Moby-Dick -Almost Finished Reading 94/100 ( #100days writing challenge)

I’m still enjoying Moby‑Dick. I love the asides of the narrator. The action was good and compelling. This writer thinks that the novel is not psychological in its plot, but it is the virtuoso performance of the narrator that matters. The splendid feat of language by Melville is the main takeaway for this reader of Moby‑Dick. Of course, the novel is also a monument to the sperm‑whale species.

Secondary to that, the novel records the culture of the whalemen who hunted the sperm whale.

Moby‑Dick is a history filled with facts, figures, and anecdotes. The whale itself becomes a mythical icon for the narrator, Ishmael.

There is a protagonist—Queequeg—and his heroism provides the central thrust of the book’s action. About four‑fifths of the way through, earlier foreshadowing leads me to anticipate that our hero, the cannibal‑character Queequeg, will meet a tragic end…