There's nothing like reading Moby Dick. No symbolism or

>>8657417
Funny

>>8657417
Hey Ron Swanson

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>>8657457
My identity has been compromised

This may be a meme buT moby dick literally has zero symbolism. People try to make it up but never can come up with anything of substance

>>8657472
>looks at the doubloon

The best kind of symbolism is one that doesn't exist, then it literally applies to everything. Like LotR.

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>>8657472
The whale is a spook. Prove me wrong.

Hey, the name's Ishmael.

Melville was not the kind of person to bother with a hidden message.
It was originally to be purely educational but his publisher at the time didn't think a book on cetology would sell, so he mixed some hunting and killing to make it sexy and get his publisher to fund it.

Nothing's sacred anymore, but I won't tolerate this. Anyone who insults Moby Dick is going to be hunted down by me with the same ferocity Ahab had as he roamed the entired world to kill the white whale.

>>8659838
Pursue him 'round Perdition's flames before you give him up