...The Painting at "The Spouter Inn" “Moby Dick” is a novel which is full of symbolic meanings and ideas depicting human courage and dignity, the role of fate and destiny in life of common people. This novel depicts life experience of a common sailor Ishmael through the lens of fate and destiny. The journey around the world serves as a symbol that represents dilemma and the knowledge retrieval, the desire to find old truth, and the symbol of maternity. Thesis Using the painting at “The Spouter Inn” Melville gives some hints to readers symbolically portraying hardship and tragedy, a struggle between life and death awaiting the main character of the novel. From the very beginning, Ishmael cannot understand the meaning of the picture. He tries to find different interpretations of the image described as “there was a sort of indefinite, half-attained, unimaginable sublimity about it that fairly froze you to it, till you involuntarily took an oath with yourself to find out what that marvelous painting meant” (Melville, Chapter 3). In a moment, the image “bears a faint resemblance to a gigantic fish” or “even the great leviathan himself” (Melville, Chapter 3). It is possible to assume that the picture represents eternal existence, so it is difficult find the right meaning of the painting. Nature and the sea theme in particular are used as a symbol to describe deep personal feelings and life experience of a human being. This symbol gives only some hints to the reader to comprehend...
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...American Literature Book Report Moby-Dick Herman Melville Moby-Dick by Herman Melville is about a boy named Ishmael and a Captain named Ahab, as they set off on a journey to catch a white whale. “There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.” This is one of the quotes in the book that really stick out. It can be applicable to a lot of people throughout the ages. Moby-Dick is very much a classic as it was written awhile back. Herman Melville set the time around the same time he published Moby-Dick in Pittsfield, Massachusetts around 1850. Ishmael, the narrator, does have experience as a sailor but this is the first time he goes whaling. While staying at a whaler's inn he meets Queequeg, a harpooner from the south and also a cannibal. After a while the two men become friends and begin looking for work on a whaling vessel together. In Nantucket, they end up getting a job on a boat called the Pequod. The captain of the Pequod is Ahab, who has recently lost a leg in a fight against Moby Dick. The Pequod sets out and as the ship reaches warmer and calmer waters, Ahab makes his entrance to the rest of the crew. He tells them his intention to kill Moby Dick, the great white whale that took his leg. Ahab sees Moby Dick as a main symbol of evil. As motivation...
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...In the novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, a microcosm lives in the Pequod. Throughout the story, the microcosm is apparent in the control and superiority of Captain Ahab, friendship, religion, and the struggles of good and evil. The Pequod symbolizes the views, actions, thoughts, and the various types of people in the world. Ahab’s power and authority show that he is the leader in this small world. He conjures allegiance and fear out of the crew. Dagoo, Tashtego, and Queequeg are the minorities on the ship(for obvious reasons) and represent the minorities of the world. They band together when one is in danger. Starbuck is very religious and portrays the devout of the world. His faith and reverence keep him sane during the long journey. The rest of the crew depicts the average people of the world. They show how gullible and vulnerable we can be sometimes. To win over the crew, Ahab uses his knowledge of human nature to coax them into helping him with his vengeance. The first thing he does is nails the gold doubloon to the mast and promises it to the first man to see Moby Dick. By doing so, he makes them remember what their reward will be when they see the whale. Next he gives them rum to reach the gluttonous side of man. This shows that we are weak and give in to pleasure. After that he cuts his palm, squeezes the blood out, drips it in the rum and tells them to drink it. This shows Ahab trying to get to the religious aspect of man by having them drink his blood...
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...A person, who is over zealous in their ambitions to achieve a certain goal, may in the end find themselves further away from where they started. Within Herman Melville’s, Moby Dick, the reader is able to understand this when they follow Ahab’s journey through his past experiences with the white whale, as well as the ones he is about to face. Ahab had once been on a whaling journey through the world’s oceans, when he came upon a whale like no other, a white whale. The fact that this whale was white; a color that shows great power, as well as rarity, drew Ahab into a hunt for that white whale, Moby Dick. This whale, however, seemed to be more brilliant than the others, and not only was it able to escape, but it took one of Ahab’s legs as a souvenir. Since that very day, Ahab has seen his fate as being the one who would kill this whale, and finally extract his revenge on that beast. That is when the Pequod takes of on its long journey around the world, in search of this magnificent whale. Within Ahab’s hunt for the great whale, he is faced with his obsession over killing the whale, that he does not even sleep at night, as well as his drive to get revenge on a whale that took of his leg, and within his fury, Ahab does not take the cosmic signs that are shown to him as anything but a mere joke that can be shrugged...
