All 4 Uses of
Moby-Dick
in
Paper Towns
- I had English at the end of the day, seventh period, and we were just starting to read Moby Dick, so Dr. Holden was talking quite a lot about fishing in the nineteenth century.†
p. 123.6
- I kept Moby Dick on the desk and Whitman in my lap, but even being in English class couldn't help.†
p. 123.7 *
- My only vaguely interesting class that day was English, when Dr. Holden completely ruined Moby Dick for me by incorrectly assuming we'd all read it and talking about Captain Ahab and his obsession with finding and killing this white whale.†
p. 159.4
- I limped through my physics and government finals the next day and then stayed up till 2 A.M. on Tuesday finishing my final reaction paper for English about Moby Dick.†
p. 226.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(Moby-Dick) arguably the preeminent American novel; Melville's tale of Ishmael's observations as Ahab obsessively chases the great white whale (1851)This classic American novel is commonly referenced in popular culture in television shows as well as literary works.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) untracked name in this novel