I had an epiphany

[Anonymous No.17224078]

So this my schizo theory on why the infodumpy chapters where nothing happens in Moby Dick are based. Melville, in interrupting the scenic chapters of this story about chasing an anomaly of a whale with pure all purpose whale trivia, sets out to critique Epistemology. Hear me out. So there are general apriori statements about whales offered throughout the book right? This serves to provide a contrast to the unown menace of the white whale himself, the singularity of moby dick which does not fall into neat categories of general and particular, and stands outside of common notions of whales yet simultaneously redefines what it means to be a whale. Moby Dick being the problematic Event, that unifies all pieces of this narrative, grounds the problem of what the Leviathan means to us. What can be known about whales or identities as such? Isn't there always a part submerged under deep waters of mystery? The whales always elude our understanding, identities dive and flee our grasp. There is something prerational in the whale, only Ahab is aware of this. Ishmael is trying to encapsulate the whale in regimes of knowledge yet he himself always finds himself dumbfounded by the complex nature of this historically unfolding idea of the whale and admits into not penetrating to it's essence. For Ahab on the other hand it's not a question of understanding the whale, but rather one of entering into a performance with the whale, of engaging this unown being head-on, outside of preset structures of categorization in a more intuitive sense. God, I love this book now.
Sorry if I sound like a pseud, I read too much Deleuze lol.

[Anonymous No.17224134]

>>17224078
>he thinks this is a new interpretation
How recently arrived are you to /lit/? Anyone who actually likes Moby-Dick, loves the non-narrative chapters most because they are the most thematically important. Good interpretation but you seem to believe this is more novel than it really is.

[Anonymous No.17224172]

>>17224078
>Hear me out.
Your constant begging for attention and recognition made me stop reading. Try reddit next time.

[Anonymous No.17224173]

all that gay shit just to say
>the virgin contemplater vs the Chad doer

[Anonymous No.17224302]

>>17224078
>not being confused but interested
>not slowly become obsessed with whale lore
>not spending hours and hours on wikipedia learning about the whales mentioned
>not trying to legit buy whale oil on the black market
>not genuinely picturing yourself swimming in the oil pool of a whales head
>not go insane and legit question what its like to live life like a whale
>not despising the book because its made you a fucking weirdo
>not not being able to put it down because the obsession has infected your soul
>not having the realisation that youve just become Ahab and that the author was a mad genius

Did you even read the book?

[Anonymous No.17224505]

>>17224078
>chapters where nothing happens
I hate this so fucking much.