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...Ahab’s Leg and Moby Dick Melville uses symbolism in his novel Moby Dick to express his theme. Anti-Transcendentalism plays a large role in his writing as well. Captain Ahab’s leg is a symbol used to express natures mark on man along with anti-transcendentalist ideas. Melville also uses Moby Dick to represent man vs nature. Captain Ahab’s leg and Moby Dick represent anti-transcendentalist ideas and are symbols throughout the story. Captain Ahab is the captain of the Pequod whaling ship in the story. The singular purpose of the Captain’s whaling mission is to hunt down and kill a whale name Moby Dick. In his previous encounter with Moby Dick the Captain lost his leg to the whale. In place of his real leg the Captain has a prosthetic leg made of out whale bone. The Captain’s bone leg has quite a few meanings. It represents struggle to readjust to life, the want for vengeance, and anger. The Captain wants to invoke vengeance on Moby Dick because of his unrightful taking of his leg. This strong anger towards Moby Dick makes him obsessed on getting revenge. He offers a reward to all of the crew members aboard the boat for whoever kills Moby Dick; “Whosoever of ye raises me a while headed whale, with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke - look ye, whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold ounce, my boys” (Melville 4). This reward offering shows that the Captain will go to the ends of the sea and back in order to have Moby Dick killed. This relates...
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...My dick is so big, it only tips with hundreds. My dick is so big, the Carnegie Deli named a sandwich after it. My dick is so big, the city was going to build a statue of it but they ran out of cement. My dick is so big, Michael Jackson wants to build an amusement park on it. My dick is so big, when I get hard my ey brows get pulled down to my neck. My dick is so big, you're standing on it. My dick is so big, it only comes into work when it feels like it. My dick is so big, it plays golf with the president My dick is so big, it charges money for its autograph. 10. My dick is so big, it has an agent. My dick's people will call your people. Let's have lunch with my dick. 11. My dick is so big, I'm already ****ing a girl tomorrow. 12. My dick is so big, ships use it to find their way into the harbor. 13. My dick is so big, there was once a movie called Godzilla vs. My Dick.14. My dick is so big, it lives next door. 15. My dick is so big, I entered it in a big-dick contest and it came in first, second, and third 16. My dick is so big, it votes. 17. My dick is a better dresser than I am. 18. My dick is so big, it has a three-picture deal. 19. My dick is so big that the head of it has only seen my balls in pictures. 20. My dick is so big, Henry Aaron used it to hit his 750th home run. 21. My dick runs the 440 in fifteen seconds. 22. My dick is the Walrus, koo koo ga joob. 23. No matter where I go, my dick always gets there first. 24....
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...Religion is one of the earliest themes that emerged in Moby Dick. There are a numerous amount of religions that are each shown with equal respect towards in the novel. It is unusual for a novel to do something like putting Christians and pagans on the same level. As it is a contrast to what America was like during the time the book was written. In addition, the novel also uses a great deal of biblical symbolism in the names and allegorical roles of the characters. Moby Dick can be interpreted as a reflection of Melville’s religious philosophy. Using his characters as symbolism and allegories allows him to show his opinion on religion. One of the clearest symbols being the whale, Moby Dick. The whale is "not only ubiquitous, but immortal,"(Melville, 179) and it can be interpreted as a symbol of God or a servant of God. Ahab chases the whale in an attempt to defy God. This can suggest that Melville believes that things will not end well for those who attempt to defy God, hence why in the book Ahab and the crew die. In chapter 9, the only “clergy man”, Father Maple tells us “The story of Jonah”. It tells that God makes us do things we do know want to do for our own good. "The things God wants us to do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavors to persuade. And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists."(Melville, 40). This can be interpreted that throughout...
