale and the whales of whales and the whales of- (pls stop) 00:06:28.795 --> 00:06:31.825 Everything there is about whales is basically covered in this book 00:06:31.825 --> 00:06:34.855 and if you're not ready for that, then, uh yeah, I don't know 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:37.220 But there are parts that really truly shine 00:06:37.220 --> 00:06:40.580 I almost wanna just read the passage from it but- 00:06:40.580 --> 00:06:42.540 I don't think we're on that level of cringe yet (oH rEaLLy?) 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:46.780 But, I'll tell you what; when I finished reading the book and I was uh--flipping through the pages. 00:06:46.780 --> 00:06:50.160 The first line, which is a very famous line: Call me Ishmael 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.045 Maybe you don't understand why it's--it's uh- 00:06:53.045 --> 00:06:57.040 it's hard to explain why that carries such an emotional response, reading that line. 00:06:57.040 --> 00:07:02.160 But, uh--it, it really does and for anyone that's read the novel knows what I'm talking about 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:04.520 It's obviously a book filled with symbolism- 00:07:04.520 --> 00:07:09.240 the whole expression with the white whale is a saying of itself 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:11.940 Herman really tries to deliver something real, he doesn't- 00:07:11.940 --> 00:07:15.760 doesn't just give us the tip of the iceberg, he gives us the whole thing. 00:07:15.760 --> 00:07:19.540 And uh, there's something honourable, and uh, you can really appreciate about that 00:07:19.540 --> 00:07:22.600 And--I think Moby Dick, I probably- 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:27.580 -to be honest, I'm probably not really ready for it yet, but I'm really glad I read it 00:07:27.580 --> 00:07:30.360 Look forward to read it again at some point in the future 00:07:30.380 --> 00:07:34.540 The third book that we read, I'm so glad that I picked 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:36.860 I think this book is incredibly important. 00:07:36.860 --> 00:07:40.320 I didn't know. I just picked it randomly cause I wanted to read something about philosophy 00:07:40.320 --> 00:07:43.780 It's "Man's Search for Meaning" by Dr. Viktor Frankl 00:07:43.780 --> 00:07:49.600 What's so special about this book is that Frankl is an Auschwitz concentration camp survivor 00:07:49.980 --> 00:07:54.120 And he's a psychiatrist, so he can then answer the questions [of] 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:58.520 what went through the minds of people that survived these concentration camps 00:07:58.520 --> 00:08:04.660 And I REALLY wanted to discuss this book with people and whenever I did, I was just met with BOREDOM 00:08:04.660 --> 00:08:09.060 Because no one wants to hear about the holocaust. People are tired of hearing about the holocaust 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:10.420 We know it's bad, okay? 00:08:10.420 --> 00:08:15.900 How often are we gonna get a piece of literature that really puts to test- 00:08:15.900 --> 00:08:18.160 Almost, you can say, it's almost like- 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:24.920 Viktor treats himself as a lab rat--that's not appropriate expression--but I think it's the best way to explain it 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:31.780 He discusses a lot, for example the quote from Nietzche: "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:35.160 -and Viktor really puts this to the test because uh- 00:08:35.160 --> 00:08:38.620 [Let's] put it this way, the whole phrase "what's the meaning in life" 00:08:38.625 --> 00:08:41.545 It's--it's asked to death- 00:08:41.545 --> 00:08:45.480 but Frankl actually does a really great job at trying to answer that question 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.900 And uh, I--I couldn't help but agree with a lot of it 00:08:48.900 --> 00:08:51.180 I also thought that, uh- 00:08:51.180 --> 00:08:57.000 -it was really great how this book was originally written in, uh, without an author's name in mind? 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.620 It was published anonymously originally. 00:08:59.620 --> 00:09:03.980 I feel like this book is a great tool to just help people- 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:11.580 -and especially--maybe I'm over gene-ralising here--but I feel like lots of millenials are struggling to find meaning 00:09:11.580 --> 00:09:16.440 I suddenly feel better equipped for in case--I know that sounds a bit weird to say- 00:09:16.440 --> 00:09:19.040 -but in case something really bad happens, I feel like I- *chuckles* 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:23.000 -from reading this book, I'm better equipped to know how to handle it 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:27.780 That's a bit naive to say, but I really think there are some important stuff in here 00:09:27.780 --> 00:09:31.480 and it's hard for me to explain clearly *nervous laugh* 00:09:31.580 --> 00:09:34.305 The next book is a--much easier to talk about 00:09:34.305 --> 00:09:36.320 It's recommended by Brad 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:40.400 "Flowers by (for) Algernon" Thank you Brad. Great recommendation. Really enjoyed this one. 00:09:40.420 --> 00:09:43.900 After reading Moby Dick, I wanted something easier to follow 00:09:43.900 --> 00:09:49.400 It follows a story of Charlie Gordon, who has an IQ of 68 00:09:49.400 --> 00:09:53.440 He lives a happy life, and he works at a bakery 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.680 and he enjoys his time around his friends. 