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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale
by Herman Melville
Few books have as complex a narrative as Moby Dick. Reading this book was difficult, my English teacher called this book "a big, beautiful mess" and he was right. Moby Dick will forever remain beloved in my heart. Herman Melville's mastery is clear through every chapter. I don't actually know how to summarize my thoughts on this book.
Ishmael,
Our orphan, who escapes to the sea to work as a sailor. Ishmael has no family or friends that we know of and the only person with whom he shows affection is Queequeg . Ishmael sails on the sea to stave off depression and, due to his ignorance about Captain Ahab's story, signs on the Pequod. The Pequod is described quite cabalistically. (It is also later described as a hell ship.) Ishmael functions as the narrator (although there are many chapter where it is clear the narration has briefly changed) who guides the readers along his own emotional journey as the Pequod searches tirelessly for the White Whale. Ishmael is also consistently a thinker and dreamer who searches for meaning in paintings, his own job aboard the Pequod, his duty as a Christian, how he should treat others, and observes his own place in the universe.
Ishmael,
Our orphan, who escapes to the sea to work as a sailor. Ishmael has no family or friends that we know of and the only person with whom he shows affection is Queequeg . Ishmael sails on the sea to stave off depression and, due to his ignorance about Captain Ahab's story, signs on the Pequod. The Pequod is described quite cabalistically. (It is also later described as a hell ship.) Ishmael functions as the narrator (although there are many chapter where it is clear the narration has briefly changed) who guides the readers along his own emotional journey as the Pequod searches tirelessly for the White Whale. Ishmael is also consistently a thinker and dreamer who searches for meaning in paintings, his own job aboard the Pequod, his duty as a Christian, how he should treat others, and observes his own place in the universe.