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Comparing Henry David Thoreau And Herman Melville's Writings
Henry David Thoreau and Herman Melville focused their writings on how
man was affected by nature. They translated their philosophies though both the
portrayal of their protagonist and their own self exploration. In Moby Dick,
Melville writes about Ahab's physical and metaphysical struggle over the great
white whale, Moby Dick, symbolic of man's struggle against the overwhelming
forces of nature. Ahab's quest is reported and experienced through the eyes of
Ishmael. Melville's use of the third person's biographical standpoint exposes
conflicting viewpoints that were both i ....
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