John Henry Bonham, Moby Dick, Dick, Dick!

In preparation for our discussion of Moby Dick, I listened to the song by Led Zeppelin with the same title. The track's demonic blues riff, and Bonham's eight minute drum solo, makes me feel how I guess Ahab feels, determined and relentless. I have never read the book before, but I plan to and keeping this blog will help me stay on track. I enjoyed the first part of the book, looking through all the references to whales in literary history gives a unique perspective in relation to the book. How will Melville, depict the whale for us in his take on the animal. So far I liked the book mostly because of the narrator, he has something to hide, and that is a unique element, an untrustworthy narrator. I as a reader must now look past these words, and see what Ishmael is both saying, and not saying.