Melville’s style often paralleled his own personal experiences of the past and his current conditions while in the writing process. His first book, Typee: A Peep At Polynesian Life, was that of swift clarity, adventure, and picturesqueness (Mather Jr.). As this book came shortly after his personal excursions at sea, it reflected fresh youthfulness. The style of Typee is direct and has a sharp keenness. Melville's manly optimism and lusty appetite for life becomes visible in this fast paced novel which is written by an author whom is free from self-consciousness. Typee has been compared to a quasi magic mirror in which Melville holds the world up to its surface, demonstrating the illusions of youth, and revealing the world's unhealthy complexion(Mumford).