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365 Moby Dick, All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Odyssey (A Bob Dylan Reading List) | PLUS Some thoughts on Charles M. Schulz

The History of Literature

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Ahab and the Harpoon Lines

Teshtigo says that he died and was reborn. His extra days are a gift. Ahab gets tangled up in the harpoon lines and is thrown out of his boat into a watery grave. Ishmael survives. He's in the sea floating a coffin. And that's about it. That's the whole story. It can't be beat. I'll put it in front of you. Read it if you can.

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