Moby-Dick Recap: Chapters 133-Epilogue
It’s that unhopeful, nearly hopeless, hope.
“Indeed, contained in the pages of Moby-Dick is nothing less than the genetic code of America: all the promises, problems, conflicts, and ideals that had contributed to the outbreak of a revolution in 1775 and were about to precipitate a civil war in 1861, and that have continued to drive this country’s ever contentious march across 160 years… This means that whenever a new crisis grips this country, Moby-Dick becomes newly important.”
Well, we made it, my friends. Even if the crew of The Pequod sure didn’t. This week marked the first crisp week of fall and it means Moby Dick Summer has come to an end.
There’s something narratively satisfying about waiting a long time for what you want and finally getting it. Even though we all knew it was coming, who didn’t feel like cheering when Ahab finally said, “There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!” (Or maybe you were more like, “it’s about goddamn time.”) After so mu…
