Herman Melville
By: Mikayla Berry & Sarah Riney
Herman Melville was an American writer who was born on August 1st, 1819 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Melville is most well-known for being the author of Moby Dick. Herman himself considered this book as a "whaling voyage". Melville uses symbolism often throughout Moby Dick. Moby Dick, the whale, symbolizes the complexity of the universe, while Captain Ahab represents the difficulties against the restrictive limitations that challenge an intelligent person. This relates to this point in time by explaining the thoughts of the Transcendentalists. This group of writers and philosophers believed the mind was open to unlimited improvement.Herman Melville also wrote Bartleby the Scvivener. One of the characters, Benito Cereno, is sometimes interpreted as a way for Melville to express his stress over the issues concerning slavery. Although he did not disagree with the slavery movement, he understood the violence that would come of it. Just as Melville described, the issue of slavery led to the American Civil War.
Herman Melville died on September 28, 1891 in New York City, NY. After his death he was accredited with being one of the greatest writers in American history. He used his writings to give his inputs on current events using symbolism. His words had a deeper meaning than just a story.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: We were close friends back when you were aspiring to write your novel, "Moby Dick." Our relationship helped you to find inspiration to turn a light-hearted whaling tale to a timeless dramatic adventure. I will never forget our friendship. By the way, I'm writing a book at the moment and need some help with the annotations. Could you possibly help me?
ReplyDeleteMary and Will.
Longfellow agrees that there is an impending conflict based on slavery. They write about current events during this time. Longfellow's words usually had a deeper meaning, like Melville's. Comment by Sami Horsley and Samantha Krampe
ReplyDeleteThoreau
ReplyDeleteBoth Melville's and Henry's writings were Transcendentalist writings. They both believed that the mind was open to unlimited improvement. Both of their writings had deeper meanings than just stories, Henry put himself into his writings, he wrote them with great passion and Melville put his personal beliefs into his stories.
Elizabeth and Christina
(Benevolent Societies)
ReplyDeleteWriting books for the education of others is a truly selfless act, and it broadens their horizons and opens them up to new possibilities.