00:09:55.680 --> 00:09:58.500 But he knows he's not very smart, he knows he's stupid 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:00.480 He wants to become smarter more than anything. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:05.720 And, we basically follow his progress reports through the book that he writes- 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:10.020 -he's instructed to write because he's undergoing this experiment that will actually- 00:10:10.020 --> 00:10:14.060 make him, uh, successively more and more intelligent 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:19.300 And we follow him realising that, things that used to be positive such as 00:10:19.300 --> 00:10:22.640 People that he thought were his friends were actually just making fun of him 00:10:22.640 --> 00:10:27.500 And uh, he has to quickly find himself growing up in a short period of time 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:30.595 Uh, you can't help but sympathise for charlie 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:33.520 It's a very tragic sad story 00:10:33.520 --> 00:10:36.900 It was really fun to read from start to finish however and I really really enjoyed it. 00:10:36.900 --> 00:10:39.760 It was a great recommendation. Thank you, Brad. Appreciated it. 00:10:39.760 --> 00:10:44.640 The Metamorphosis with Franz Kafka--*unintelligible* I read. It's so quick 00:10:44.640 --> 00:10:48.400 I almost uh, kinda feel like I should discuss it next, um-- 00:10:48.400 --> 00:10:49.120 --month? 00:10:49.540 --> 00:10:51.380 BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ANYWAY 00:10:51.380 --> 00:10:58.120 To me, the idea of turning into in--an insect is just the most disgusting idea ever and it just freaks me out. 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:59.920 I remember in the movie District 9, 00:10:59.920 --> 00:11:05.100 the main character sorta become this alien weird insect-like thing and- 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:06.040 IT FREAKS ME OUT 00:11:06.040 --> 00:11:10.700 Funnily enough though, Franz Kafka explicitly didn't want the cockroach to be on the cover 00:11:10.700 --> 00:11:16.240 'cause, once you read the boo--uh--the novella, you really understand [that] it's not about the cockroach 00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:20.480 The story's about Gregor, who one day wakes up and finds himself 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.535 -that he's turned into a giant cockroach 00:11:23.535 --> 00:11:26.895 And the first thing that goes through his mind is funnily enough 00:11:26.900 --> 00:11:28.740 "How am I going to get to work?" 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:29.840 *chuckles* 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:34.020 Gregor has been supporting his family by--uh--financially by working 00:11:34.020 --> 00:11:35.520 and he doesn't really enjoy his job. 00:11:35.520 --> 00:11:39.300 He knows he wants to quit it but he's not able to do it quite yet 00:11:39.300 --> 00:11:41.760 But now he finds himself that he's a cockroach- 00:11:41.760 --> 00:11:44.115 and we follow how the family tries to deal with that 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:48.800 They tried and lock him in. They wanna help Gregor but they don't really know how 00:11:48.800 --> 00:11:52.820 And they sorta keep, uh, keep him a secret from other people 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:56.180 They don't want other people to find out--uh--about this obviously 00:11:56.180 --> 00:12:01.740 It's really just a story about isolation and feeling not wanted and feeling like you're a problem 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:06.340 It's such [an] awful feeling. Anyone that's felt like that can--can sympathise with Gregor- 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:09.140 and feeling like an actual cockroach 00:12:09.140 --> 00:12:13.320 And that's at least why I think he chose the cockroach while writing this 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.120 It's a very--sad story [to be] following and I can't help but sympathise with Gregor 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.240 And reading about Franz Kafka's life as well, afterwards, 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:24.560 I sorta understand more and more that this is a very personal story 00:12:24.560 --> 00:12:26.400 Uh, he had issues with his father. 00:12:26.400 --> 00:12:31.200 Franz Kafka burnt 90% of his work as well. He didn't even want anyone to read it. 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.860 Which I also can then understand cause it's--it's clearly very personally drawn 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:39.980 and uh-, whenever I do stuff that's very personal on YouTube, I wanted to delete it afterwards 00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.760 cause I don't want other people cha-- 00:12:41.760 --> 00:12:43.820 I don't know if that's the case for why he did it but- 00:12:44.280 --> 00:12:47.340 Um-, I can at least relate to it in that sense.. 00:12:48.060 --> 00:12:51.000 Uh...Yeah it's a sad story, I know what are you gonna tell me. 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.100 I'm getting emotional just talking about it *sad laugh* 00:12:53.100 --> 00:12:55.600 It's a kind of novel that's uh- 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.820 -it's open for in-terpretation. Lots of people discussed it 00:12:58.820 --> 00:13:02.620 Is the father the bad figure or is it the sister who is the bad one? 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:03.920 and blaladadada 00:13:04.260 --> 00:13:05.360 Um, yeah. 