Why should you read “Moby Dick”? - Sascha Morrell

[@xintongcai2628]

My high school math teacher told me that he has been re-reading this book every year for 20 years. Every time he read it he experiences something new, something different, which together mark his own personal journey as a reader and a human being. This is the strongest book recommendation I've ever heard

[@samreenali1978]

Boring book

[@tigerhunter8878]

@@samreenali1978 to you

[@Liliquan]

Everyone says that about literature. Hence why they’re literature.

[@salami99]

how i feel watching star wars

[@never_give_up944]

​@@samreenali1978did you try and see everything as a metaphor rather than literally? That would make it more enjoyable.

[@touchme7018]

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” -Confucius

[@Ketchup16179]

😅

[@HaoLiangQuan]

As a chinese i can confirm that Confucious NEVER said that

[@bonniehsieh5208]

@Arge-xv5ck Maybe it's meaning is：“攻乎異端，斯害也已”。

[@OfficerPulaski-w3u]

​@@HaoLiangQuanReally? Cause I'm confused 😆 ( no pun intended)

[@QuintusAndreus]

"Moby what!?" - Danny DeVito, Matilda

[@lex5227]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@rahmathunisa8451]

Lol

[@IshanDuttagglblord]

I made it reach a 400

[@nightmaremono7363]

Glad they used the word "Moby", would be a whole different situation if they went directly.

[@jmjenks_4357]

BRO I KNOW RIGHT HOW IT FOUND THIS BOOK

[@rojo_buffalo]

This book was the greatest work of literature I have ever read. America’s epic. We talk about Shakespeare too much and Melville too little.

[@austinquick6285]

He really is amazing.

[@_syedmx86]

I don't think we even need to mention it anymore. The animations are amazing by default.

[@ryan_d.v]

Just finished it for the first time, somehow managed to avoid any spoilers of anything regarding the plot my entire life. This is the greatest book of all time and no one can convince me otherwise

[@異世界おじさん-u1v]

Until the final few chapters that I finally conclude that "this is not a good idea guys" lmao..

[@Cracktune]

41 years old, never read it.. Existentialism is the tip of my literary spear as of late, piercing being led by Camus. Just ordered a hardcover of this today..

[@tritonemedia]

I read it and immediately started work on a time machine so i could go back to 1851 and punch Herman Melville. I've read it a few times since and goddamnit, I hate this book so much that I love it.

[@ryan_d.v]

​@@tritonemediafollowing up here, I am also curious

[@hemantikc2636]

The brothers Karamazov is the best ever I I think

[@williamlag7939]

This guy is my favourite narrator of all, especially in the video on James Joyce

[@apolloholmes208]

Yes. I sometimes wish that he and Jack Cuthmore will always be narrating literary/book videos.

[@MsAnthropoLogic]

I love his narrative style! Can you tell me which english accent is his? He pronounced some words in a uncommon way- at least, uncommon to me from Italy 😅

[@Wolf-hd1hr]

I also love jacky joy

[@jackieweaver3884]

i think a series titled "Why You Should Watch This?" would be great too! it could have recommendations of documentaries, movies, etc

[@polsondemott16]

Oh yes! 100%

[@CadetGriffin]

... movies like WALL-E, The Truman Show, Passion of the Christ, Bill & Ted, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 300 or Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or TV shows like Gravity Falls, Rocky & Bullwinkle or Recess.

[@vidamistica9723]

Movie featuring noobmaster69 vs thor would be legendary

[@Lexyvil]

Or video games too. I've had a few life changing experiences from some, like the most recent one I played being Outer Wilds. It's more of an experience really, and the narrative it has seems to only work in the form of an immersive video game.

[@adityaphadke3437]

Yeah, that would be great! Please 🙏

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." ~ Herman Melville

[@curiousworld7912]

One of my favorite quotes. :)

[@may.d.a.y]

@@sebastianelytron8450 the rich and privileged have zero place judging the poor

[@davidxiao7776]

Is the poor in this case the people living in the DRC or the average american who just didn't finish high school?

