towardsher (3)What has happened to Heste Why does she make the embroidery of the letterAso elaborate?How doesthis tell us about her character 1.5 Unit 5 Herman Melville (1819-1891) 15.1 Introduction (1)became a sailor at age twenty m his most important experience in life (life at sea mpo rtant material for his books and short stories ories (1)more than simple sea adventures-the voyages of his heroes:searches for the truth (2)In his fiction.man lives in a world divided into two warring parts:good these opposites (3)tragic view of life:The universe itself is working against human happiness and peace of mind.The world has no place for pure goodness or pure evil. 15.3ob-Dick(1851) (1)the greatest novel of american literature (2)th (Moby-Dic of the whali equod;a symbolic k.the grea voyage e:represents God or fate (4)a great deal of factual information about whale-hunting:to make the world of Moby-Dick seem real (5)Captain Ahab.the central Character and,ungodly,God-like man" y and his desire todestroy the white whale -These two sides-the light and the dark-fight each other in Ahab -theme:Personal identity is only an illusion 1.5.4 Further Questions (1)What are the stories Ishmael tells about Moby Dick? (2)Why does Ahab act so violently nst the white whale?Ishmael suggests that Ahab is“cray”and callshim“a raving lunatic..”Do you agree with him Why or why not? (3)What narrative features can you find in the selected chapter? 1.6 Unit 6 Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 1.6.1 putting into practice nany of Emerson's theories;an experienced woodsman whos works are filled with details about plants,rivers and wildlife 1.6.2 Civil Disobedience (1849) (1)about his experience in jail in 1846 (2)theme:"we should be men first and subjects afterward" (3)great influence on Tolstoy,Gandhiand Martin Luther King (4)the best-knc wn Am n essay outs ide the United States 1.63 Walden1854到 (1)Notes -about his stay in the hut(1845-1847)he built for himself on the north shore of Walden Pond 9 towards her. (3) What has happened to Hester? Why does she make the embroidery of the letter A so elaborate? How does this tell us about her character? 1.5 Unit 5 Herman Melville (1819-1891) 1.5.1 Introduction (1) became a sailor at age twenty m his most important experience in life (2) life at sea—the most important material for his books and short stories 1.5.2 features of Melville’s stories (1) more than simple sea adventures -the voyages of his heroes: searches for the truth (2) In his fiction, man lives in a world divided into two warring parts: good against evil, God against Satan, the “head” against the “heart” -no way to overcome these opposites (3) tragic view of life: The universe itself is working against human happiness and peace of mind. The world has no place for pure goodness or pure evil. 1.5.3 Moby-Dick (1851) (1) the greatest novel of American literature (2) the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod; a symbolic voyage (3) Moby-Dick, the great White whale: represents God or fate (4) a great deal of factual information about whale - hunting; to make the world of Moby-Dick seem real (5) Captain Ahab, the central Character -“a grand, ungodly, God-like man” -torn between his humanity and his desire to destroy the white whale - These two sides -the light and the dark -fight each other in Ahab. - theme: Personal identity is only an illusion 1.5.4 Further Questions (1) What are the stories Ishmael tells about Moby Dick? (2) Why does Ahab react so violently against the white whale? Ishmael suggests that Ahab is “crazy” and calls him “a raving lunatic.” Do you agree with him? Why or why not? (3) What narrative features can you find in the selected chapter? 1.6 Unit 6 Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 1.6.1 putting into practice many of Emerson’s theories; an experienced woodsman whose works are filled with details about plants, rivers and wildlife 1.6.2 Civil Disobedience (1849) (1) about his experience in jail in 1846 (2) theme: “we should be men first and subjects afterward” (3) great influence on Tolstoy, Gandhi and Martin Luther King (4) the best-known American essay outside the United States 1.6.3 Walden (1854) (1) Notes -about his stay in the hut (1845-1847) he built for himself on the north shore of Walden Pond