Stephen King’s IT (Book) - Thug Notes Summary & Analysis
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From plot debriefs to key motifs, Thug Notes’ IT Summary & Analysis has you covered with themes, symbols, important quotes, and more.
It (1986)
by Stephen King
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I can explain why king wrote that sex scene in one word: cocaine.
Well that or he's a serious pervert.
There is no good, no kindness, no mercy. There is only Steven King.
ObadiahtheSlim him writing that scene in general for whatever reason makes me 100% sure he has fucking problems
Deity Saturn, yeah he was on the cocaine
Diddly Widdly like I said whatever it may be, fucking problems
This dude mastered the art of the raspy voice.
Not Jesus facts, dude sound like a hood Gilbert Godfrey
Made me reach for a lozenge just by listening to it for eleven minutes.
I guess he learned from the master. Voit from Chicago P.D.!
it felt so good to turn this comment from 999likes to 1k
@@GiorgioGiovana very satisfying.
You had the best reaction to the orgy scene ever! "Stephen, man.."
"These kids only eleven. Steven, man! "
that part though. 😂😂😂
"So after an assembly line of that FREAK NASTY...."😅
"After an assembly line of the freak nasty." Poetry.
WOOOORD!!!
04:11
Did that actually happen
@@connerscruggsvlogz2113 in the book, yeah...
Ew, think I'll give this one a pass.
No GaNg bAnG rEqUiReD tHiS tiMe
😆
Did the turtle tell em to do that?
A train, not a gang bang 😂
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Come back Thug
What happened to him? Do you Know? I miss him:c
@@hobi8385 i think I saw that thug notes is on Amazon Prime or something like that
I think it's a podcast on Spotify now...I still miss the RUclips ones, the podcast just doesn't live up to the standard
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“This sounds pretty freaky …… but I like it “
Too dang funny
Nathan s lmao I was out 🤣🤣🤣
Ok this book crazy af lmao wasn't expecting any of that. Kiddy orgy's, omnipotent turtle god, the way to kill "it" by chewing on his tongue, and just what "it" is, I'm so lost haha.
Nezzen Our universe was made when that turtle vomitted it out after a stomach ache. Also, that turtle had died by choking on a galaxy by the time the kids grew up.
Just saying that it gets weirder.
To be fair it's like a metaphysical tongue chewing. But yeah, fucking wierd
Nezzen To quote another King book "The Wasteland", "See the turtle, ain't he keen? All things serve the fucking beam."
Nezzen It is an eldritch horror, like something out of Lovecraft. As for the rest of the crazy, it was about this time King discovered cocaine.
Nezzen king was real high back then, im talking all types of drugs cocaine eccspecially
it's fumny how king said: " why are people so obsessed with ONE sex scene"
yeah, why are people so focused on the scene you wrote were 7 eleven year olds run a TRAIN on beverly to find enlightenment. guess we will never know
TheICEgirl6100 someone went back and looked at the reviews of the book at the time it was published and they found that that scene was rarely referenced. So weird. I think when the book gained a teenage/YA readership, “the scene” gained the notoriety it has today. (I sure as hell was messed up by it when I read it at 12.) It’s funny. It kinda goes along with the book’s theme of adults not noticing things that kids/teens DEFINITELY pick up on.
Kids Stephen. You were writing about kids.
Ruby, this novel wasn't written by the character. It was written by King and he is the one who created the very internal logic and premise of the act in the novel you cite as a reason for people not to find it dubious. No. it does not work like that. King is a grown man writing a scene like this in a book and so the complaint is that and not if the character he wrote to want the act is the one who should determine the merit of the act. it's like saying it's okay that a writer creates a scene of abuse because in the novel the character wanted it............oh....wait.