[@joeypencil5368]

@@may.d.a.y Rich in inheritance, yes, they don't have the right to judge the poor. But the rich coming from a poor start may, since they may have made well thought-out decisions to become who they are today.

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

@@may.d.a.y Unless they were once poor themselves...

[@shadowrider6578]

"So im going to visit my frie-" CHA MAGANERA!!

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

CHA! MAGANERA 🗣️🗣️

[@icitea]

"Once an Ahab... Always Ahab..." -Ahab

[@pcuser9950]

"THE FAULT LIES WITHIN YOU, ISHMAEL!!!!"

[@FizzyPopVevo]

Ishy was the reason why 😔

[@Paopers]

LIMBUS COMPANY

[@captan3458]

​@@PaopersAll hands, full speed toward where the lights flicker. The waves… will lay waste to everything in our way.

[@No.1Kiddo]

​@@FizzyPopVevoyou have given up your smiles

[@Princeoftheparade]

"To the heart of the sea!"

[@albertogalland5011]

Last summer I read. Honestly, it was one of the best reads I’ve ever had in my short life.

[@scriscri1245]

Do you recall how many pages it was?

[@leoholberg9776]

@@scriscri1245 Goodreads says 654 pages

[@EvilPerson2998]

Ya, I read it last year too. It was a pretty amazing experience.

[@me-gf7vi]

@@pratyaysaha3424 compared to the length of the book obviously

[@markyden]

Short life? How old are you? ( You don't have to say if you don't want to xD).

[@maddiewettach4954]

Everyone: Melville: WANNA HEAR WHALE FACTS?!

[@Andrew-yr6ig]

Honestly an underrated part of the book.

[@silvesby]

@@Andrew-yr6ig Arguably the most interesting part of the book, likewise his monologues. For me, at least.

[@mrbump28]

Chapter 572 - The Whales 5th Vertabrae

[@tonybennett4159]

@@silvesby If I wanted facts on whaling in the 19thC I'd have gone back to Nantucket archives. I don't, I want a novel, and this book is less than half of one.

[@silvesby]

@@tonybennett4159 I suspect you may be reading it for the wrong reasons then. Or, at least, you won't get the most enjoyment out of it if you're looking for swift plot development.

[@realkabecio]

we've all had to read it in school - barely and begrudgingly - but YOU make someone WANT to actually fully read this book! Here i go again 50 years later. Thanks!

[@blxdegenix3083]

HOLD ON TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT MY COMPASS IS CURIOSITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@uwot225]

MY COMPASS IS CURIOUSITYYYYYYY

[@No.1Kiddo]

I knew it I would see PM brainrot here

[@michaelkelley4188]

One of the greatest and most quoted in other forms of media pieces of literature of all time! With it's powerful message of what happens when you seek vengeance!

[@MarkArandjus]

Fun fact: it's never said in the book which of Ahab's legs was lost. I noticed while reading the book, and I never found an answer.

[@ameennasar2583]

Is there any clue?Subtle ones?

[@MarkArandjus]

@@ameennasar2583 None that I could find.

[@ameennasar2583]

@@MarkArandjus haa

[@tyronedeckwad4051]

It was his third leg

[@skaterdude7277]

Damn how amazing that he could write such a carful book that even in its worst tangents can conclude some philisophical point back to the main theme, yet never trifle over which leg ahab lost!

[@touchgrass7129]

THE FAULT LIES WITH YOU ISHMAEL

[@MagikalKrabical]

All my fault, you say? What fault? I daresay it's all thanks to me.

[@shadowrider6578]

​@@MagikalKrabicalonce Ahab, Will be Ahab forever!

[@MugginMyNuggin]

red mist

[@mothgoth0]

I love the playfulness of this animation, it's really pretty

[@CarlosRiveraFernandez]

Finished it literally a week ago. Amazing. Nothing short of masterful.

[@fleurettea]

Last time I was this early, Ahab still had a leg

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Captain Ahab is the best captain.

[@melontusk7358]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 how about captain Picard and captain Kirk, and Jack Sparrow?

