Thursday, March 7, 2013

Schwing: Whaling Inspiration



Yesterday we all had the opportunity to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts. We were able to learn about the inspiration for Moby Dick and how all the different influences helped form this classic story. Mrs Grosart informed us about how Melville's inspiration for Moby Dick stemmed from Shakespeare, the Bible, his fathers early death, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The detailed writing that is in Moby Dick is obvious and impressive because of the complex process of whaling. I was inspired by this knowledge and hope to find my own in order to create such a classic novel.


 

1 comment:

  1. What a terrific sounding book - the water cycle is cool in and of itself and a book which teaches it in such a fun poetic way is mega-cool.
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