
CR Episode 175: Moby Dick, Part I
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The Suicide of Ishmael
Nan Tuckett was the first place where Native Americans practiced whaling. And he says that's also where the Aboriginal peoples first practiced whaling and their canoes. But from Nan Tuckett did those Aboriginal whalemen, the Redmond first Sally out in canoes to give chase to the Leviathan. So then he selects, I think this really shows Ishmael's attitude, right? He selects his place to stay. This is one of the things I got Melville in trouble. Writing about religion in this way, hinting that it's a trap,. hinting that there's something dangerous about religion.
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