The CodeX Cantina

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we look at "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. Why is it Ironic? We talk a bit about how this is such a great Irony teaching tool. Roald Dahl Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is12ApKN6f4&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAuIJbftoUQqoRVtULh0_8x Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmi...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! This week we look at "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury. A great piece that explores the war and post-war effects. Extinction is an important thing to talk about when it comes to the escalation of power that happens. Let's talk about it today! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRI...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we look at the American Classic: "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston. With symbols and analysis on mules, pear trees, race, and more.  Zora Neale Hurston Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g87mIBBjubw&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YBoK2V_iUrDZbr-d8WSF6zp Subscribe: https://www.youtube...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! This week we talk about "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The usage of oppression and symbols of the wallpaper and what the wife sees is incredible. Read for Free: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm Rest Cure Info: http://www.branchcollective.org/?ps_articles=anne-stiles-...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we look at "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. This is a great piece with an ominous vibe. Let's talk about some of the interpretations such as the character's names and Peter Pan. Let's also talk about the role of adulting and parenting in raising children.  If you have a Short Story or Novel you think w...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 ================================= Books or Stories Mentioned in this Video: Feb Novels: Near to the Wild Heart 100 Years of Solitude The Only Good Indians Their Eyes were Watching God Feb Manga: Ouran Host High School Feb S...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we jump into Books 1, 2, 3, 4 of "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. We're going to move at lightning speed through just some of the analysis points we want to talk to. Let's be honest, you could make this video 12 hours and you still couldn't cover it all! We're looking at sensual lust, amor...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! A look at does race matter? Recitatif by Toni Morrison explores what one does with knowledge of race? What happens when it is obfuscated? Toni Morrison hid the black and white elements from us for this story with Roberta and Twyla. Who did you think was which race? Did it matter? Would you think differently i...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we look at "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles Waddell Chesnutt. One of the first nationally circulated works which was published by the Atlantic when Chesnutt was racially passing. With some great usage of a frame narrative to compare the past and present with power, let's talk about today's story! Su...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Let's talk about "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin today. The tone is filled with dread and fear and features family trauma, suffering, finding oneself, validation. We have some wonderful usage of call and response with listening and being heard. We also need to talk about the cup of trembling and turning suff...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we're looking at Jessie Redmon Fauset's "Mary Elizabeth." What a wonderful story that may speak to many audiences. As a writer for The Crisis, she was well-positioned as a voice in the Harlem Renaissance. What did you guys think about this story? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIb...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Lezlie and I sit down for a fireside chat on "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones. We will start off Spoiler Free but as a Fireside Chat we will drop Spoilers as we get deeper into the talk. If you're new to this channel, we tend to go deeper into stories and have little regard to plot. We stay lig...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! This week we talk about Toni Cade Bambara's "The Lesson." A wonderful piece that really shows active learning in education. With the herd mentality and crab mentality layered on top of it, it's easy to see why this story is absolutely incredible! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFv...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! What's regarded as one of the best Latin Books of all time? Let's talk about love, magical realism, and loneliness or solitude in "100 Years of Solitude" by Garcia Garcia Marquez. Our copy was translated by Gregory Rabassa. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX6xVqjxSQ0&list=...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! We are looking at The Blizzard (Or The Snowstorm) by Aleksandr Pushkin today. One of the earliest forms of Russian prose and pioneers of using the Blizzard as Fate, let's talk about this piece today! Our version was translated by Paul Debreczeny. Alexander Pushkin Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7C...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Let's take a look at appearances and loyalty in "The Gilded Six-Bits" by Zora Neale Huston today. It's worth noting many people have written about comparing this to the Book of Hosea. Let's talk a bit about that comparison.  Zora Neale Huston Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g87mIBBjubw&list...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Should you read "Near to the Wild Heart?" This is our spoiler-filled chat, check out the spoiler-free version if you want to avoid knowing anything about the book. Clarice Lispector offers a literary experience unlike any other. We're going to call it "literary jazz." With themes of rebellion, meditations on...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Should you read "Near to the Wild Heart?" We take a spoiler-free look at it today. Clarice Lispector offers a literary experience unlike any other. We're going to call it "literary jazz." With themes of rebellion, meditations on form, and the structure of faith, Hurricane Clarice will take you on a ride with...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Is "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky the best Dostoevsky book to begin with? What is the point of it? The validity of religion, social critique, nihilism, and more to talk about in this novel, so let's pick out some things to be thinking about before starting this highly lauded novel.  We'll...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! A loot at Rebecca Roanhorse's short story "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience." A very unique experience with its second-person narration. Let's talk about Individuality and Group authenticity.  Rebecca Roanhorse Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9wx3uwGDUc&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YDlkJOCIi...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we're looking at "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver. Our first look at Dirty Realism.  Raymond Carver Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm_kaXHVNPU&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YAae1ij1ikrdyxaeU7sWiVX Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 TABLE OF CONTENTS...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we're looking at Nathaniel Hawthrone's treasured classic Gothic Horror short story, "Young Goodman Brown." Let's talk about religion, faith, virtue and more. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzdqkkUKpfRIbCXmiFvqxIw?sub_confirmation=1 Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we are looking at some elements of faith in this story along with the submission to authority as Gabriel García Márquez takes us on his magical realism ride! One of the most popular short stories of all time! Our copy was translated by Gregory Rabassa. Gabriel Garcia Marquez Playlist: https://www.youtub...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Today we look at Ernest Hemingway's most popular short stories, "The Hills Like White Elephants." It can be difficult to talk about but let's talk about some of the literary aspects of how Hemingway writes his stories and characters.  Ernest Hemingway Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv4KSU7OdgM...

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! One of the more popular short stories to assign in High School, "Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes is a great story to talk about characterization and forgiveness as a form of punishment.  Langston Hughes Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMet0ADPNZI&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YA78br-dPR_Aj0FFXVN_Ogj...