第1页共4页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制白鲸记英文读后感白鲸记英文读后感Moby-Dickisahighlysymbolicwork,andisinterestinginthatitalsoaddressesissuessuchasnaturalhistory.Otherthemesincludeobsession,religion,idealismversuspragmatism,revenge,racism,hierarchicalrelationships,andpolitics.SymbolismAllofthemembersofthePequod'screwhavebiblical-sounding,improbable,ordescriptivenames,andthenarratordeliberatelyavoidsspecifyingtheexacttimeoftheeventsandsomeothersimilardetails.ThesetogethersuggestthatthenarratorandnotjustMelvilleisdeliberatelycastinghistaleinanepicandallegoricalmode.Thewhitewhaleitself,forexample,hasbeenreadassymbolicallyrepresentativeofgoodandevil,ashasAhab.Thewhitewhalehasalsobeenseenasametaphorfortheelementsoflifet第2页共4页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制hatareoutofourcontrol,orGod.[citationneeded]ThePequod'squesttohuntdownMoby-Dickitselfisalsowidelyviewedasallegorical.ToAhab,killingthewhalebecomestheultimategoalinhislife,andthisobservationcanalsobeexpandedallegoricallysothatthewhalerepresentseveryone'sgoals.Furthermore,hisvengeanceagainstthewhaleisanalogoustoman'sstruggleagainstfate.TheonlyescapefromAhab'svisionisseenthroughthePequod'soccasionalencounterswithotherships,calledgams.ReaderscouldconsiderwhatexactlyAhabwilldoifhe,infact,succeedsinhisquest:havingaccomplishedhisultimategoal,whatelseisthereleftforhimtodo?Similarly,Melvillemaybeimplyingthatpeopleingeneralneedsomethingtoreachforinlife,orthatsuchagoalcandestroyoneifallowedtoovertakeallotherconcerns.Somesuchthingsarehintedatearlyoninthebook,whenthemaincharacter,Ishmael,issharingacoldbedwithhisnewfoundfriend,Queequeg:第3页共4页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制truelytoenjoybodilywarmth,somesmallpartofyoumustbecold,forthereisnoqualityinthisworldthatisnotwhatitismerelybycontrast.Nothingexistsinitself.Ifyouflatteryourselfthatyouareallovercomfortable,andhavebeensoalongtime,thenyoucannotbesaidtobecomfortableanymore.Moby-Dick,Ch.11Ahab'spipeiswidelylookeduponastheriddanceofhappinessinAhab'slife.(.9xwang.com)Bythrowingthepipeoverboard,Ahabsignifiesthathenolongercanenjoysimplepleasuresinlife;instead,hededicateshisentirelifetothepursuitofhisobsession,thekillingofthewhitewhale,Moby-Dick.Anumberofbiblicalthemesoccur.ThebookcontainsmultipleimplicitandexplicitallusionstothestoryofJonah,inadditiontotheuseofcertainbiblicalnames（seebelow）。Ishmael'smusingsalsoalludetothemescommonamongtheAmericanTranscendentalist第4页共4页本文格式为Word版下载后可任意编辑和复制sandparallelcertainthemesinEuropeanRomanticismandthephilosophyofHegel.InthepoetryofWhitmanandtheprosewritingsofEmersonandThoreau,ashipatseaissometimesametaphorforthesoul.
