What about Tyr Moby Dick?

Moby Dick by Herman Melville is told in the first person. The narrator is Ishmael, who is sometimes compared to the author. He was hired by the Pequod to hunt whales at sea. Captain Ahab is a cunning and sophisticated sailor, and he plans to take revenge on Moby Dick, whose leg was destroyed by the Moby Dick on his last voyage. Starbuck, the first mate, tried to persuade Ahab to give up his revenge plan, but the crazy old man coerced him into obeying orders. In the search for Moby Dick, they caught some whales and netted them with several whaling ships. Later, they found the white whale. After fighting it for three days, Ahab stabbed Moby Dick to death with a harpoon. The Moby was angered and sank the Pequod. Of all the water hands, only Ishmael was rescued to tell the story.

1. Man and Nature

Everything on the earth, as far as we know now, is nothing more than two categories, namely, man and nature.

Man and nature constitute the past, present and future of this world, which is complicated and has a long history.

Today, the past, present and future that we are familiar with as history are all based on the theme of man and nature. They have evolved in an orderly way for a long time, never stopping, and will never stop unless the earth under our feet collapses, disappears and no longer exists.

Man and nature are the two protagonists on the earth, and they have formed the extension and change of history through harmony and struggle.

From the perspective of interdependence, man and nature are brothers; From the perspective of mutual conquest, man and nature are rivals, so a complete understanding of the relationship between man and nature should be both harmonious and struggling, which is the true portrayal of the relationship between man and nature.

We believe that the history of human development is actually a history of constantly conquering and transforming nature. At first, primitive people avoided natural disasters in order to survive and evolve, and later lived in peace with nature. Later, they began to try to conquer nature in order to gain hegemony on the earth. Based on the earth, they began to attack mountains, forests, oceans and the sky ... They all attacked nature, and they succeeded, occupying the battle with nature.

From the sword to the high technology in the modern sense, human beings have gone a long way and paid a heavy price in the process of conquering nature. Although the conquest of nature in the modern sense lacks some intuitive and intense elements, it has never stopped.

If we sum up the development of nature, then its theme is to constantly struggle with human beings, constantly avoid human invasion, constantly benefit human beings under the use of human beings, but constantly get hurt, so we constantly retaliate against human beings ... On the surface, nature is gradually domesticated and used by human beings, and the danger to human beings is getting smaller and smaller, but the struggle between the two sides is not over, and who is the ultimate winner is far from known. If, as some prophets say, human beings will be destroyed one day, then the hand that destroyed human beings must be nature, and then it will naturally recover its true colors, and human beings will develop from apes. What an unfortunate and long cycle this will be!

The relationship between man and nature has been repeatedly discussed because animals are also a part of nature. The extinct dinosaur is the giant panda, and there are many kinds of animals that are not extinct and are fleeing or fighting against human beings.

So is Moby Dick, one of the two protagonists in this book.

2. Ahab and Moby Dick

The protagonists of this book, Captain Ahab and Moby Dick Moby Dick, are a pair of sharp contradictions, representing the strong conflict between human beings and nature.

Measured by the relationship between man and nature, this conflict is objective, inevitable and inevitable, and it is a very vivid embodiment of the relationship between man and nature.

Captain Ahab is the representative of human beings in front of nature, and he was sent by human beings to conquer nature.

He is an ordinary person, but he has all kinds of virtues that ordinary people don't have, such as perseverance and being unmoved by fame and fortune. But at the same time, we also found various misdeeds such as madness, selfishness and willfulness in him, which gave us a comprehensive and three-dimensional understanding of this image.

Judging from his virtue, he is almost a god, which makes people believe and excited; Judging from his dark side, he is getting closer and closer to Moby Dick and becoming a demon, which makes people feel disgusting and terrible.

Because of this, Captain Ahab is a real and powerful man, and only he can complete the mission entrusted by human beings to destroy Moby Dick.

For Ahab, this mission is sacred and historic.

The process of human conquest of nature consists of countless processes such as the elimination of Moby Dick, and each process has a Ahab as the leader.

This leader belongs to Ahab.

Because Ahab is as powerful and majestic as God, and he is indeed a man.

It is impossible for human beings to conquer and transform nature by divine power, which is just a beautiful wish called myth.

Ahab undertook the mission of attacking nature and won the respect and love of all brave people. He caused panic and even hatred of cowards who retreated to nature.

As a result, the contradiction between human beings appeared and intensified step by step, second only to the contradiction between man and nature.

In the process of conquering nature, human beings must solve internal contradictions and overcome their own weaknesses. Only in this way can they succeed in the competition with nature.

Captain Ahab's process of destroying Moby Dick included all the above factors. "Pequod" is a high generalization of human society itself and a microcosm of human state in that era.

Captain Ahab's destruction of Moby Dick is a condensation in the process of human conquest of nature, and it is one of countless life-and-death struggles.

Moby Dick, that is, Moby Dick, is the representative of nature and of course the most outstanding representative in the natural camp. Moby Dick is a symbol of natural forces and a concrete embodiment of equally powerful nature.