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:07.220 Whatever you think. I don't know. 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:08.540 Read it. It's good. 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:13.480 Discovering this author has been one of the most fun discoveries I had in a very long time 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:15.800 I'm s o intrigued by this author, 00:13:15.800 --> 00:13:17.260 Yukio Mishima 00:13:17.260 --> 00:13:20.980 I wanted to read more Japanese literature cause I really like Murakami 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:22.640 So I uh- 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:27.000 -randomly picked Yukio Mishima's "The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea" 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:28.240 and I was so en- 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:28.920 *buffers* 00:13:28.920 --> 00:13:31.360 -what's the right word? Entranced by it? 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:34.460 I felt so lost reading this book in th--in the best possible way 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:37.320 And I absolutely loved it 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:42.760 It follows a story of a young boy who sorta have an adolescent mind 00:13:42.760 --> 00:13:47.220 Noboru is a very young boy but he has an--like I said he has an adolescent mind 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:52.300 He lives in a seaside town of Yokohama, which is, I think south of Tokyo 00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:55.260 It doesn't matter, I don't know why i said that *sad laugh* 00:13:55.260 --> 00:13:57.420 He's secretly part of this-- 00:13:57.440 --> 00:13:59.040 strange gang 00:13:59.180 --> 00:14:01.700 It's sorta like a thought gang? 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:03.420 It's the best way to describe it. 00:14:03.420 --> 00:14:07.780 They--they completely reject conventional ideas and mor--they have their own set of morals 00:14:07.780 --> 00:14:11.400 Which is so interesting. It wasn't like anything I've ever read 00:14:11.400 --> 00:14:16.600 and I really really enjoyed that cause of how different it was, and how strange it was 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:21.580 It's not like I agreed with everything but I just--was intrigued hearing about it 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:25.640 Noboru, uh, meets with this sailor called Ryuuji 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:29.180 and he sees Ryuuji in an extreme high regards 00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:33.580 He's a pristine figure, because he's the pinnacle of manliness 00:14:33.580 --> 00:14:37.315 Essentially he's a man that committed his whole life to the sea: 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:40.700 He's deliberately chose not to settle down with a wife 00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:43.055 and he goes on all these adventures 00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:45.940 And uh Noboru just looks up to this sailor. 00:14:45.940 --> 00:14:51.840 But then Ryuuji meets with Noboru's mom who's a widow and works in a shop- 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:57.180 -and they connect and eventually they want to settle down with each other 00:14:57.180 --> 00:15:02.000 So, Ryuuji wants to settle down and become a husband, essentially- 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:04.460 -even though it was against his principles 00:15:04.460 --> 00:15:07.620 And Noboru, obviously he has a problem with this- 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:10.220 -because in--not just because it's his mom that's involved, 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:17.680 but because in his thought gang, they look at fatherhood as one of the worst things possible--is to be a father 00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:21.920 And he wants to protect this pristine image that he has of Ryuuji 00:15:21.920 --> 00:15:26.280 Noboru and his thought gang decides--I don't know why I keep calling it thought gang, it's just a gang- 00:15:26.280 --> 00:15:29.300 -but um--they decide what they're gonna do about it 00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:31.480 and that's all I'm gonna say 00:15:31.500 --> 00:15:32.720 eh HEheHheHh 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:35.200 It was really fun reading a story that was so interesting 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.580 and then obviously, the symbolism with all the characters 00:15:38.580 --> 00:15:42.340 Two cultures meeting: you have Ryuuji who's uh, the pinnacle of manliness 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:47.500 He represents honour and uh, o--I think old--old Japan? 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:51.520 The wife, that's--that represents the post war culture 00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:54.615 And then you have Noboru that wants to gate-keep and protect the culture 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.820 cause uh--there was a giant culture shift 00:15:56.820 --> 00:16:03.220 Aft--uh, after the World War 2, and that's a big theme for Yukio Mishima's work which I learned afterwards 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:06.560 Right after reading the--The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:09.300 I loved it so much and I wanted more because it was so short 00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:14.120 I read "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" and I absolutely 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:15.100 L O V E D I T 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:20.040 I feel like I wanna do a video just exclusively--at some point--about Yukio Mishima 00:16:20.040 --> 00:16:23.940 once I--I read more of his works, cause I'm so fascinated by him 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:29.660 His whole life is a story in of itself and that sort of strangely merged with all his novels 00:16:29.660 --> 00:16:31.140 It's just so interesting. 