Do you realize that Starbucks is named after the first mate from Moby Dick? I will bet you the guy who started the business never finished the book because NO ONE DID! In the news story he said it was his favorite book. So I can infer from that fact that the creator of Starbucks is illiterate.
- A prejudice towards books with that many pages.
- Believing that this is a story about a whale hunt. Haha.
- Skipping the prologue and going straight to the story, not realizing that the book is not meant to be taken seriously until much, much later.
- Loathing Ishmael from the very beginning (not difficult).
- Getting too distracted with his digressions.
- Finding all the ominous portents too obvious and losing interest.
- And the fact that Ishmael spoils the ending very early in the book doesn't help, really.
- Possibly being offended by the comments on culture and religion, particularly christianity.
- Being irritated by the narrative changes: sometimes from Ishmael's point of view, sometimes from an omniscient narrator, sometimes no idea. And why are some chapters written like a play?
- Not being interested in the intricacies of whaling, which comprise maybe about 40% of the book.
- Feeling threatened by what some call the "homoerotic overtones". I'm looking at you, chapter 94.
- Feeling impatient because, is the whale going to show up already?
- What? Was that it? (Told you, it wasn't really about the whale hunt)
- EVERYONE DIES. Except Ishmael, but screw him.
- Very possibly didn't even read the thing but only perused the sparknotes or something.
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"Everyone dies but Ish and the Fish."
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