Nature is made up of powerful Moby Dick and countless mediocre others, just as human beings are made up of powerful Ahab and countless mediocre Starbuck, Stubb and Flask.

Nature is rich and generous, which is the dependence of human beings, the treasure house on which human beings depend, and the parents of food and clothing. Without it, human beings would cease to exist.

Nature is stingy, it never gives anything to human beings, and everything that human beings get from it is achieved by taking or even plundering it by themselves.

Therefore, human beings can't figure out whether nature is a benefactor or an enemy, or a benefactor or an enemy. I'm afraid it can't figure it out itself, so it's so contradictory.

But as far as whales are concerned, the conflict between nature and human beings can only be a life-and-death conflict, because human behavior only shows the most cruel side of nature in whales. Similarly, whales only repay human beings with desperate resistance and insidious revenge.

In so many contradictions, countless conflicts have arisen.

Moby Dick plays the leader of nature and pretends to be the patron saint of nature, so the conflict between Ahab and Moby Dick is inevitable.

In the conflict between nature and human beings, the outcome is very important, which affects the future of the world and naturally determines the fate of human beings and nature.

As a result, Ahab died with Moby Dick. What does this mean?

Neither man nor nature can conquer anyone. They are like the two poles of the earth, interdependent and complementary, maintaining the operation of the world.

There is no answer to the question whether man and nature are enemies or friends.

The dead Ahab and Moby Dick can't solve this problem, and modern people don't know if they can.

How to face nature is a topic that human beings always face, and it is a key to whether human beings can maintain themselves.

3. The Pequod

Ahab is not a god, but a hero, a hero who fights to the death for a given goal and never stops until he reaches it.

So, what is the "Pequod" he commanded?

This should start with the name "Pequod" itself.

The name "Pequod" was originally the name of an Indian tribe in Connecticut in the northeastern United States. This tribe has a long history, is famous for its bravery and good fighting skills, and is an outstanding representative of native American peoples.

Unfortunately, European white immigrants invaded the North American continent, and they brutally slaughtered the local Pequod tribe. With the intensification of the massacre, when Melville wrote Moby Dick, the Pequod people had been extinct by white immigrants, and the massacre continued.

The Pequod tribe is one of many Native Americans and the most miserable one.

In this way, Pequod is a microcosm of American Indians.

So what did Ahab lead this Indian tribe to do?

At that time, these colored people were breathing under the heavy oppression of slavery, and they were in dire straits. Their most fundamental purpose is to oppose white rule, abolish slavery, gain their legitimate rights and interests, and stand in society on an equal footing.

Whaling industry, as a microcosm of America at that time, was consistent with the above situation.

The whaling industry in the United States started later than the Netherlands and Britain, but by the 18th century, it had become the largest whaling country in the world, occupying an important position in the overall economy of the United States, becoming a decisive industry and making outstanding contributions to the initial development of American capitalism.

Among them, whaling ships played an important role, especially the blacks from the United States and almost all over the world.

However, their contribution is not commensurate with their status. They have no social status at all and are subject to the command and oppression of the captain, the first mate and other white senior crew members. They live in poverty, relying only on a poor account as a harvest of life and death.

Therefore, the blacks in Pequod, like all African-Americans, face the same historical task-fighting for equality.

This is a strong democratic thought and the goal of the American Civil War.

So, did Ahab lead the Pequod to win anything for them?

Here's the thing.

Ahab sympathizes with, praises and respects blacks, despises the so-called civilization that regards blacks as inferior, and is willing to fight for equality for blacks.

So we can't help but say: as cruel and inhuman rulers, don't their "white" and the "white" with similar characteristics of Moby Dick overlap here?

This is not a coincidence, but a design inspired by Melville.

Unfortunately, as a symbol of African-Americans' struggle under slavery, the Pequod was eventually wiped out, while Moby Dick, a huge white demon who made African-Americans suffer, was involved in the whirlpool of history with them.

If you want to struggle, you have to sacrifice. This is the price of black people, democracy, the inevitable price, and it is also a worthwhile price.

This is the meaning of this tragedy.

They lost their bodies, but their spirit is immortal.

4. The fate of Melville and Moby Dick

Knowing and understanding Melville is the key to understanding Moby Dick.

After reading Moby Dick, Melville could tell at a glance.

After discussing Melville and Moby Dick, we found how similar their fates are.

Melville's ancestors were a noble family in Scotland. As early as Melville's grandfather's generation, they had already come to the United States and participated in the War of Independence, which had a certain influence.

18 19, Melville was born in new york. Melville could have spent his whole life in high society, but unfortunately, when he just entered his youth, his father, who was an importer in new york, went bankrupt, and his family suddenly turned from rich to poor.

Melville was twelve years old that year, and his father's death made his family worse. At the age of fifteen, Melville had to enter the society after two years of school life.

He started as a bank clerk, worked as a clerk, a farm worker and a primary school teacher, and tasted the ups and downs.

