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As I read about the Bliss family, I realized that the Bliss children ultimately have a conflicting inner and outer self. Their parents had a painful relationship and wanted to divorce, however, the Reverend Wiley urged them not to, “for the sake of the children”. Again, societal forces are at play here, molding the outer [...]

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After reading “Griffy the Cooper”, I realized how true it is that people often think they know other people very well, but don’t know their true nature, only their facade. “You think your eye sweeps about a wide horizon, in truth you are only looking around the interior of your tub. You cannot lift yourself [...]

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In both poems of “Margaret Fuller Slack” and “George Trimble”, I noticed the general idea that society tries to impose their ideals upon individuals and manipulate their “outer self” without any regard to their innerself. In the case of Margaret, she was a talented writer who “would have been as great as George Eliot”. However, [...]

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In these chapters of Moby-Dick, Ishmael’s narration continues to debunk a wide variety of religious and racial prejudices of sorts. As confused and perplexed and racist as the people of Nantucket are towards Queequeg, Queequeg himself actually holds similar views towards them. He sees his exposure to Christianity as contaminating, resulting in him not being able [...]

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What stood out most to me in Chapters 10-15 of  Moby Dick was the growing bond of friendship between Queequeg and Ishmael. Instead of viewing Queequeg as “hideously marred” he grows instead to view him as a sort of “George Washington cannibalistically developed”. Indeed Ishmael comes to have a deep respect of sorts for Queequeg [...]

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