Symbolism in the novel moby dick

Lesson Transcript. Moby-Dick is the ultimate white object, and is also completely incomprehensible — each member of the crew interprets the whale in the way that he sees most fit. I have read it twice, listened to it once. There are so many symbols as to render symbols meaningless. But I finished. Previous Major Themes of Moby-Dick.

Earn certificates of completion. You cannot read this book for speed. I certainly don't. Log In instead. The journey to reach Moby-Dick may be representative of man's pursuit of God. It is that moment of calm and metaphysical understanding, the divide between the spirit and the body and the near constant human attempt to bring those polarities together, that plus the sentimentality of the scene, of these mothers and children, these whales, resigned yet not uncaring, making due with the cruelty of the distant stars, just slays me.