00:16:31.140 --> 00:16:35.740 Don't uh--if you're interested in reading the books, just read the books first, I would say- 00:16:35.740 --> 00:16:40.380 -cause I, for me the discovery of this author was just uh-- so much fun. 00:16:40.380 --> 00:16:42.240 and I don't wanna take that away from anyone 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:45.020 I also read "[The] Sound of Waves". I don't really have too much to say about it 00:16:45.020 --> 00:16:48.555 But I think I should move on from Mishima for now 00:16:48.555 --> 00:16:51.595 and then maybe we'll discuss it more in the future 00:16:51.595 --> 00:16:54.645 After I read The Book of Five Rings, 00:16:54.645 --> 00:16:57.340 I feel like such a kid uh-- 00:16:57.340 --> 00:17:00.720 when it comes to this book *chuckles* I just can't help myself 00:17:00.725 --> 00:17:03.240 This is like the coolest book ever *laugh* 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:06.780 I know, I know it's a kind of book that people take very seriously 00:17:06.780 --> 00:17:11.900 and they wanna--uh, they wanna really analyse and give a lot of thoughts to--to um--the words 00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:15.320 Um--but I just, I feel like such a child with this book 00:17:15.320 --> 00:17:18.540 ANYWAY, It's about Japan's greatest warrior 00:17:18.540 --> 00:17:23.040 It's an undefeated warrior who is passing along his knowledge that--of what he's learned 00:17:23.040 --> 00:17:27.140 He's--uh, master of strategy, I think he calls, or something like that 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:30.880 It's a real work, it's not a--it's not fiction, or who knows? 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.205 I mean it was written literally hundreds of years ago 00:17:33.205 --> 00:17:35.940 so I don't know if any of it has been confirmed or not- 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:39.820 -but it's still--how cool is that, you have an *undefeated* warrior 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:43.280 who's just explaining how he became undefeated 00:17:43.280 --> 00:17:44.855 How cool is that? 00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:49.480 The book contains The Book of Fire, The Book of Water, Wind, Earth and Void 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:54.940 It discusses the--how his strategy is scalable and if you master his strategy, 00:17:54.940 --> 00:18:00.740 if you can defeat one foe, you can defeat any numbers of foes and essentially become invincible. 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:03.540 The pinnacle of Zero Deaths™, everyone 00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:06.560 He has this sort of nonsense approach to fighting- 00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:10.600 where no flair involved, you should really just focus on just cutting down your enemy, 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.780 that's the number one thing 00:18:11.780 --> 00:18:17.020 He talks about the fact the he--instead of holding the katana traditionally, people hold it with two hands 00:18:17.020 --> 00:18:20.120 He ha--holds it with one hand which is harder- 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:22.520 but if you can master it, it's very beneficial 00:18:22.520 --> 00:18:25.120 but and then he holds in his other hand the Wakizaki (prob. Wakizashi, a companion/secondary sword) 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:27.780 *Swedish boi mode activated* How fucking cool is that. HOW COOL IS THAT?? 00:18:27.780 --> 00:18:30.640 I've been enjoying just--uh, keeping this in my pocket 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.880 and reading uh--passages every once in a while, and just thinking about it 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.380 I'd be lying if I said I understand anything that is in this book 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:39.420 *Japanese flute BGM* "To apply stickiness; 00:18:39.420 --> 00:18:42.315 when the enemy attacks, and you also attack with a long sword, 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:44.820 you should go in with a sticky feeling 00:18:44.820 --> 00:18:48.800 and fix your long sword against the enemy's as you receive his cut. 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.240 The spirit of stickiness i snot hitting very strongly, 00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:55.760 but hitting so that the long sword do not separate easily. 00:18:56.300 --> 00:18:58.820 It is best to approach as calmly as possible- 00:18:58.820 --> 00:19:01.620 when hitting the enemy's long sword with stickiness. 00:19:01.625 --> 00:19:04.495 The difference between stickiness and entanglement- 00:19:04.495 --> 00:19:07.455 is that stickiness is firm, and entanglement is weak. 