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...On October 18, 1851, Herman Melville published one of America's most well renown and analyzed classics, Moby Dick. Throughout this novel, Melville alludes to various themes and personal beliefs through the literary devices he incorporates and embeds in his characters trials and tribulations. Melville's encapsulation of an adventurous tone and the biblical allusion of King Ahab, leads one to believe he wrote Moby Dick to depict that a man's desire for inner peace will cause him to chose life-threatening ways actions. From page one, Melville embodies and utilizes tone to help foster the characterization of Ishmael, the main character. This is immediately witnessed in the first line of the novel, "Call me Ishmael." While this line is brief, it is extremely significant to the story and serves as the foundation to the tone. Melville uses this time period, in which whaling was illustrated as a heroic craft, to provide a feeling of angst and excitement to the diction of Ishmael's first three words, thus...
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...Moby-Dick is one of the most controversial and entertaining books known. Along with the book the themes are also extremely entertaining. Herman Melville is the outstanding mind behind this masterpiece. Herman Melville included the powerful theme of defiance, the worshipping theme of duty, and sorrowful theme of death. This book showed both respect for nature along with respect-less people. Throughout Mr. Melville showed his great mind along with his writing skills. Defiance is one of the numerous major themes of this book. One of the most defiant of all of the characters is Ahab. Ahab want to be so much more of a person than what he really and truly is (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). This fact that he can not be drives him crazy throughout the...
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...Brendan Wu This World and the Next Kevin Goldstein November 29, 2014 A Thoreau Examination of Materialism In Walden, Thoreau admonishes society for succumbing to material desires and forsaking greater, more worthy pursuits like knowledge and self-reliance; similarly, in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Dick creates a world where dependence on material possessions causes society to sacrifice its humanity and ultimately creates irreversible ruin. Yet both authors acknowledge that material items are important, with Thoreau depending on things like his house and his field for survival, and Dick introducing pet animals and empathy boxes as possessions that heighten human experience rather than suppress it. Thoreau and Dick argue that material possessions themselves have the potential to make powerful and positive impacts. It is the unchecked desire for material possessions that leads to societal decline and unhappiness. Throughout Walden, Thoreau is largely critical of materialism, venturing into the solitude of Walden Pond for two years partly to escape society’s preoccupation with material possessions. In the beginning of “Economy,” he observes young townsmen strapped with large inheritances and comments that having a massive farm, which is typically perceived as a sign of prosperity, only creates obligations and forces its inhabitants to spend their entire lives toiling, whereas owning a meager plot of land both allows for self-sufficiency and provides time to explore...
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...Moby Dick: A Judgment of Ahab’s Character Everyone is responsible for their own actions; moreover, fate is just a scapegoat if something goes wrong. Captain Ahab, a character in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, is a victim of his own negligent actions. As a result, he faces an unfortunate death from the fury of the white whale. Ahab places all of his hate on the whale, whom is later referred to as Moby Dick, because he lost a leg to him. In his eyes, Moby Dick represents all of the hatred and evil in the world, and that he must go and destroy it. Yet, he is fully responsible for his own death due to the fact that he overlooked the warning signs that Nature and God provided for him, lacked communication between him and his shipmates, and preferred to be isolated from the crew in order to fuel his monomaniac conscience to put Moby Dick to his death. Because Ahab is the captain of the ship, he assumed that he ultimately had higher authority than God. God, in his mind, was in the wrong, by letting Moby Dick “dismember” (Melville 161) him; leading into Captain Ahab’s growing fixation with the beast. While being infatuated with Moby Dick, he is forced to ignore the obvious signs from Nature that were telling him to change his plans if he desired to live. However, Ahab chose to ignore the warning signs that were thrown at him throughout the novel. One omen that Ahab chose to pay no heed to was when the Pequod “was left to fight a Typhoon which had struck it directly ahead”...
