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MOBY DICK SPOTTED AT NINETY FIVE PERCENT

ok i've thought about it and what this book lacks is a sense of progression. it's aimless to the point of large swathes of it feeling meaningless. case in point, the appearance of moby dick does not feel like we've "culminated" to something, it just kind of happens.

ishmael is gay because he likes queequeg. ahab is gay because he hates women. they are not the same.

of course ahab has a wife that he would describe as a widow after sleeping in his house with her ONE time before returning to sea. of course. she might as well be a freaking widow

lmao @ queequeg being on death's door and then just getting up the next day and going actually i won't die. i'm good now.
there is something to be said about the power of manifestation!

"i would rather be killed by you than saved by any other man."

hey man. WHAT does this mean.

melville's favorite words were "Evince" and "Unction."

THIS READS LIKE AN EXTENDED GAY ALLEGORY ???????????? HUH ???

IM BACK

My gosh. Im losing it. Your wife is a loose fish. Mexico is a loose fish. YOU ARE A LOOSE FISH! and a fast one.

NOOOOOO i had to turn the book back in. wait for me big moby

he's describing the forehead as the "firmament of the whale." incredible. that melville was really something. he uses such words

MY BRAVE QUEEQUEG.