In this video I review the first of the Sword of Truth books by Terry Goodkind entitled "Wizard's First Rule." I had read this book once in my blue pill days and re-read it recently from a red pill perspective. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/groundwork_for_the_metaphysics_of_MGTOW Paypal https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted;_button_id=X9DGYCVLDYAF4 Script http://www.gftmom.com/portfolio-item/wizards-first-rule/ Hey Everybody, Marcus here. It is an interesting experience to go back to works one had immensely enjoyed in their blue pill days and experience them for a second time as a red pill man. For me, one of these works is the Terry Goodkind fantasy series entitled The Sword Of Truth. This video will be a review of the first book in that series entitled “Wizard’s First Rule.” This review will necessarily need to contain spoilers in order for me to adequately describe what my red pill knowledge exposes to me. As such, I will begin with a general, spoiler free description of the overarching plot, my conclusion and rating, followed by my analysis. In this way, anyone who wishes to read the book based on my recommendation, can turn off the video, read the book, and return to this video later. Wizard’s First Rule along with the other 18 books in the series are grim dark fantasy set in an original world thought up by the author. The books contain magic, various original fantastical creatures, as well as original takes on fantasy themes. Though a fantasy series, the book does not contain your Tolkien standard fare of orks, elves, or dwarves. Most of the beings we encounter are fundamentally human but distinguished by tradition as well as command of magic. The plot is one typified as the hero’s journey. We are introduced to the main protagonist who starts out as a joe everyman at the beginning of the series and watch this character evolve into a hero. Star Wars did it with Luke, The Odyssey by Homer did it with Odysseus to a large degree, and countless other works follow this model as well. The literary device used is commonly referred to as the hero’s journey. Now, there are 19 books in the series but each contains a self-enclosed plot which has the typical Aristotelian setup of 3 acts. So, from a literary point of view the book is completely unremarkable boiler plate writing. This book is not literature. The book is around 500 pages and would take you are 4 days of committed reading to finish. The tone and feel of the book is a mixture of high fantasy and extremely graphic brutality. One chapter may read like your typical rated G family friendly Disney movie while the next chapter will be a horrific snuff film that will surely disturb you. The author does not typically pull any punches or leave subject matter out that would be considered taboo. Children are commonly murdered, raped, and gutted in a level of descriptive detail that can really make you pause. However, the shock value is mostly contained to a banal purpose. The antagonists are depicted as evil and as such that message is communicated through the brutality I describe. In contrast, the protagonists are depicted as good and their action are somewhat expected. This is not really one of those grey area books. At least not, in my opinion, through the explicit intention of the author. The characters are meant to be mostly black and white. However, grey is introduced in an interesting way. It seems to me that both the antagonists and the protagonists share a common utilitarian moral system. The ends justify the means is a commonly recurring theme on both sides. This makes for an interesting read if you, however, subscribe to virtue ethics. Under virtue ethics, all the characters are pretty screwed up and none at all can be said to be aspiring to be good. The plot is briefly as follows. The continent on which the plot takes place is divided into 3 regions. Each of the regions are separated from one another by a Trump like wall. However, this is not a physical wall but a magical wall. The wall is one of the underworld; the land of the dead. This means that if you try to walk through the wall, you will merely walk into the underworld to never be able to return. In essence you kill yourself. The walls were put in place by a wizard for ideological reasons. The reasons related to the role of magic in the life of man.

• published: 28 Jan 2018
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