Marvelous Moby Dick

From the get go, the renowned novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, is a fascinating read. The diction and sentence structure of the novel is from an age long gone, so it’s a little difficult to follow along at times. I found it perplexing, at first, but came to like it. This style of writing is what draws the reader in— it adds another layer of eloquence and thoughtfulness to the explained soul-searching of the narrator.

The diction and word choice of this novel is more complex than most other books I have read, but I think that’s what adds to the experience. At times, it feels like the narrator is rambling, completely broken off from the main subject, but this really pulls me in. By following along with the narrator’s use of anecdotes and descriptive word choice, the old world that this novel was written in comes to life in my mind.

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