[@CadetGriffin]

Let's not forget about Captain America and Cap'n Crunch.

[@tjm.]

Captain Planet will be proud.

[@enriquekenobi9467]

@@CadetGriffin CRUNCHATIZE ME CAP'N

[@davishmayo1643]

Something something compass and curiosity.

[@Lynnx2253]

Something something limbillion

[@CeruleanSupporter]

Something something chart my own path

[@AlexHamelMusic]

Finished reading it today. Having finished it, my life feels a little emptier, yet a lot more full than before.

[@joelfehrman6097]

Read it again. Books are meant to be read more than once.

[@AlexHamelMusic]

@@joelfehrman6097 So many books, so little time.

[@joelfehrman6097]

@@AlexHamelMusic True.. But quality over quantity 😉

[@TheEternalOuroboros]

I found it to be way too long and its narrative being empty. So much style but little substance.

[@fastfishtoo4991]

@@TheEternalOuroboros I hugely disagree. The plot itself is not an intricate Shakespearean drama, it is a plot with one simple goal, a hunt. If you are reading it to see what happens, you are reading it wrong. That is like living your life just to see how you die, because this book is like life, where you have experiences that stand out and you draw meaning from. Some days you remember but you don't know why, yet here, Ishmael is telling you what is significant about the details. Then you have not so small details. When a character is picked up after he was left swimming adrift for a few hours: "The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul. Not drowned entirely though. Rather carried down alive to wondrous depths, where strange shapes of the unwarped primal world glided to and fro before his passive eyes [...] He saw God's foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad. So man's insanity is heaven's sense..." The full quote adds much more dark beauty to this scene of someone losing their mind before us. This book is all substance.

[@vegahimsa3057]

The only book I've begun many times with excitement and put down many times from exhaustion.

[@fastfishtoo4991]

Push through! And maybe skip the "Cetology" chapter cause that was what halted my first attempt!

[@joyempire462]

@@fastfishtoo4991 That was one of my favourite chapters not going to lie

[@fastfishtoo4991]

@@joyempire462 hahahaha oh lord sorry lol but why????

[@joyempire462]

@@fastfishtoo4991 Its really interesting to see how he proposed whale classification and see the variety of whales mentioned. Even if its (somewhat) outdated its cool to see the thought process in the classification

[@nicolacruz3537]

i need to do research about Bildad and Job tonight fire

[@vt3432]

this is my favourite book since I was 13. now I'm 18 and I still re-read it sometimes. this book means so much for me and I think I can't even explain the reason... oh, it's all because English is not my native language and I'm learning it by myself , but when I will be able to express my thoughts correctly, I'll write about it.

[@salami99]

go for it it, when your ready.

[@28kingofkings]

Please make a Why Should You Read video on “The Count of Monte Cristo” It’s the gold standard love, betrayal, revenge, redemption story

[@alexanderkurtz6520]

The gold standard of a love and betrayal story, though in my opinion the revenge bit isn’t as good. Once he returns as a rich man Dumas kind of draws out the story, given he was paid by the line for it, which is why some versions cut down the ending to the important bits

[@jenw980]

Yes please! It provides such a fascinating insight into human nature.

[@pixieloco]

a thousand+ pages of joy.

[@SinCityRaider81]

I agree everyone should know the story of Edmond Dantès.

[@colonela7815]

Man that book is very good

[@dr.aditijoshi171]

Truly incredible. The way you present information along with the visuals are amazing. Kudos to the team

[@YiSangmyYiSang]

"The fault lies within you, Ishmael" -Limbus Company's version of Captain Ahab

[@halfmettlealchemist8076]

LIMBUS COMPANYYYYY

[@Just_Someone610]

PM brain rot is spreading to the literature circle...

[@unlucky_idiot]

@@Just_Someone610unfortunately yes. But hey atleast it’s only 1 or 2 comments…right?

[@unlucky_idiot]

I WAS SO WRONG OMY GOD YPU GUYS ARE INSANE

[@Simmi_]

Simple answer: because Ted-Ed told me I should and I trust you guys

[@tanphat10toan13]

noice one there

[@quincy061]

Most definitely lol

[@Vineeth..v]

എന്ന്‌ ഒക്കെ..

