Andrew L’s Reviews > Moby-Dick or, The Whale > Status Update

1. circumstance
2. etiquette
3. acommodate
4. municipal
5. laborious
6. symphony
7. temperature
8. incident
9. comparative
10. consciousness
11. conscientious
12. prejudice
13. foreigner
14. quantities
15. questionnaire
16. parachute
17. bicycle
18. adequately
19. palavered
20. squall
21. leeward
22. incident
23. distinguished

The main character and his partner Ishmael have just met capitan Ahab, there is something about this character that just speaks eccentricity, the fact that he holds a grudge against a white sperm whale who bit his leg off. Ishmael had a dream where he was kciked by Ahab's whale bone leg, he is clearly afraid of Ahab.

Steinbeck also does a great job of making the characters relatable, I had an emotional connection to Tom Joad and I ended up in tears when I finished the book.

The Grapes of wrath is my book of the year due to the fact that it captivated me so much that it completely broke me down emotionally.

Rebecca thinks that the book, I will give you the sun is her book of the year because of the reasons stated above.

I will give you the sun by Jandy Nelson, The way that the author writes is very detailed and captivated the reader into constantly reading, the plot is very interesting and modernized so we can relate, and The way that the characters shift perspestive is very interesting.

Rebecca Rapaport, I will give you the sun by Jandy Nelson, List for the Dead by Michelle falkof, Harry Potter and the Half blood prince by J.K. Rowling.

The New York Times did an article titled,"Why Read Moby Dick." This article states a lot of reasons why to read the book. On quote stated that,"It(Moby Dick) is the American Bible." From explaining the plot of this book, which is essentially a capitan who becomes obsessed with getting revenge on the whale who bit off his leg, to giving references to Melville himself.

We find out that he is sells shrunken heads and the In keeper says that they are the heads of this man's enemy. Ultimately this makes Ishmael now does not want to share a room with him and insists that he sleep on a bench in the tavern.