My Curiosity In Donovan Hohn's Moby-Duck

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With my curiosity I differ from most people. While some people act on their curiosity and others do not, I act on my curiosity and then suddenly stop. In Moby-duck, Donovan Hohn describes curiosity as, “ocean currents. Wade in a little too far and they carry you away.” Since curiosity can carry you away, most people do not act on it, like Ms. Keigan. She said that she is curious about a lot of things, but most of the time she doesn’t act on them. On the other hand, there are people who don’t care about being carried away and dive right in. Hohn is one of those people. In his book, Hohn states that he quit his job to pursue his curiosity. I relate to both kinds of people. When my curiosity strikes I dive right in; for example, I became curious

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