MOBY DICK

Moby Dick

Outline

Introduction

The novel Moby Dick is written by an American writer Herman Melville. The book is about Ahab's journey with the intelligent narration of Ishmael.

Theses Statement

Ishmael's character is superior, because of the knowledge/power it holds over the readers and characters. He is also the most prominent reader and critic of the novel

Chapter 3 Outline

This part of the paper presents the outline of Chapter 3 in which, Ishmael enters the Inn, and was captivated by the painting of a ship stuck in a storm and was under the shale's attack. This chapter also expresses the emotions of Ishmael.

Ishmael

We are all aware of the fact that Ishmael, for the most part, is the narrator of Moby-Dick. In accordance with the panoptic theory, much less we seem to be aware that he is also the most prominent reader and critic of the novel.

Conclusion

The character of Ishmael is not of simple narrator, instead his panoptic knowledge and understanding makes him superior to other characters.

Introduction

The American writer Herman Melville, in 1851, published a novel named Moby Dick. The plot of the book can be summarized very briefly as the journey of the whaler Pequod, controlled by Captain Ahab in search of sperm whales and whales, and especially the gigantic white whale that provides the name to the story. Nevertheless, in Moby scenes of whaling combined with manifestations from logical, spiritual, theoretical and imaginative character of Ishmael, the shadow of the author creating the trip at the same time an epic and an allegory epic.

Theses Statement

Ishmael's character is superior, because of the knowledge/power it holds over the readers and characters. He is also the most prominent reader and critic of the novel

Chapter 3 Outline

Upon entering the inn, Ishmael is enthralled by a huge, ambiguous oil painting. Finally, he chooses that the subject is a ship stuck in a storm as a soaring whale is about to impale itself on the craft's three mastheads. After, supper, finding no private beds available, Ishmael chooses to sleep on a bench, but that proves to be much too uncomfortable. Upon the urging of Mr. Coffin, the proprietor, Ishmael agrees to share a bed with a harpooner who is out attempting to sell an embalmed human head that the man obtained in the South Seas. Concerned but very weary, Ishmael retires (www.online-literature.com). As he is nodding off, he startled by the return of Queequeg, the harpooner who seems to Ishmael to be a monstrous cannibal. Queequeg also surprised to find someone in his bed. Fearing for his life, Ishmael desperately hollers for the landlord's help.

Ishmael

We are all aware of the fact that Ishmael, for the most part, is the narrator of Moby-Dick. In accordance with the panoptic theory, much less we seem to be aware that he is also the most prominent reader and critic of the novel (Bevan, 1990). Throughout the book, there are numerous scenes in which Ishmael the narrator demonstratively takes on these audience roles. For instance, in quite a number of memorable situations ...