In King's defence, Bev was strangely sexualised throughout the whole book. Bev's description of the perfect donger was the first description I ever read. Her husband is abusive and I vaguely remember a scene with Bev and her dad that made me _wait wut_ as well as the sewer incident.. and maybe also gossip that she might be a bit of a ho? Then again, I also remember that Henry covers his belly button because Henry is a big boy and there are probably other unnecessarily sexual scenes or undertones at times. Perhaps King is confused about we fixate on just that ONE scene, when there's plenty of others to choose from too.
Other than a disturbing layer of character development, the sexual stuff doesn't really add anything of substance to the story so I can see why they would leave it out of retellings. That and the whole 'really creepy' thing. I'd like to think that King was trying to play on invoking visceral disgust in back of the reader's mind, to enhance the fear in the story with some subconscious negative emotions. I'd really like to think that..
@@doubtfulguest5450 "In defense of King's gross child sex scene, he over-sexualized children throughout the whole book" - You
"After wrecking It with an Inhaler and some choice words,"
I'm so dead AHAHAAHAH
Bring back Thug Notes!
I see why the show was gone for so long. That book is longer than the bible. Great to see Thug Notes back.
ocsar tobi what
Technically, not. IT takes around 50 hours to read in audio format. The Bible takes 72.
ocsar tobi m
Regular King James Bible is like 780,000 words, IT is about 440,000...I know I was THAT curious.
ocsar tobi Word count on my copy of It was 1000+, maybe close to 1100. Bible's longer than that.
What? These kids are only 11! Stephen, man... Wisecrack you guys are golden.
Stephen King was so intoxicated during that period that he can't even recall writing that scene.
Remember when Thug Notes was actually being made on this channel?
Pepperidge Farm remembers
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This is genius. Aside from being hilarious, it’s a succinct synopsis of the 1000-page novel and an insightful analysis no less.
Derry is IT. IT is Derry.
The adults let IT feed.
pyronixe It started to feed once man showed up. Before that It slept.
Feed IT derry. IT is lactose intolerant? Then feed IT dairy. XD
No wonder the movie was changed so much lol damn
Skelecat ikr this is fucked up
Stephen King has amazing talent, but some of his books were written hastily while he was coked out of his mind and it shows.
IT is far and away King's best book, and it should be considered one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century.
@@jonathanw1019 never read the stand have you
@@trappx2 I tried at one point. Was not a fan. That might have come from watching the TV movie before attempting it, so I knew the rough plot. IT always had far more familiarity to me in terms of themes, and I think it has far more familiarity in terms of American Culture and history as well. I get that people like the Stand though and I should probably give it another go.
I've read a rumor that IT was written in a 15 hour coke and whiskey bender. No rest, no sleep, just coked out of his mind pounding away at his typewriter for 15 straight hours. King has never stated this was true but never denied it either. I think his answer was something like, "it's possible".
@@purplegorilla9592 I'd like to believe the coke whiskey bender thing, which could certainly be true, but 1100 pages in 15 hours? That's over a page a minute. If it's whiskey and coke, 15 hours isn't even that long. Let's double or triple that. I could see two days straight. That might actually explain the last 200 pages.
Can you do "Interview with the Vampire" by Anne Rice? I think it would be incredible.
Ooooh. Yeeees.
Hell yeah
The child orgy was meant to symbolize their lost of innocence of being kids. Because the only way they could escape the tunnels was by becoming men and woman.
Its still pretty weird tho. I think killing a horrific monster is enough for you to be labeled as a man.
MrLittleSam can't be a man till you have sex lol
Ive seen that thrown around, but i reread the book a while ago and it doesnt really come across that way. Bill is thinking when theyre lost in the tunnels that they lost some kind of power that held them together during that summer. And beverlys thought that only their love to one another would bring them out of the sewers hence the gangbang. Your explanation makes more sense but thats not really how it goes down. What really happened could easily be left out of the book and not make much of a difference to the story.
There are so many follow up questions for that...explanation
MrLittleSam they’re pre-teens. No amount of sex is going to turn them into adults. It’s really fucked up that he included it honestly.
