Ahab

literature majors, and that are likely coming to the text with erroneous preconceptions? Take for instance the likelihood that any previous engagement with the novel was probably shaped around the simplistic notion “that Ahab represents “good” and the whale “evil,” or that Ahab represents “evil” and the whale “good” (Lamb, 43). Ideas like these are not necessarily terrible starting points for understanding the text, but they can give students the idea that the novel…

Israel” as “it is too much… to go to Jerusalem” where they would have encountered the Davidic dynasty and converted back to following them. This installation of idols allowed the acceptance of idolatry within society. The king’s record states that Ahab created a syncretic religion combining Yahwehism, Baalism, Jeroboam’s calf worship and other pagan religion as a way of unifying the kingdom. When his wife became a strong influence, she eradicated Yahwehism and made sure the religion of Israel…

for a person to do what is right, but it is another to stand against what is evil. Standing against evil shows true loyalty to the Lord. There was one king, Jehu who in this book that actually destroyed all the Baal-worshipers and the evil House of Ahab (9:7). Jehu was king over Israel. It later says that he did not later continue to walk in the ways of the Lord.…

A Look at Geography in Moby-Dick Melville’s Moby-Dick is a richly woven psychological masterpiece. Time and again concepts and characters are deftly paralleled and contrasted. The sheer density and breadth of references spans biblical allusions, a range of mythologies, as well as the geographical knowledge of a learned cartographer. Perhaps Melville’s most commonly underappreciated device, however, is his complex use of geography. His locations do not only represent real world challenges but…

The Enlightenment may have brought us the ideas of democracy, and the Industrial Revolution may have eventually led to the technological marvel that is the cell phone, but equally important is the movement sparked in their opposition. Through the minds of Locke, Montesquieu, Whitney and Watt, the modern ages of government and technology were born, but not all at the time were completely in favor of these ideas. In fact, there was an artistic movement that began as a response to these glorious…

Independent Reading Task Paper Towns by John Green Paper Towns is an award-winning novel by John Green. The novel is a story set in a small town in Orlando, Florida. The story is narrated by and follows the main character, Quentin. As the reader follows Quentin we learn about how he thinks and more importantly how much he likes a certain girl, who he hasn’t spoken to since they were kids. But one night, she leads him on an adventure until dawn and then disappears the next day. The focus of this…

The United States of America is built on the idea of the American dream; which is the thought that all citizens of America have an equal opportunity for prosperity and happiness. People once emigrated from their native countries in search of these coveted opportunities. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, living in modern West Egg, Long Island, attempts to relive the time, five years ago, he spent with Daisy Buchanan, a resident of traditional East Egg. Gatsby creates a lie to…

Elijah was known for being a prophet. “His example of trusting in God’s word is the best one we can find in the Old Testament prophets.” Elijah confronted Ahab two times, once when devaluing God granting inheritance of the land and the second is the murder of Naboth. Elijah confronted Baal and his rule, because people believed that Baal could control the rains. “ Yet the rains were a gift of Yahweh, not Baal; Yahweh decided when it would rain. Baal’s followers thought him dead when drought…

disaster with none other than Mr. Pollard himself. Herman Melville of course fictionalized the captain in the story, who is the famous Captain Ahab, and his vow for vengeance towards Moby Dick. As we know the Essex Captain, who is Captain George Pollard Jr., had no ties to the large white sperm whale and no vengeance. Obsession towards Moby Dick, lead Captain Ahab to lead his crew into intermediate death. In the Heart of the Sea, the true story of the historical adaption Moby Dick. Moby Dick,…

Moby Dick Ishmael seeks to go whaling and ends up in Nantucket, the traditional capital of the whaling industry with Queequeg, a guy he met in New Bradford, Massachusetts. The two end up going on a whaling ship called the Pequod, captained by Ahab. When Ahab makes his first appearance on board he has an artificial leg made from a whale’s jaw and tells his crew of his intentions of pursuing and killing Moby Dick. He then makes his crew promise to search for Moby Dick to the ends of the earth.…