Crash Course: Literature 3

John Green reads and discusses Zora Neale Hurston's novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"; learning about the author's life; how the interpretations of the book have changed over time.

John Green teaches about Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; learning about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his well-loved body of work.

Part 2 of a discussion of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" looks at what the metaphors in the book such the island, the river and the raft might mean.

Learning about sonnets and English literature's best-known purveyor of the 14-line paeans, William Shakespeare; the Bard of Avon's biggest hits, including "Sonnet 18."

John discusses one of his least favorite novels, "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding; John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book.

The first of two episodes about Gabriel García Márquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" looks at the Buendía family and their many generations of people with the same names, as well as the fascinating way the author thinks about time.