I didn't have to fight a monster to become an adult.
Didn't have to have sex either.
It was a combination of taking risks and taking responsibility for the consequences of those risks.
"Drop your drawers and fuck me! Wait....What?!" Ah, yes, this part. This legendary part. And then Stephen got an idea. An awful idea. Stephen got a wonderful, awful idea.
gagejoseph91 man, this remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas is weird.
I heard he was on drugs when he wrote this
Tae Aubrey Really Bad off on booze and cocaine.
Is this really part of the book?
yes
"Straight clowning with IT" "That movie scared the shit outta me!" "..weird crack heads in Derry" 3 LOL moments in a row. I gotta start this joint over.
I think another big focus of the book is facing childhood trauma. Most of the Losers return to face their childhood fears and emerge stronger for it. I think that the book is definitely about evil but facing your fears is another large part of the message.
Cocaines a hell of a drug
He actually wrote the majority of it while he was struggling with alcoholism and cocaine addition
Matthew Cupelli that explains a LOT
I am a simple woman I see THUGNOTES and IT
I click the heck out of that video
CardcaptorsRULES that....I don't know what to make of that.
This is the best I've found on RUclips in 100 years.
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To be fair to King, he was still doing pretty much ALL the coke when he wrote this thing.
I️ thought he was an alcoholic
+North West's What makes you think that's an either/or situation?
coke, amphetamines, alcohol AND benzos.
You say that like it's a bad thing! Was probably the good stuff with light steps!
North West's Baby Hairs both. It is both xD both all the coke and all the alcohol
I miss Thug Notes 😢 It's so good.
His raspy voice makes me wanna clear my throat unconsciously to the point i forget to breathe.
I had to clear my throat after reading this lol
SPOILERS BRO.
pretty sure the book also states that Derry, the town itself, is just another form that IT can take, IT is the town. that explains why the town starts to collapse and explode when they kill IT.
cool vid my dude, just found you today
That phrase was more of a metaphors; Derry isn't literally a form of IT. What they meant was that Derry is how it is because of IT's influence, and he's been there since the beginning. Derry feed's off of IT just as much as IT feeds off of Derry
@@VampireObssessed I get what yo mean, yeah I think Derry is so influenced by IT in evil ways that Derry might as well be another form of IT
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I was hoping Thug Notes would be a series like Death Note but set in east LA, where the protagonist is a genius from the hood who uses a death note to take out rival gangs and the police, all while being hunted down by an eccentric and aloof former member of a rival gang turned detective who can't sit properly and eats sweets all day, thus crushing racial stereotypes and providing an insightful look at gang culture in America through the lens of a paranormal thriller.
This is cool too, though.
This should be a televised program
I watched the Macbeth Thug Notes and now i can just hear his voice in my head every GCSE lit exam i have 😂
Honestly, I've learned more about literature from thug notes videos than my last 8 years of school combined.
“...it’s fascinating to me that there has been so much comment about that single sex scene and so little about the multiple child murders. That must mean something, but I’m not sure what.” - Stephen King
Well, one of them is FAR more unusual.
It means we don't talk about something clearly outlined in the book as a disturbing thing (child murders) but we do talk about something disturbing that's clearly outlined as a good thing (child orgies). But I promise you if the book tried to show child murder as a good thing, it would be controversial too.
Brokenwingedheart context!
It doesn't help that the book is about child murders, we expect it. Villains doing evil things, not a shock. Scary yes, but the very idea is expected. What we don't expect is children fucking, and it keeps going.
Yes Stephen because the clown is killing the kids but he didnt fuck em
Saw this on my "home" page...had a short moment of pure happiness thinking that thug notes was back
You should review _The Shining_ .
The Shining is definitely one of his better books.
Battle Royale by Koshun Takami. PLEASE LET IT HAPPEN.
