To: demshateGod
My experience was the opposite. I spent many years ignoring Moby Dick because I expected it to be boring. When I finally picked it up--and why I don't know--I couldn't put it down. I was amazed at its depth and clarity.
41 posted on
02/20/2009 9:55:19 AM PST by
Savage Beast
(The Left is decadence. Hubris and denial lead to tragedy. Marxism is a Fools' Paradise.)
To: Savage Beast
Clarity? I’m glad you enjoyed it though.
42 posted on
02/20/2009 10:14:42 AM PST by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: Savage Beast
"--I couldn't put it down. I was amazed at its depth and clarity. " How many fathoms? I think Melville tells how deep the white whale dives with Ahab on it before it comes up again. I understand the white whale was symbolical of something, but never figured it out. Perhaps socialism. Get hooked up with it and it will drown you. But I guess that is a modernist view.
50 posted on
02/20/2009 11:43:54 AM PST by
ZULU
(The Obamanation of Desolation stands here. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
To: Savage Beast
I read Moby Dick a few months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. A great book despite the fact that everyone who had read it told me it was incredibly boring.
52 posted on
02/20/2009 11:53:20 AM PST by
saganite
(What would Sully do?)
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