[@coulthard1984]

lol you will regret reading it. Most overrated book ever

[@Sea-zu4bj]

Michalis Kakiousis I haven’t read it but I like a devils advocate

[@absurdcamus6026]

You should totally make a “why should you read” video on the Stranger, the Plague, or Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I really enjoyed these three books and they were really thought provoking. I’m sure the animations for them would be awesome.

[@curiousworld7912]

'The Plague' would be perfectly fitting right about now.

[@absurdcamus6026]

Curious World IKR. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Plague is a bacteria and not a virus right?

[@curiousworld7912]

@@absurdcamus6026 Yes, it is. Two entirely different causatives. Bubonic Plague, or Yersinia pestis is a bacterial pathogen, while COVID-19 comes from a virus closely associated with SARS. I was thinking of the social dynamics and how people respond to the outbreak of a disease and/or a quarantine that the book reveals.

[@curiousworld7912]

@@absurdcamus6026 (By the way; Camus is one of my favorite writers and philosophers. 'The Stranger', 'The Plague', 'The Myth of Sisyphus', and others are all books/essays I've read multiple times.) :)

[@absurdcamus6026]

Curious World alright, yeah. I knew that you were referring to both of their impacts on a society, but I just wanted confirmation that the two disease are different (viral vs bacterial).

[@mbbbits4847]

Finally! Please continue your "why should you read" series. It is a source of inspiration!

[@atenakitabi3769]

This narrator does an extremely good job at narrating. The narration of "Hercules" was does flawlessly as well. I watched it so many times because I liked the narration so much.

[@murphyboy24]

When well Ted finally reveal himself, he can’t hide behind this acronym forever. We will find him

[@ryanscott4038]

Ted is not his real name. T .E.D. stands for “The Eternal Deity” and he approaches closer and closer every day

[@maina.wambui]

@@ryanscott4038 it is known

[@oofd9935]

bruh moment

[@murphyboy24]

Ryan Scott I saw we start a cult and worship him

[@rancor4513]

Ted-Ed is not one person u know...

[@johngantner9016]

The part that truly stood out to me was Melville's--or Ishmael's--description of Queequeg's heaven in the stars... I was absolutely captivated going through that chapter.

[@cihanmugan768]

In one chapter of the book, Melville associates the behaviour of a crewman shouting on top of the mast with a “Turkish muezzin “ who calls Muslims to prayer. It is astonishing that Melville knew the difference between a “muezzin” whose duty is to call to prayer by reciting “adhan”, and an “imam” whose duty is to lead the prayer and other Islamic ceremonies. As a Turkish Muslim, I felt an instant and deep respect for him, since that distinction is not clearly known even among today’s Muslims.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I didn't know that and not I'm impressed as well!

[@keevanalrasyidumar5450]

Shame on them then

[@harshalbhanarkar]

I want more of this book recommendations!!

[@twitnobxd4142]

I came here for the Limbus Company

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Me *tuning into the video at the wrong moment* Video: "the skin of a whales-" Me: I'm sorry, what?? 😂

[@stephenmatura1086]

Just the thing to wear when out shopping during this pandemic!

[@shaniahardie7829]

He's bring forskin back Yeah!!

[@CadetGriffin]

Good grief! I never thought that book would also involve Moby's last name in a literal way in the vernacular sense of it. I also don't get why the three sailors illustrated are drawn that way unless it was supposed to make that part twice as um.. indecent.. than it has to be.

[@urmaturma8346]

This book is a perfect example of what a gripping, deep, and mesmerizing adventure novel should look like. From the very first sentence - “Call me Ishmael” - you completely surrender to his charm. A must read for anyone who considers themselves a literature lover. There's a reason it's called "The Greatest American Novel."

[@valerieannrumpf4151]

It's basically a study in human nature. It's also based on the stories of those who survived the wreck of the whaling ship essex.