Alexis Carroué PLEASE
I agree!!!! And Phantom of the Opera, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, he reviewed Count of Monte Cristo why not the Three Muscketeer and The man in the Iron Mask.
that would be stellar
Yes!!!
Alexis Carroué Hell yes!!!
I noticed that one of the comments at the beginning was a request for Ready Player One.
Benjamin Abramowitz Weird. Didn't they already do one on it?
cool profile pic, ben. 10/10
first thing I saw
Yes, and it'll save you the trouble of bothering with that horribly written book.
Nice pic, tho I like Oracular Spectacular more
M-O-O-N, that spells The Stand! Please do The Stand next!
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Been subbed since the begining
Keep them coming man
Because of this dude I read books and then I try to put it into his words, books are fun!
Do 'do androids dream of electric sheep'. This may not be a true classic, but since the new Blade runner movie is now out I belive the time is right :)
THE HELL IS A CLOWN DOIN DOWN THERE
In Stephen King's book On Writing he talks about his drug years. He writes, "Cujo is a good book. I'd like to remember writing it." When asking what the man was thinking when he wrote certain scenes the best answer might to shrug and say he wasn't.
The way you said "It sounds pretty freaky.. but I like it" looked like the most matter-of-fact bedroom talk. Like reminding the other person that you do their freaky shit and don't complain, so they owe you to do the same.
I love these thug notes. One of the most underrated shows on wisecrack!
When you have an essay due in the morning but Thug Notes is too damn entertaining.
this is my favorite videos from wisecrack. i see how they separated the alien guy, im surprised they didn't separate you. I'm very very glad you are still in, i love these!
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I've been waiting for this. You nailed it, dude.
This guy is making me interested in literature. Nice! HAHAHAHAHA
I've been looking for a channel like this. :) Thank you Thug Notes.
All hail the “king”
The "king" of pedophillic novels
David Levy no fuck the ‘king’ who writes about 11 year olds having a gangbang
Damn we can’t talk bout that shit, she only 11
David Levy shut up loser
King a shit
When are you going to do The Call of Cthulhu?
M12GProductions not much depth to it is there?
Variklis Woods not really?
I don't really see a deep message in that short story.
M12GProductions phantoms by kuntz
I like your style haha, very fun. Gonna subscribe and binge some more of your work. Thanks for the laughs, peace!
“Hoopty-ass bike” is always my favorite part
Love the analysis after the rundown of the plot. Helps me understand why people like these stories.
Hook up with the loser's club has a two meanings in this book
As someone who is reading the book, I can confirm that this is very accurate. Also, this video was funny af! 😂
This was really good! I don't know if I am going to read that book because it's so long, but at the same time, I am constantly gaining more knowledge of it as I continue to browse the concept of this series online all the time!
Can you do The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams?
William Glass no because it sucks
William Glass I second this. This, or Watership Down.
S Makhanya Both great books in their own rights.
Not well known enough. But yes I am aware of it.
Yes make it happen
Kind of wish we could have more Thug Notes stuff on the channel or 8-bit philosophy. Great vid as always!
So many posts about Bev's sexual abuse... Guys, he is reviewing the BOOK. Alvin Marsh did not sexually abuse his daughter in the book. Bev was CONFUSED when her mother asked her if he was touching her. There was ONE scene when he was very inappropriate, but that was PENNYWISE'S influence! NOT her father's. He did sexually abuse her in the new movie, but that's not what this video is about.
I think they're talking about the gang-bang...
He was going to abuse her in the book, and in some weird gross way both Bev and her dad knew this. Stephen King at his finest, folks.
Very late reply, but he definitely was planning to abuse her once she hit puberty. The mere fact that her mother suspected that and asked her about it is evidence enough that there definitely was something going on
Very good point, I feel like people weren't paying attention when reading the book, or just watched the movie and ignored the book altogether.
It was certainly hinted at. It often goes w alcoholism, but it's NOT causal.
