Reddit: Captain Ahab is a quirky villain and a moral lesson about the dangers of revenge and probably racist

the whale and the boat

I don't see how anyone who reads Moby Dick can't at least admire Ahab and feel sorry for him as he's too far gone in his attempts to achieve the unachievable. It's genuinely beautiful and I feel that anyone who feels otherwise has missed the point of the book.

the person who served chowder was a woman too
I don't see the problem t b h, user. it's not like moby dick is an exploration of gender problems anyway

Captain Ahab is a fictional character.

Aren't we all?

>and feel sorry for him

Why? He lived his life to the full and to the end. It is the rest of us sorry sea gazers who are to be pitied

Because he saw himself and his life as a failure unless if he kills the white whale. Part of me was always rooting for him after hearing of the devastating legends surrounding Moby Dick.

>Because he saw himself and his life as a failure unless if he kills the white whale.

So he was a total success

He never killed the whale, user. He was a failure in the end, despite all his efforts. He loses it all in his attempt for success and fails: he loses his life, his crew and the Pequod. Although I admire his ability to get as far as he did, it was at such a high cost. It's inspiring but also devastating.

The ending implied he did kill it though

Brainlet detected

I actually haven't read the end yet

he doesn't kill it, the ending doesn't even imply it in any way shape or form.

Got 'em

Yeah well either way he died pursueing the purpose he had faith. What can be said of us.

This.

Can't help browsing reddit when redditors like you keep redditing here

I wouldn't be surprised if /r/books or a similar sub became the new (or old) Veeky Forums soon, since this board is so obviously being flooded by redditors trying to fit in and be cool.

Reddit: Griffith is evil and he deserves to die
Veeky Forums: Griffith did nothing wrong

>true blue American
>Ahab

Ahab shows his human side in one brief moment when he asks to shake hands with Starbuck for one last time before lowering away to chase God- i mean Moby Dick

They are both bewitched by a norm; only Reddit eludes the embarrassment of having it be the one on display in Moby-Dick.

And the sea

Anaking the chancleor is evil

He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in salt and in brine and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the white whale. He is dancing, swimming. He says that he will never die.

What film is this from? Looks like a good casting

moby dick really had a lack of synonyms for "monomania"
idk why that rubbed me the wrong way, they just said it over and over and over and i kinda focused on that one word the whole time

holy shit, ive become the monomaniac

>Talk not to me about blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me
gives me the fucking shivers every time

>literally dick in the title

Moby Dick is a phallic symbol of the patriarchy and must be banned

Ahab is sublime.
Anyone who reads him as a villain is an absolute moron (reddit moralists)

The only worse possible reading is of the feminist variety willfully interpreting everything as crypto-sexual a la Camille Paglia.

Moby Dick

Reddit is cancer.

Moby Dick is the gayest book out there. Queequeg fucking cuddles Ishmael. But it's a manly, strong gay. None of that faggy shit.

Ishmael is definitely a fag but thankfully takes himself out of the narrative for the most part so the book is saved.

they really walked right into that one

>>Talk not to me about blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me

Wew, Ahab is too great for us to be worth him being /our guy/

you forgot the part of the plot where Ahab literally takes the advice of a suicidal filipino.

we're on so many levels of irony now wtf

It was the hot topic in physiological and psychological circles of the 1860s.

Crime and Punishment is full of the word as well.

Lacan would call it the objet a, but as much as I admire him I don't think he can even capture the significance of desire like this

i read Crime and Punishment about 10 years ago, i think i'm due for a re-read pretty soon.

I read it a year ago and since then I've kept revisiting it in my head.

I need to re read it too

fuck off, immigrant

my favorite moment is when he nails the gold piece to the mast