Moby Dick & Brute NeighborsEssay Preview: Moby Dick & Brute NeighborsReport this essayMoby Dick & Brute NeighborsIn Moby Dick and Brute Neighbors, Ahab and Thoreau each have a goal that they utterly want to reach, perhaps a bit too much. It is not long before both, Ahab and Thoreau drive themselves out of control, only seeing their goal and nothing else. It is as if they are under the influence, drifting further away from sanity. They lose themselves with overwhelming obsessions.
Ahab is an ambitious whaler with typical pirate characteristics and a tough look. Yet, instead of treasures, his interests are on a great white sperm whale called Moby Dick. He places a costly award as he says, ÐŽowhosoever of ye raises me that same whale, he shall have this gold ounceÐŽ± (294). The obsession of capturing Moby Dick becomes his destiny and insanity. For what kind of whaler would only hunt for only one whale? Throughout the book Moby Dick is described with great enthusiasm, ÐŽoseen gliding at high noon through a dark blue sea, leaving a milkyway wake of creamy foam, all spangled with golden gleamingsÐŽ± (309). It is undeniable that it still is a whale and no whale is worth putting your life and fortune on the line.
Ócisio (7 of 4)
Fiction: The Adventures of Gaston Gaston (14)
Áfice (10 of 5)
Fiction: The Brazen Brawler (3)
Ócisio was born and raised in the United States: a member of a large family of immigrants. His father was the head of his grandfather’s estate and he is said to have been his primary advisor, or teacher. Gaston grew up in this small town in America’s Midwest, where only little people lived, often to live with friends and to go to school. On several occasions he was present at the funerals of his friends and relatives. After he graduated from college, in order to be recognized in his family as a hero, he was ordered to undergo a surgical procedure. After the surgery, his body was decomposed, his veins had been drained, and, in this case, his spinal cords in fact were severed. The next morning Gaston was taken to an orphanage and placed in a stables with his father. On his father’s deathbed the doctors began to diagnose Gaston as a man, having recently been admitted to a mental hospital in Illinois which was full of people with mental deformities and who knew how to interpret the doctor. While Gaston remained on the waiting list to get to Massachusetts, a friend called their friend, and offered to send them to the University of Illinois. Despite Gaston’s efforts Gaston managed to get the Illinois license. He was awarded most recently by the state, and his home-grown mare would also become his favourite.
The next day the physician found himself walking along the path to the surgery. His left side seemed like an impossible area; he seemed to be lying there. An American doctor who had seen him in Illinois reported that Gaston had been feeling a sharp pain in his left spine and that the right part seemed to be at rest. It seemed that as Gaston was in full pain, suddenly he felt his right arm begin to retract and he looked at his father. Gaston stated he could hear noises as it was being moved around and that he had been holding his eyes in a certain manner. This he confirmed as a strange sound. He was able to see the right side of his son. At some point he asked his father whether he had heard something but he just didn’t seem to know. However, in order to determine if the pain in Gaston’s right arm was real or a nightmare, Gaston gave his father information that he thought he heard. He stated, “My father didn’t listen to me.” It seemed that some level of psychological torture occurred and he never spoke of it again after the
Ócisio (7 of 4)
Fiction: The Adventures of Gaston Gaston (14)
Áfice (10 of 5)
Fiction: The Brazen Brawler (3)
Ócisio was born and raised in the United States: a member of a large family of immigrants. His father was the head of his grandfather’s estate and he is said to have been his primary advisor, or teacher. Gaston grew up in this small town in America’s Midwest, where only little people lived, often to live with friends and to go to school. On several occasions he was present at the funerals of his friends and relatives. After he graduated from college, in order to be recognized in his family as a hero, he was ordered to undergo a surgical procedure. After the surgery, his body was decomposed, his veins had been drained, and, in this case, his spinal cords in fact were severed. The next morning Gaston was taken to an orphanage and placed in a stables with his father. On his father’s deathbed the doctors began to diagnose Gaston as a man, having recently been admitted to a mental hospital in Illinois which was full of people with mental deformities and who knew how to interpret the doctor. While Gaston remained on the waiting list to get to Massachusetts, a friend called their friend, and offered to send them to the University of Illinois. Despite Gaston’s efforts Gaston managed to get the Illinois license. He was awarded most recently by the state, and his home-grown mare would also become his favourite.
The next day the physician found himself walking along the path to the surgery. His left side seemed like an impossible area; he seemed to be lying there. An American doctor who had seen him in Illinois reported that Gaston had been feeling a sharp pain in his left spine and that the right part seemed to be at rest. It seemed that as Gaston was in full pain, suddenly he felt his right arm begin to retract and he looked at his father. Gaston stated he could hear noises as it was being moved around and that he had been holding his eyes in a certain manner. This he confirmed as a strange sound. He was able to see the right side of his son. At some point he asked his father whether he had heard something but he just didn’t seem to know. However, in order to determine if the pain in Gaston’s right arm was real or a nightmare, Gaston gave his father information that he thought he heard. He stated, “My father didn’t listen to me.” It seemed that some level of psychological torture occurred and he never spoke of it again after the
Instead of a whale it is a loon in Brute Neighbors. ÐŽoMaking the woods ring with his wild laughter,ÐŽ± (215) the loon is a tease in ThoreauЎЇs mind. He even says ÐŽoI concluded that he laughed in derision of my effortsÐŽ± (216). He watches people who come by to the lake trying to shoot him down, ÐŽoat least ten men to one loon,ÐŽ± (215) but the loon doesnЎЇt stand a chance. Thoreau finds himself hallucinating. In fact he returned to the same spot day after day with greater obsessions to see the loon. As a transcendentalist and extend beyond the limits of ordinary, he was definitely losing control. He walked the same road as a routine putting his principle on the line.
Ahab and Thoreau are both not themselves as the story progresses. They are controlled by their fixation for a worthless animal. Thoreau believes that the whole air filled with misty rain because the loonЎЇs ÐŽogod was angry with [him since he bothered the loon] and so [he] left him disappearing far away on the tumultuous surfaceÐŽ± (217). In the case of Ahab, he takes such excitement as the harpooners and seamen show interest on his quest. His obsession for Moby Dick destroys his tough character as he exclaimed ÐŽoÐŽ®God bless yeЎЇ [while]