Worthy of consideration for sure as the greatest Ameican novel, but please tell us more what Ahab and Ishmael have specifically to do with the War on Terror.
Ahab is mythically connected to the genesis of Christianity,while Ishmael is associated with the genesis of Islam. That's for starters,please check out the book I referenced above for an indepth analysis of the mythic archtypes that derive from them. And let's not forget QueeQueg,the Islamic Cannibal in MD
Sounds like what a nation named Israel has been dealing with for over half a century so far.
This brings me back to Moby Dick,and what a truly amazing prophecy of our pre-apocalyptic world that novel is. If you think about the deeper meaning in both the characters of Ahab and Ishmael,(check any good Old Testement Reference for the background),I recommend a Book entitled "A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature" by Jefferies) Anyway,it's all there,the World of the War on Terror,in a Ninetenth Century novel about a Whale Hunt,Astonishing.
Tying it all together,we'd better get our heads out of our orifices,and reinvent our nations wealth in order to deal with these expressions of Murphy's Law. OR ElSE, we wait for the barbarians,see the poem by Cavafy,"WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS" if you want a blow to your solar plexus.
Worthy of consideration for sure as the greatest Ameican novel, but please tell us more what Ahab and Ishmael have specifically to do with the War on Terror.
Ahab is mythically connected to the genesis of Christianity,while Ishmael is associated with the genesis of Islam. That's for starters,please check out the book I referenced above for an indepth analysis of the mythic archtypes that derive from them. And let's not forget QueeQueg,the Islamic Cannibal in MD
Sounds like what a nation named Israel has been dealing with for over half a century so far.
This brings me back to Moby Dick,and what a truly amazing prophecy of our pre-apocalyptic world that novel is. If you think about the deeper meaning in both the characters of Ahab and Ishmael,(check any good Old Testement Reference for the background),I recommend a Book entitled "A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature" by Jefferies) Anyway,it's all there,the World of the War on Terror,in a Ninetenth Century novel about a Whale Hunt,Astonishing.
Tying it all together,we'd better get our heads out of our orifices,and reinvent our nations wealth in order to deal with these expressions of Murphy's Law. OR ElSE, we wait for the barbarians,see the poem by Cavafy,"WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS" if you want a blow to your solar plexus.