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Melville’s Moby Dick or The Whale

When Herman Melville published Moby Dick, the novel was a commercial failure, met with critical disdain. Melville did not live to see the 20th century turnaround for what would be considered his greatest work. More modern critics deemed Moby Dick “The Great American Novel.” Come read this big novel, this story of Ahab, the monomaniacal captain and his quest to kill the white whale. We’ll also read what the critics wrote and visit the Whaling Museum in New Bedford.

This class will have a particular focus on the skills of reading and analytical writing.

  • Interests: Debate, Reading, Storytelling, Writing
  • Grades: 11th, 12th
  • Subjects: English

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