[@aicsynthesizer]

owen chase

[@marusan9050]

Very excellent novel. The numerous details about the adventures of Captain Ahab and Ishmael is such a masterpiece. Once you read this book it gives many complex description, which you need knowledge or just search the meanings. But some scenes were still easily imaginable. The enthusiastic attraction of Melville is pretty much Him giving all his knowledge about whales to the reader. It may sound boring but few chapters consists of extraordinary happenings that gives you this dream-like experience while scanning some concepts behind the conversations and the journeys.

[@matherproductions9146]

Can’t believe this “Herman Melville” man stole his book from Led Zeppelin!

[@richardmorton4762]

Isnt that Pagerism ??

[@VeerCartel]

But didn't Led Zeppelin steal it from Rush? ;)

[@cutiebunnyamber3447]

@@VeerCartel wait.. so is this like: red wood prison > prison life v.2 > jailbreak > mad city. reference?

[@tflees]

Lunaaa uwu lol roblox? Didn't expect a roblox player in a TedEd comment section.

[@cutiebunnyamber3447]

@@tflees lol, don't make fun of me, I'm not just a player i neeed some knowledge too..

[@yalelaw]

I keep saying that I’ll read when I have time; I can now confirm that is not true

[@AJEETSINGH-nx9ll]

That's what Buddha used to say: *You think you have time*

[@cutiebunnyamber3447]

lol yis, even in quarantine, im still lazy..

[@mitchjohnson4714]

Dodged a bullet. This book is my white whale.

[@vinnie22ify]

@@mitchjohnson4714 Very boring

[@tonybennett4159]

I've read plenty of classics and this is probably my least favourite and most overrated. I just don't understand the hype.

[@Tetrik82]

LIMBUS COMPANYYYYY

[@jackedbeastlifts]

Reported

[@user-yd4om1qw3n]

​@@jackedbeastliftsNo

[@ravichandransubramaniam4143]

Noone: Melville when deciding his protagonist's last name:I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

[@Nockturnmortem]

Not an easy lecture. I had to have a dictionary with me to consult some word' s meaning. It's a monumental book. Great achievement. You'll enjoy the challenge.

[@jnbfilm56]

Really enjoying this videos, but specially enjoying the ones with this narrator, its so engrossing and adds an air of mistery to anything he describes. Can´t wait for more of them! Maybe some day in the far future you'll be making a video about me, a hopefull writer from Colombia.

[@ckr3167]

Because, the quest for knowledge can never be satisfied in one human lifetime, so get busy.

[@lou626]

"You can call me , ismael"-the beginning of a legend

[@noonborah]

니 탓이군, 이스마엘!

[@whybleedbuild]

Found one

[@meisheencalsado4142]

Honestly, I could screenshot any part of video and I'd made a really good desktop wallpaper.

[@SarahHarmerr]

Bought this book a long time ago but haven't gotten around to reading it. Now I have a reason to!

[@jwentup8704]

this book and the alchemist by paolo are two of my fave books. ty TedEd!

[@Darsh0019]

"This is pequod, coming in hot". Also Ishmael was the narrator of mgs 5 in a way. He was the character through which we experienced the events of the game

[@SumDood11]

😂 yes i was looking for this comment

[@SupErS0lga99]

Favorite book of all time. Great video. “Id strike the sun if it insulted me” - Captain Ahab

[@dylanvandort1523]

THR FAULT LIES WITH YOU ISHMAEL ONCE AGAIN

[@jackedbeastlifts]

Reported

[@thebobboi9276]

BON VOYAGE

[@axeltheinternetsweeper8082]

​@@jackedbeastliftsbro is reporting People who wanna have fun

[@kiloyu3325]

​@@jackedbeastlifts L L??? L corp??? lobotomy corporation reference???

[@sufijaz6293]

I love this kind of reading summary.

[@luigibabiskiarruda2353]

The day you make a video about Machado de Assis will be the happiest day of my life. Such an underrated author!!

[@redonakajmaku]

I absolutely love this series. Wish I had seen these videos when I was in school and had literature classes.