1837, 18-year-old Melville, full of resentment and social conflicts, fled to a sailboat and began his sailing career.

The first voyage only aroused his stronger desire. From 184 1, he began to board a whaling ship as a sailor.

In the following three years, Melville traveled to many places in the world with whaling ships, which greatly broadened his horizons. Moreover, together with other partners on the whaling ship, he resisted the tyranny on the whaling ship and was imprisoned for riots and other reasons.

Melville later joined the USS America and served on the ship until/kloc-0 landed in Boston in 844, ending his sailing career.

The voyage from 184 1 to 1844 had a great influence on Melville's life, and quite a lot of time was spent on whaling ships, so Melville's thoughts were basically laid.

Rough experience, rich life and strong thoughts constitute the foundation of Melville's future writing career.

His works are a portrayal of his life and thoughts.

Moby Dick's creation began in February of 1850 and was published in the summer of 185 1.

He was thirty-two years old that year.

This should be a glorious era, and debt repayment should create greater glory.

Today's readers can't imagine. Now it seems that this epic in the history of American literature not only did not cause a sensation at that time, but was criticized a lot.

However, it is regrettable and puzzling that Moby Dick did not bring Melville what he deserved, because Melville's contemporaries did not understand this work, and they did not realize his unprecedented value in literature.

When Melville was alive, no one knew him, let alone regarded him as a master. He is still a nobody, living on a small salary for the rest of his life.

So a great man was killed and ruined, which was a tragedy of that era.

Tragic characters, tragic works, tragic authors and tragic results are all tragedies around Melville and Moby Dick.

Creating tragic works is not a tragedy in itself. Only when the person who creates tragic works becomes the protagonist in a real tragedy can a real tragedy be produced.

189 1 year, Melville died in his birthplace of new york in the indifference of the world. Three days after his death, The New York Times published the sad news in an obscure position.

But Moby Dick took longer to attract attention. Until the twenties and thirties of this century, Melville's next generation read it, and some people were surprised to say, Oh, my God, this is a masterpiece!

Today, Melville and Moby Dick are one of the most widely studied writers and works in the United States and even in the world.

Melville's life is a life of frustration and sadness.

Melville's Moby Dick is a great work, which contains strength and thought and is an epic in the history of American literature.

From rich to poor, his bumpy and shining fate is determined, while the strength of his life and works is determined by his fierce fate and constant struggle against it.

So we think of Cao Xueqin in China, how similar he is to Melville.

Therefore, from poverty to wealth, there can be no great men who can't think or can't think, but great men who can think and think are all produced by shouting in the process of falling from the peak to the bottom.

5. Follow Ahab to destroy Moby Dick

Whether in literary creation or translation of foreign works, the author and the translator are another character in the works, although he does not appear in front of readers.

Only by dissolving yourself in it can you feel it and reflect it.

Therefore, any writer and translator should be a passionate person, not a mechanist.

In the process of creation and translation, being a passionate person pays much more than being a mechanist.

The process of my translation of Moby Dick is the process of following Ahab to destroy Moby Dick.

When Ahab led them aboard the "Peiguo" on Nantucket Island and started their great never-returning voyage, I followed Captain Ahab to the "Peiguo" study. "The wind is rustling in Shui Han, and the strong man will go and never return." I memorized this poem by China, which is really suitable for use here.

So I became the last sailor of the Pequod. Although no one on board knew of my existence, I still hid on board like the original Fedala and others. I didn't come back with Ishmael until the Pequod sank in the South Pacific.

After I came back, I sat in my study, as if I had a heroic dream.

It's just that apart from translating the story to you, I didn't make any efforts for the Pecoud. Everyone infected by this story blames themselves, and there is really nothing they can do.

Compared with Ahmad, I feel as light as a feather.

However, let's call it a person who walked into the stadium to cheer for them, a person who shed tears for them after they left, and a person who turned Mobidick into whale oil!

Ahab is dead. Except Ishmael, he must come back. At that time, only death could completely accomplish their heroic feats and their inevitable tragedies.

They can't come back alive because they will never win.

Death is the only choice for a hero. Heroes burst into power because of their final death, and death is the crowning touch in their lives.

Ishmael is my closest friend. I met Queequeg, the Tusti brothers and his big shot. I was fascinated by the light from their dark bodies.

I met Starbuck, who is full of virtue and loyalty, Stubb, who is reckless and humorous, and Flask, who is happy but mediocre. Their respective experiences made me understand that their cowardice worried me. Fortunately, they finally made a positive result.

I also met the kind Bip, the mysterious Fedala, the unfortunate carpenter and blacksmith, and sailors from almost all over the world.

Together with them, I vowed to kill Moby Dick with Captain Ahab on the deck, laughed loudly in the brightly lit bow building, shivered in the storm, looked forward to and thought about the sea from the high masthead, enjoyed whaling ships with different expressions in nine parties, and realized the existence of danger among whales. ...

Finally, I watched helplessly as Ahab took them to the cave of death. I bid farewell to them one by one with tears, and also bid farewell to an era.