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...From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Don't be a dick" redirects here. For the meta essay, see meta:Don't be a jerk. For other uses, see Dick (disambiguation). Dick is an English-language euphemism used for a variety of slang purposes, some generally considered vulgar. It is used to refer to the penis,[1] and by extension as a verb to describe sexual activity. It is also used as a pejorative term for individuals who are considered to be rude, abrasive, inconsiderate, or otherwise contemptible.[1] In this context, it can be used interchangeably with jerk, and can also be used as a verb to describe rude or deceitful actions. Variants include dickhead, which literally refers to the glans. The offensiveness of the word dick is complicated by the continued use of the word in inoffensive contexts, including as both a given name and a surname, in the popular British dessert, spotted dick, in the classic novel Moby-Dick, and in the Dick and Jane series of children's books. Uses such as these have provided a basis for comedy writers to exploit this juxtaposition through double entendre. The word dick has had other slang meanings in the past. It was frequently used in mystery fiction to mean "detective", as with the 1940 W.C. Fields film, The Bank Dick (which was released in the United Kingdom as The Bank Detective). The word has sometimes been used to mean "nothing". Neither of these definitions were necessarily pejorative or related to the usual modern meaning of the word. Contents...
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...Activity 1: Matching Type 1. Eyes taste 2. Nose smell 3. Ears hearing 4. Tongue touch 5. Skin sight Activity 1: Matching Type 1. Eyes taste 2. Nose smell 3. Ears hearing 4. Tongue touch 5. Skin sightActivity 1: Matching Type 1. Eyes taste 2. Nose smell 3. Ears hearing 4. Tongue touch 5. Skin sightActivity 1: Matching Type 1. Eyes taste 2. Nose smell 3. Ears hearing 4. Tongue touch 5. Skin sightActivity 1: Matching Type 1. Eyes taste 2. Nose smell 3. Ears hearing 4. Tongue touch 5. Skin sightActivity 2Choose within the box the correct answer for the sensations below. Touch | Taste | Smell | Sight | Hearing | __________1. Taste of ampalaya__________2. Texture of silk cloth__________3...
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...The central character of the story as well as its narrator, Amir has a privileged upbringing. His father, Baba, is rich by Afghan standards, and as a result, Amir grows up accustomed to having what he wants. The only thing he feels deprived of is a deep emotional connection with Baba, which he blames on himself. He thinks Baba wishes Amir were more like him, and that Baba holds him responsible for killing his mother, who died during his birth. Amir, consequently, behaves jealously toward anyone receiving Baba’s affection. His relationship with Hassan only exacerbates this. Though Hassan is Amir’s best friend, Amir feels that Hassan, a Hazara servant, is beneath him. When Hassan receives Baba’s attention, Amir tries to assert himself by passive-aggressively attacking Hassan. He mocks Hassan’s ignorance, for instance, or plays tricks on him. At the same time, Amir never learns to assert himself against anyone else because Hassan always defends him. All of these factors play into his cowardice in sacrificing Hassan, his only competition for Baba’s love, in order to get the blue kite, which he thinks will bring him Baba’s approval. The change in Amir’s character we see in the novel centers on his growth from a selfish child to a selfless adult. After allowing Hassan to be raped, Amir is not any happier. On the contrary, his guilt is relentless, and he recognizes his selfishness cost him his happiness rather than increasing it. Once Amir has married and established a career, only...
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...Guayaquil, 06 de marzo de 2016 Señores CGG – SPTMF – ABG Como es de vuestro conocimiento, la situación actual de la logística de materiales hacia las islas Galápagos se da en condiciones que distan de ser las más convenientes. Como Armadores de las motonaves que proporcionan el servicio de transporte marítimo, nos resulta preocupante la situación de algunos sus componentes: 1.- ITINERARIO La falta de terminales portuarios en los puertos de destino, la descarga realizada en sitios de fondeo en situación de alta inseguridad, la lenta movilización de las barcazas, la lenta operación de los contenedores en tierra, y otros elementos del proceso, hacen que los tiempos de permanencia de los buques en un puerto determinado varíe en forma pronunciada. Sumado a esto, la descarga en la isla Isabela se da de forma manual, desde abordo hacia las barcazas. Todo ello hace que, por causas fuera de su control, los buques salgan y arriben a los puertos con más de un día de diferencia, que es la holgura permitida en el documento del itinerario vigente. Esa diferencia se multiplica en cada puerto visitado, haciendo que los atrasos sean de varios días, llegando a sumar hasta una semana en un solo viaje. Mientras no se cuente con terminales adecuados y una infraestructura de descarga conveniente, las fechas de arribo de los buques deben ser referenciales, y su incumplimiento no puede generar amonestación al buque, ya que su atraso es por causas que no controla, como mar embravecida, lentitud...
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