Is Moby Dick worth the read?

[Torque’sHeadBump]

So yes… or no?

Read it, but be prepared to be very bored at some points, especially in the beginning. If you’re curious about what life aboard a whale ship was like in the 1850s, go for it.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

That’s in the book. Herman Melville learned it because he tried to harpoon one and just got whale spunk everywhere.

It's not actually jizz, but it's funnier to think that it is.

 

[Kinderman]

It's not actually jizz, but it's funnier to think that it is.

DO DA BIT

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

Moby Dick is short for Mobert Richard.

Mobert Richard is one of the funniest things I've ever said.

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

 

[Uncle Floyd]

Read In the Heart of the Sea instead. It's non-fiction about the whaling ship Essex. If you dig that, then try Moby Dick.

They made a movie about it, but I can only vouch for the book.

 

[TomFromNawlins]

I’m all in with the classics, so I say yes. I even enjoyed the whale encyclopedia in the middle.

Read Billy Budd and Bartleby, the Scrivener too.

 

[Cptbaldopie]

Ummmm actually it's about whales

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If its about fatrick then definitely to lit crit.

 

[Mustard]

its worth it

 

[David A. Calton]

If you're not used to American Literature from that era (Melville, Hawthorne, Longfellow, etc) it can be inaccessible. The book itself is profoundly boring. The plot is great but could be condensed to 300 pages and still be considered a masterpiece.

Just read Blood Meridian instead. It's essentially the same story except they replace the white whale with America and it's only 200 pages.

 

[Nigger John]

If you're not used to American Literature from that era (Melville, Hawthorne, Longfellow, etc) it can be inaccessible. The book itself is profoundly boring. The plot is great but could be condensed to 300 pages and still be considered a masterpiece.

Just read Blood Meridian instead. It's essentially the same story except they replace the white whale with America and it's only 200 pages.

I have read BM, child.

 

[JamieConway]

It was, but only because I viewed it as a challenge. I went up north to a cabin for 2-3 weeks and just read it during one of the coldest god damn winters. No internet, no tv. It was probably the last time I was actually at real peace. No idea if the book had anything to do with that.

 

[David A. Calton]

I have read BM, child.

Well I didn't know that, I was just answering your question sincerely you uppity fucking nigger

 

[Chive Turkey]

I have read BM, child.

Which character did you most identify with? The drooling retard the Judge keeps around as a pet?

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

What's the point? You know he's big

 

[Nigger John]

Which character did you most identify with? The drooling retard the Judge keeps around as a pet?

I liked it when he put shit in his mouth.

I also liked it when the one guy was like “I don’t want him going around women. Even if they’re Dutch.”

Or something like that, I need to re read it

 

[Smeckler's Powder]

I liked it when he put shit in his mouth.