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:09.080 You must appreciate this." 00:19:09.080 --> 00:19:10.140 (Oh lord, have we reached that level of cringe where Pewds read passages from the books for us already? ) 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.920 *wheezes* 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:13.520 Obviously there's a lot to learn from this book 00:19:13.520 --> 00:19:19.620 and people still--um, use the teachings for other fields of profession today 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:22.660 Obviously you don't have to be a Samurai in today's society- 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:26.480 but people use it in business, for example, and using his strategy in business 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.420 I just love how--how...this book esists 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:31.120 *chuckles* I think it's fantastic 00:19:31.120 --> 00:19:35.820 Last but not least, I read--uh, I was so fascinated by the whole Samurai 00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:40.240 and I wanted to learn more about Samurai so I read "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:44.000 For anyone that wants to learn more about Japanese culture and the history of it, 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.920 I think Bushido is a great starting point. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:49.260 It's--the book is called "Bushido: The Soul of Japan" for a reason 00:19:49.260 --> 00:19:53.660 because the code of ethic of the Samurai has left such a huge impact- 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:56.200 -[on] Japanese society and culture even still today 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.420 They're explaining why politeness is so important in Japanese culture- 00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:03.080 and the logic behind the politeness as well. 00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:05.060 It was really interesting to know about. 00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:10.115 I think this is a great book if you wanna learn about self control--control your self impulses- 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:14.780 But the chapters that I enjoyed the most was the--grimly enough, about Seppuku 00:20:14.780 --> 00:20:16.940 I'm sure you've heard about Seppuku before, 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:21.280 but in case you don't know, it's the act of committing suicide, or execution. 00:20:21.280 --> 00:20:27.260 It's sort of a mix in between, but the --the Samurai valued honour more than anything. 00:20:27.260 --> 00:20:29.640 Honour was more valuable than life itself 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:33.415 and--if a Samurai messed up in a--in a way, made a bad choice- 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:35.580 -or--the punishment would be Seppuku 00:20:35.580 --> 00:20:39.260 but it will also be a way for them to restore their honour; 00:20:39.260 --> 00:20:44.700 Going down on--on your knees, and cutting your guts open with a short sword 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:48.060 and there's a specific reason why the guts is chose for it 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:52.380 and then someone would cut off your head--uh, right afterwards 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:55.660 The--the reason why they did do this was to restore honour, 00:20:55.660 --> 00:20:58.980 and they--honour meant more to them than anything 00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:01.720 and their approach--the Samurai's approach to death 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.840 I find so interesting 00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:07.000 Instead of trying to fight it, they see it as an opportunity 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:10.960 I don't know, I thought it was very fascinating to learn about and I really really enjoyed it 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:12.800 I definitely recommend this book if you're- 00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:14.880 interested in Japanese culture 00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:18.120 That's right, I love Japan. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.260 What are y--What are you gonna do? Sue me? 00:21:20.260 --> 00:21:21.040 That was it! 00:21:21.560 --> 00:21:23.680 *clapping to himself* 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.320 Thank you for watching 00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:26.620 Ta-ha we did it! 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:29.260 I'm loving this series. I'm having so much fun reading. 00:21:29.260 --> 00:21:31.620 I know it sounds so pretentious in a way, almost. But- 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:34.540 now, for the books that we're gonna read next month, 00:21:34.540 --> 00:21:36.500 I really wanna read "Crime and Punishment" 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:39.240 Uh, a lot of people recommended it from last month so I thought, 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.700 oh, okay. Yeah, why not? 00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:45.080 I also wanna read "Stoner". I also wanna read "No longer Human" 00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:47.980 Aaand I think we should just start with those 3. 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:50.240 I don't wanna overwhelm you guys as well. 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:52.500 ANYWAY I'LL--thank you guys so much for watching. 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:58.880 Uhh, really appreciate all the support and all the fantastic comments that I get on these videos 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:01.340 It really means a lot. And I'll see you next month. 00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.120 *meme review outro*