Thug Notes: Fahrenheit 451
Professor Sweets introducing our common reading text at Troy University this year, Fahrenheit 451. Join our gang of scholarly hoods.
LotR Props for Auction
Saruman’s staff and Aragorn’s sword are up for auction this November, just in time for Christmas shoppers who have a few hundred thousand bucks burning up their pockets.
One little-known property of Saruman’s staff — it gives the power of breakdancing.
King Lear
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 19)
Thug Notes: Of Mice and Men
Sparky Sweets tells us about Mice & Men, and Cain & Abel.
You can see the full text of Robert Burns’ “To a Mouse” and hear various people reading it here, and if you don’t know the full story of Cain and Abel, here it is.
And now, where we learn that Chinese characters are essentially just the Wing Dings font:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JlVqfC8-UI
King John
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 18)
Thug Notes: The Hobbit
Sparky Sweets on The Hobbit and Wagner.