In the eyes of many his book is seen as a worldwide classic and according to Clark Davis’

No mercy, no power but its own controls it. Panting and snorting like a mad battle steed that has lost its rider, the masterless ocean overruns the globe. (Moby-Dick 299)”

Although Washington could not describe himself as a revolutionist, his present state of external conflict forged him into the figure engraved in our minds today. Herman Melville (1819-1891), author of the literary classic Moby Dick, possessed much experience that contributed to the setting and message of his writing. Although Melville never became a midshipman, or naval sailor, he can attribute a great deal of influence for writing to his life while at sea. Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor tells the story of a young mariner and his induction on the H.M.S. Bellipotent. From unstable relationships to cabin revolt, Billy, the main character, faces a series of conflicts that ultimately creates varying images of him in the differing minds of those around him. In view of all of this, Melville, in Billy Budd, Sailor, communicates to readers the theme that “conflict, internal or external, exists as the framework of destiny,” through Billy's initial reaction to the crew as a result of enlistment on the Bellipotent, the rumor of mutiny, and his

Moby Dick, a book about the voyages and pursuance of a white whale, was imagined by an incredible man. Herman Melville was a talented writer who wrote many fantasies and adventures, including Moby Dick. He’s most infamous for his work about the tale of the white whale and known less for his works of Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life and Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas. (“Herman

He tells his crew, "He tasks me; he heaps me; I see him in outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it. That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the white whale agent, or be the white whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon him.” He tries to convince his crew that what he's doing is for a good cause. Ahab is willing to do whatever it takes to convince his crew to help him on his journey to kill Moby Dick. Ahab has to persuade them that hunting Moby Dick is more important than earning a profit. Ahab persuades his crew shows that he willing to kill his crew if it means having a better chance at achieving his

Thesis Statement: In Ralphs Ellison’s, The Invisible Man, there is an evident theme of masking. When I think of a masking, I often think of something used to hiding one’s body or emotions. Within the context of this story masks are used to hide facts and characteristics about individuals whom are being portrayed.

When I was told what this assignment was, I knew almost immediately what I was going to base my mask off of. The entire book, The Lord of the Flies, is a metaphor for how corrupt society is. I wanted my mask to reflect this proposition. The evilness of man and his want to destroy stood out to me because I thought it was a very serious topic that not many people ever consider. Hardly anyone wants to think about how unscrupulous man’s heart is.

In We Wear the Mask, the author’s purpose is to push the reader to feel something about the way things were in his perspective.

Their masks hide the evil dwelling within their innocent souls, waiting to be set free. It emits human personalities and behaviors, allowing it to be impenetrable by visual perception. With these masks as a cover, Jack and his tribe members interact nicely; chaos rips through their society when they allowed their masks to fall off throughout many sequences of events.

Herman Melville’s novels, with good reason, can be called masculine. Moby-Dick may, also with good reason, be called a man’s book and that Melville’s seafaring episode suggests a patriarchal, anti-feminine approach that adheres to the nineteenth century separation of genders. Value for masculinity in the nineteenth century America may have come from certain expected roles males were expected to fit in; I argue that its value comes from examining it not alone, but in relation to and in concomitance with femininity. As Richard H. Brodhead put it, Moby-Dick is “so outrageously masculine that we scarcely allow ourselves to do justice to the full scope of masculinism” (Brodhead 9). I concur with Brodhead in that remark, and that Melville’s

Moby-Dick is considered to be one of, if not the, best novels in American history. Harper & Brothers first published it in 1851 in New York. In England, it was published in the same year under the title, The Whale (“Moby Dick”). Melville explores topics and themes that were scarcely spoken of and never even seen in a novel. In the novel, the Pequod, which is the ship, is named after a Native American tribe that was exterminated when the white settlers arrived. It is a symbol of death and doom and foreshadows event that occur later in the novel. Melville brings some very controversial themes to light in the novel. Revenge is one of the main themes of Dark Romanticism and Melville uses it to drive every action taken by Ahab. This is seen early on in the novel as Ahab explains to the crew why he has a peg leg and that he wants to enact his revenge on Moby Dick (Melville 160-161). “Moby Dick is, fundamentally, a revenge tragedy. It’s about one man’s maniacal obsession with vengeance. It’s about finding an object on which to pin all you anger and fear and rage, not only about your own suffering, but also about the suffering of all mankind” (“Moby

Masks can be obstructions that physically and emotionally separate audiences and the speakers. The mask disguises undisclosed secrecy that the person hidden behind the distorted Guy Fawkes’s face has no sincerity to share with the audiences as if they are not eligible enough to access the truth (Anonymous - Operation Egypt #opEgypt). This aloofness displayed alienates the speaker and renders Anonymous difficult to connect in an intimate fashion. The Judeo-Christian God is mysterious and distant in the same way, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live” (Bible Exodus 33:20). The God is intangible, just like Anonymous, because no one is certain about the real appearance of God or those of Anonymous speakers. Moreover, since it is believed that God is veiled because humans are not robust enough to experience its presence (Hafemann 31). Audiences, the weak and ordinary humans, need to subordinate to the will of the forceful Anonymous god and shall not defy

His most famous book, Moby Dick, features the observant narrator, Ishmael, aboard the Pequot, a ship captained by the menacing one-legged Captain Ahab. Having lost his limb in a previous voyage to an enormous sperm whale named Moby Dick, Ahab scans the seven seas in manic search of revenge against the giant. Queequeg, Ishmael’s menacing best friend, and the rest of the crew are subjected to extreme jeopardy and later death due to Ahab’s monomaniacal disregard for bad omens and danger. The whale slices the boat clean in half and none survive to tells of its greatness except Ishmael.

Masks. Identity. The overarching trial that plagues most heroes lies in their difficulty to explore their minds and discover their identities. This issue exists because history and anthropology teaches that, throughout time, humans serve certain purposes. For example, hunters and gatherers perform specific functions and this serves as their purpose in life. However, as times change, the need for hunters and gatherers ebbs and leaves behind a urge to find a purpose and not waste time, but live in the moment; carpe diem. Before this, the urge to ensure that humanity survives and find enough food to live benefits everyone and serves a widespread purpose. With innovation, the purpose shifts from simply surviving to living a full and enriching life,

Moby Dick by Herman Melville is a tale of many things, and has become perhaps one of the most widely known revenge stories ever told, wherein the mad Captain Ahab chases the titular white whale to the ends of the earth, willing to sacrifice everything for revenge. The novel is known for its extensive symbolism and abstract or open-ended meaning. Many people find different meanings in the story, and the debate over what certain elements mean has been a point of contention since the novel was published. The criticisms and analyses by Randall Bass and R.C. Sproul give great insight into the most symbolic element of the plot, the whale itself. The whale Moby Dick may mean many things, including the “other” to the “self”, God, or, as I believe, the unknowable, inscrutable, and ineffable of the world.

In Moby Dick, we come across many omens and portents which seem to indicate the intervention of fate in human affairs. Supernatural powers seem to play part. Even name of characters Elijah, Ahab reminds us of the warnings of prophet and the fate of the king. When Ishmael enters the Spouter Inn, he sees the painting of a whaling ship wrecked by enormous whale and name of owner of that inn is Peter Coffin. Gabriel declares that Moby Dick is an incarnation of God and hunting him would amount to blasphemy. All the omens signified that Pequod would suffer destruction at the hand of Moby