moby dick…a conversation starter?
Over the break I had plenty of time to see my family and hang out with friends. My parents actually had to go away for the weekend so i have stuck home with my grandmother…There are only so many things one can talk to with their grandmother. Recent news, my parents, the usual…but unfourtuantly I ran out of subjects. So, why not bring up Moby Dick?
My grandmothers opinion?- She basically stated that you hear people talking about Moby Dick and its greatness. How it was supposed to be some philosophical book that after reading it, it made you a better person. She said that it was a book that within it there were so many hidden messages that every time you would read it, you could get something different out of it. I put in my opinion saying how i wasn’t really too thrilled with the book. I liked the exciting parts, but the tangents that Melville goes off on sometimes annoy me. With a small nod she agreed with me, and also mentioned how she just felt like that was the way people would write back then. She though that really that was just how Melville was as an author.
So, i just think that it is interesting how Moby Dick is viewed through other people too. I am able to see the opions of my classmates, but to hear a view from an older person is interesting too.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:26 am
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October 20th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I agree with you about the slow parts. I read Moby Dick through an e-mail subscription at a site called DailyLit. It took me nine months, but I feel good being able to say I read it. You probably had to read it for school and didn’t have the luxury of spending nine months on it, but if you have other books you think might be a challenge, it’s a good way to read them because you just spend about five minutes a day on them. I also think your grandmother is right that it’s the kind of book you can get something different out of each time you read it. Have you heard of Ahab’s Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund? It’s a pretty good book, and you might like it if you liked the exciting parts of Moby Dick.