http://isabelle09.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:01:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://isabelle09.edublogs.org/2008/10/21/moby-dick-108-125/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Honors Am Lit I students on Ahab | When the hurly-burly's done Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:01:22 +0000 http://isabelle09.edublogs.org/?p=9#comment-2 [...] Isabelle: Chapter 108 was when Ahab had the carpenter make his new leg. It was interesting because for what seems like the first time someone ( the carpenter) voices how crazy they think Ahab really is. I’m surprised that throughout the book no other characters have noticed or disagreed with Ahab’s decisions. Ahab’s obsession with the white whale is evident again in chapter 109 because Ahab initially refuses to go into shore to fix the leaking oil casks. He no longer cares about the profits of whaling or their vessel, he only cares about finding the white whale. [...] [...] Isabelle: Chapter 108 was when Ahab had the carpenter make his new leg. It was interesting because for what seems like the first time someone ( the carpenter) voices how crazy they think Ahab really is. I’m surprised that throughout the book no other characters have noticed or disagreed with Ahab’s decisions. Ahab’s obsession with the white whale is evident again in chapter 109 because Ahab initially refuses to go into shore to fix the leaking oil casks. He no longer cares about the profits of whaling or their vessel, he only cares about finding the white whale. [...]

]]>