[@Tmo2024]

What does it matter if you had it now or then

[@lukawijk]

“In this world, shipmates, sin that pays its way can travel freely, and without a passport; whereas Virtue, if a pauper, is stopped at all frontiers.”

[@binary964]

I actually searched for this video several days ago, I thought you've had one for it, but I couldn't find it. This appears on my recommendation and I thought, there it is I've been looking for you! But this was just posted an hour ago? :O Anyway thank you for reading my mind!

[@shadowrider6578]

Once again!the fault lies with you Ishmael! Who let Chesed drink Starbucks.

[@arakhand1974]

Last time I was this early, i knew " Call me Ishmael " was from Metal Gear Solid 5 : TPP XD

[@qwertyasdf9290]

Ismael, Ahab, Pequod. Hmm.....

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

All for revenge!

[@punisheddesk-kun5909]

I'M NUCLEAARRRRR I'M WIIIIILLLLDDDDD

[@tfwthelsdkicksin6083]

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@indigoasmrandvlogs4548]

i know it from A series of unfortunate Events they have a series on netflix

[@brooklynmurphy6203]

I LOVE THESE! Even tho I'm like 11 but I like things like science and history and ted-ed makes it easy for me to understand!

[@NotASovietSpy1]

leave here child. avert thine eyes from these sites of sin before they consume you

[@sangat4315]

@@NotASovietSpy1 lmfaooo

[@harelkalifa2451]

1:13 That soundtrack is really good. Where can I get it?

[@lolcerditorock]

Can we not forget the time quiqueg literally said on a casquet "You know, I don't wanna die anymore" and just jumps out?

[@ProtocolAbyss]

*GigaChad intensifies*

[@zakirehman9023]

thanks for the spoiler

[@tawseenkhurshid5614]

We want more book recommendations!

[@Anna-mc3ll]

Thank you for this great summary.

[@zainarafique1508]

Ted Ed has an extremely gripping animation with impeccable and unbiased opinions about concepts which makes the learning beautiful

[@sophiadixon4662]

Wha this is full of boringness

[@Lynnx2253]

THE FAULT LIES WITH YOU!!!

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

"This is Pequod, arriving shortly at LZ!"

[@okkarzaw4767]

“It’s so WHITE and it’s so BIG AAAaaahhh” -Ishmael, basically

[@nono-kr7um]

THIS IVORY LEG IS WHAT PROPELS ME

[@triumph.over.shipwreck]

HARPOONS THRUST IN THE SKY

[@MagikalKrabical]

AIM DIRECTLY FOR HIS CROOKED BROW

[@1.5Koreans0.5American]

Thank you for recommending!

[@510-sohamray8]

One of my favorite books of all time. Thanks Ted

[@ssharkiggo6432]

so you're telling me, that Ishmael isn't a cute anime girl that has terrible trauma that seeks revenge against her captain?

[@ayamterbangnampakpelik]

Uh, what do you mean that Ishmael is a cute anime girl seeking revenge on Ahab just because of her trauma?

[@cerealcerialserial]

I presume you’re a limbus fan??

[@ssharkiggo6432]

@@cerealcerialserial limbussy fan detected

[@jackedbeastlifts]

Reported

[@ssharkiggo6432]

@@jackedbeastlifts lmao

[@BusinessMadhouse]

New video! Always excited to watch your videos. So much to learn from and it's so motivating. I've used all your insights in life & start my own channel.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Around 3:00, “midwifery” is pronounced with a short i sound, such as in the words “if” or “swift.”

[@micheldevost]

5:10 imagine two intersecting lines, one from optimism to uncertainty and the other from curiosity to fear. Now plot your life’s major events in one of the four quadrants. What do you see?

[@andrewt15]

Animation spot on as usual

[@mrunknown138]

I don't understand your guys video but i enjoy listening. They are like audiobooks free and better thanks :3

[@bhoomiv7879]

Seems interesting. I must read this 📙. Thank you Ted-Ed for making me aware of this 📙.

[@oberstul1941]

Excellently put - well done!

[@Moviethemer]

pls bring this series back

[@greensqirrel5642]

I wanted this video to never end.

