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In reply to the discussion: Am reading Moby Dick [View all]
 

packman

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2. Obsession and destruction
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 11:25 PM
Feb 2014

Such a beautiful book about people buying into another's obsession which leads them all to destruction. This book has so many levels of philosophy and metaphors that it could take you a life time to appreciate it. A true masterpiece from the classic opening, "Call me Ishmael" where the author makes the Biblical connection to the second son of Abraham who was cast out and left to roam the desert with his mother, to the epic battle with the whale (no spoiler is going to be given). Enjoy.

By the way, the movie version with Gregory Peck is worth renting when you're done with the book.

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