Besides, why would her mother ASK for no reason? They don't normally do anything to stop the abuse.
*_THAT MOVIE SCARED THE ---- OUTTA ME!_*
Could you do The Aeneid? That would be awesome.
Though it would be awesome the issue with epics is that they're a series of episodes, each of them worth a world of interpretation on their own.
Jaydoggy531 he did do the Odyssey tho
Fro licious
Try Overly Sarcastic Productions on RUclips
They, sarcastically explain the whole story of various pieces literature, including The Odyssey, Paradise Lost, The Aeneid, Shakespeare's works, The Divine Comedy, and etc
Shit. I'm a Spanish speaker, but I usually try to watch videos in English for learning. This one was difficult as hell.
This is not English it is Ebonics. It's the difference between Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish and Spanish Spanish.
U don't need to know about all the detail ;). You will understand one day.
Heimar Mendoza Keep watching RUclips. My little cousins are native Arabic speakers and they learned a lot of English through RUclips.
@@wereberius9201 True.
Sameeeee I struggle a lot when people come to my work using slang
This series is my favorite concept. Keep up the good videos 'cause I'll be here watching them.
I've read most of King's work and this book always fucks with me because of the time jumps.
I never thought of it like that! I always looked at the transition of adolescence into adulthood aspect of IT, but it never occurred to me that IT is just a reflection of our darker halves. Thank you, Thug Notes, for this new perspective!
Lit AF!!!
Azmorph Bruh, you're the one commenting how many days later?
jolyn_ art XD
LIT
It's Lit(erature)!
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Just givin luv 2 ur work! I’ve watched most of your vids and I luv ‘em!
This is seriously one of my favorite series on RUclips
New Thug Notes = Like
Can we please have this for Silence of the Lambs? XD
Rooney I second that request. Great idea!
Man i love these shows you bring allot of classics back in a clever way keep it up homie
Only just found your channel and already digging your style, love it!
I just knew this was going to be *_Goood when I read the title!_*
I've been waiting for a new episodes for ages love your stuff!
"Stephen, maaaaaan..."
A whole mood right there
I stumbled onto your channel by chance today. I love this!! I subscribed!! ❤❤❤
Can you do One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?
Great choice ^
Yass!
Very inspiring tale.
William Glass no fuck you
Either that or Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler. Usually I'd not be optimistic about something critical of socialism seeing the light of day on a RUclips channel like this, but he did review The Fountainhead a while ago. (A book I am personally not much of a fan of, truth be told, but I will take what I can get in 2017.)
The Gunslinger by Stephen King, please!
sparky its been many years that ive enjoyed your work and it just gets better and better i use your videos to get my son (9yo) intrested in books thank you for your time and work youre truly a super hero to me because you get kids and adults to become interested in books and in litterateur and that is priceless so thank you my wonderful friend
This is one of the best things I have ever seen on RUclips...hands down
Damn. Random Thug Note vid popped up in my YT feed, and I thought Sparky was back.
I'd love to see you do A Scanner Darkly.
Interesting interpretation. I've never heard that one before. "IT" is probably one of the best novels I've ever read. It's a classic. I loved the stories within stories, and how it's all connected.
Good to see you back. Keep it coming ☆☆☆☆☆
still no Code geass, WE MUST FIND HOPE
*but i can't find them, there's only soup...*
TheLPRnetwork thats hard to find like soup in a clothes store
TheLPRnetwork what do you mean there’s only soup
George Baynard It means there's only soup
2009Bandman no I got the joke I’m adding on to it
Funky Student what store are you in!?
Can you do stephen king the Stand
And do Flowers in the attic by V.C. Andrews Mr. Thug.
Excellent summary, well articulated. Totally subscribed
Love these videos
I hope he gets to the Dark Tower books one day.
So a lot of things in the book went over my head 🤦🏾♀️
The Hockstetter portion of the book is more terrifying than Pennywise himself.
Well done! Excellent as always and very funny!