[@briancooper1022]

Happy birthday to Mr. Melvin Melville on turning '202 years' young on August 1, 2021. This should be required reading for all students. Thank you TED-Ed for sharing. Iris M. Rosenberg-Cooper of Manassas,VA.

[@yangana4099]

I finished the book a mere 10 minutes ago and I already feel a longing to start all over again For the last 100 pages my heart was beating out of my chest Throughout the whole book I had the feeling that all the whale talk and description of whaling on the pequod was an attempt to distract/bore (it wasnt boring to me) the reader so that only the committed ones would be rewarded This story is not about whaling or even a whale For me its is a battle/struggle of cosmic dimension in which life and death are arbitrary distinctions and even god is only an allmighty yet powerless actor in a pure chaos and terror that masks itself with natural phenomena (does this make sense im not native speaker) anyway it was great fun and I'm looking forward to rereading some day and read as many analysis as possible because there is sooooooooo much material to synthesize theories based on GREAT VIDEO ABOUT A GREAT BOOK

[@kubo-samabanbankai562]

It's a metaphysical story that goes over most people's head because they don't have enough background knowledge (whether it be about its author, melville, or about the philosophical, religious, historical etc. knowledge needed to get the book's subtext) to understand what it's talking about and referencing. If what i said made you curious, listen to hubert dreyfus' 8 or something long lecture series (you can find it on youtube) and also search gnosticism.

[@idk-cb3wj]

my aunt gifted me that book, it has been sitting at my shelf gathering months worth of dust. i tried reading, but i found the words too hard to comprehend for my mind. i hope this helps to get me back to reading..

[@anupkr31]

Yes me too joins me on insta @anupkr007

[@cross117]

Its frustrating to look up every tenth word indeed. And some parts of the book is as booring as the universe is large. I listen to it while working on a fishing boat.

[@MrJSyer]

Great book. One of my all time favorites... It's a masterpiece like few others. But... It's not a book for everyone or, at least, for any time of life. Some chapters are so boring and descriptive that most readers wouldn't pass throught them. It demands an experienced reader and some patience. It's not for someone unused to books or to be read in rush.

[@cubsandculturemitch4250]

There's not a single boring chapter in the book...even the most dense description of whaling contain witticism from Ishmael. I've read the novel 3 times in the last 4 months and might start it again tomorrow.

[@diyworld4462]

@@cubsandculturemitch4250 Same, I was a bit nervous that it would be hard to read but after I read it, I was confused that where was the boring part? I am watching this video after re-reading it the second time to recognize all the references from the book.The climax is chilling.

[@JustinRill]

​@@cubsandculturemitch4250 ah, i liked it, but i think it's a one-and-done for me

[@PsychoSocialCreation]

Great insightful informative 🙌🏽😊

[@1995yuda]

The book sounds bewitching. I feel like I should've read that story years ago. It's not too late... Thanks !

[@zooemperor3954]

Well, now I’ve got a reason to get back to this book! Thanks TED-Ed

[@kendavis5853]

Call me Ishmael. Is the my favorite opening line of any novel.

[@swapyxyt]

In the middle I was like yeah yeah damn it I'll read it. Been carrying that book too long on my shelf.

[@georgiivanov8631]

MORE OF THESE VIDEOS please!!!

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Thank you Ted. I saw the Easter eggs in your piece too.

[@Xenium57]

i swear THIS is the last video I watch before I go to sleep.

[@jinkevindionisio2965]

I love the art work. ❤

[@Judgementtwiceoverplusn]

Video covering a famous book that so happens to be a major Inspiron to canto 5: Limbussy fans: :)

[@jackedbeastlifts]

Reported

[@Judgementtwiceoverplusn]

@@jackedbeastlifts huh?

[@moonlightsunshine7111]

​@@Judgementtwiceoverplusnprob a bot

[@Judgementtwiceoverplusn]

@@moonlightsunshine7111 but i notice he only targets ppl who talk abt limbus

[@moonlightsunshine7111]

@@Judgementtwiceoverplusn yuh a bot, simple lad