The Truth About Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick, which is considered as THE great American novel, has been misunderstood for 172 years! Think about that: the greatest American novel has been misunderstood for over a century and a half. What does such a fact tell us about our society and the world? Hopefully this video helps to correct the record and revives Melville's original meaning behind the text.Show more

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"Everybody talks, talks, talks about these questions, but what is said about them lacks the minimum of clarity without which talking becomes a harmful operation. Because talking always has certain consequences. And since talking about these subjects has become general -for years, people have practically talked about nothing else, and allowed no one to talk about anything else -the consequences of all this chatter are, obviously, very serious." -Man and People, by Jose Ortega y Gasset