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1984

Well, if this book doesn't make you want to tape over your laptop camera, we don't know what will.


Biography Videos 3 videos

Walden
6874 Views

Can you really learn about human nature by removing yourself from the company of other humans? Henry David Thoreau thought it was a possibility and...

Wild Wild Walden
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If you really want to let your hair down, Walden Pond is the place for you...unless you like that hair to be clean and full of volume, because ther...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
1632 Views

Maybe it's just us, but we don't like to put off our dreams. After all, who knows? Tomorrow night, we might not want to have hands that are giant m...

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Essay Videos 4 videos

A Modest Proposal...in 21st Century Media
74731 Views

We were so moved by Angelina Jolie's overseas adoptions that we created a proposal to bring foreign-born children over by the thousands! Think abou...

Letter from Birmingham Jail
6181 Views

Martin Luther King, Jr. was way more than a speech man.

How to Know If Your Thesis Sentence Is Actually a Thesis Sentence
2355 Views

We'll teach you how to get your thesis statement to stand on its own two feet instead of wobbling around like a newborn Rudolph. No stumbles allowe...

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Novel Videos 130 videos

A Tale of Two Cities
53964 Views

It may be the best of times for Chuck Darnay, but it's pretty much constantly the worst of times for Sydney. Poor guy.

As I Lay Dying
20959 Views

A family goes on a quest to bury their family member. Yeah, sounds simple...except it never is. ‘Cause mom’s dead, and people have issues which...

The Book Thief
79479 Views

In Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, Death narrates the story of one girl who lived during the Holocaust. Not surprisingly, it's kind of a downer—bu...

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Play Videos 36 videos

A Midsummer Night's Dream
32901 Views

Aren't midsummer night dreams the worst? You wake up all sweaty and gross, and for a minute there, you can't even remember where you are. And also,...

A Raisin in the Sun
18502 Views

This video summarizes the play A Raisin in the Sun. It discusses the Youngers, members of an African-American family trying to better themselves wh...

As You Like It
10350 Views

We're not sure if good ol' Shakespeare would endorse The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, but that's not going to stop us from hosting themed viewing...

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Poem Videos 28 videos

The Road Not Taken
29611 Views

Indecision may or may not be this man's biggest problem. All he can do is go left or right. It's not that big of a deal...or is it?

The Raven
31543 Views

In Poe's raven's defense, he probably only knew that one word...

The Odyssey Summary
97092 Views

Odysseus should have checked out How to Return Home from War for Dummies. Step One: Do not mess with the son of a god. Actually, no need to read on...

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Short Story Videos 17 videos

A Hunger Artist (Kafka)
4688 Views

Guy in a black leotard. In a cage. Not eating. Weird? Yes. Popular? Absolutely. Kafka's short story includes iconic artist-figures: a mouse singer...

A Rose for Emily
20517 Views

What? She gets a rose and we don’t? Who is this Emily person anyway? What’s she done to deserve such a delightful, aromatic gift?

A&P (John Updike)
19316 Views

Three scantily clad young girls enter a store. No, this isn’t your grandfather about to tell an inappropriate joke. And no, you’re not watching...

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Speech Videos 2 videos

I Have a Dream
3055 Views

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech has stood the test of time, and we think it always will.

Hope, Despair, Memory
1898 Views

This was Barack Obama’s original campaign slogan, but it didn’t test all that well with the voters.

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