Moby-Dick

one tries, that thing will never be obtained. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey’s first use of white whale imagery is an allusion to the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. In Moby Dick, a seafaring captain fiercely attempts and fails to kill an elusive and mysterious white whale. Consequently, one could argue that the whale in Moby-Dick represents anything unattainable and sought-out in life. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Kesey uses imagery of white whales and fish to signify…

Writer's Statement For my text production piece I chose to compose an expository piece after I was inspired by the story of Moby Dick and its description of whales as monstrous beings. My overall intention in writing my piece was to uncover the truth behind the Norwegian whaling industry, an industry readily overlooked in favour of the more brutal Japanese traders. The form of this expository piece abides by the conventions of an informative speech. The alliterative title No-way out of Norway…

Flaws In many pieces of literature throughout history the theme of tragedy has played a large role. One of the most well known types of tragedy is the downfall of a specific character in written works, known as the tragic hero. Herman Melville's Moby Dick and Shakespeare’s Macbeth demonstrate prime cases of the tragic heroes, how one dangerous flaw can over take a person leading to their ultimate demise and what that shows us about fate and free will. A tragic hero is a character in a story…

of his fixation, the death of Annabelle. This causation possibly leads the reader to empathize with Humbert, In contrast, the fixation In Moby Dick stems from an abhorrence, “That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate.” Rather than a past event triggering compulsive behaviour, Ahab is fixated on killing the one thing he despises most. Melville wrote Moby Dick (1851) before Freuds theories and because of this his depiction of obsession is caused by a passionate hatred rather than complex…

sitting up a girl walked through the door and yelled a word so vulgar that I dare not write it. “Who are the HELL are you?” she exclaimed as she twisted my arm around my back “Call me Ishmael” “I’ll call you a perv… Wait Ishmael like Moby Dick?” “ I suppose so. Moby Dick was a whale that myself and others-” “ Yeah I know the story, Everyone knows the story. Look i guess I’ll help you with…

Shakespeare’s Influence on the World William Shakespeare, a writer, poet, and playwright influenced the world like no man of today. He was born around April 23rd 1564 and died around April 23rd 1616. During his short life, he wrote thirty-five plays including Romeo and Juliet, Much ado about Nothing, Macbeth, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and The Tempest. He also wrote many poems and sonnets. Magnificently has he influenced the culture of today—English culture would not look…

“Bartleby the Scrivener” is a short story written by Herman Melville in 1853, after his at the time failure of a novel, “Moby Dick”. This short story is about Bartleby, a copyist, who is newly employed by a lawyer, the narrator. Bartleby seems to be respectable and well-suited for his new job, as he gets a lot of work down the first few days. But, soon after, he starts to tell the lawyer “I prefer not to” to everything he is asked to do. Normally, if an employer had to deal with this behavior,…

Have you ever heard of the professional drummer, John Bonham. He was the drummer for Led Zeppelin in the late 60’s and the 70’s. He had an amazing feel for the drums. Many songs represented him and who he is, a powerful and a great drummer. He was the best drummer in the world. But, when Bonham died in 1980, the band broke up. The whole band is still alive today, except for Bonham. John Bonham was the greatest drummer for many reasons. First, he had a great feel for the drum kit. He really gets…

Unit 1- Native Voices- “AH ZEBENYA!” The Native Voices unit was all about nature and how nature doesn’t depend on us and in fact nature can run us over and not be effected at all. In this unit we learned that although we would like to think that nature would have mercy on us but in reality nature stops for nothing. The natives truly understand that about nature so they immerse themselves into nature in order to further understand the dangers so they can avoid them. As we saw with the story of…

Summary of Major Ideas In Neighbour Roskicky, Cather follows the life of a good, hard working man. First, Roskicky is given the news from a close friend/doctor that he is dying. Next, Roskicky reflects back on his life as he looks at the struggles he has had to endure, and everything he has now been blessed with. Lastly, Cather writes of Roskicky's death, and the people he affected in his life. Critical Evalution of Work Willa Cather effectively illustrates the importance of being content…