Family Guy and Mody Dick

It was mentioned the other day in class that Family Guy has a character with the likeness of Captain Ahab. The character in the show is called Shamus and he has two peg legs, two peg arms, and one eye. He appears several times in the show, his debut occured when Peter was planning on going on a fishing expedition,and he warned Peter of the dangers of the waters. Several times throughout the dialogue Shamus repeated him self unnessarily. Saying things like, "It be tretucherous out there, a dangerous voyage you be embarking on, the waters are periless" then he says, "I guess the main thing I want you to understand is that it's risky." Today I read a passage that reminded me out this particular episode. When Ishmael is takling to captains Peleg and Bildad about Ahab's leg one if them says, "Lost by a whale! Young man, come nearer to me: it was devoured, chewed up, crunched by the monstrous parmacetty that ever chipped a boat! -ah, ah!" I was expecting to read something like, "It got bit off, is what I'm saying," next, but that was not the case. The idea here that pirates are repetitve creature thriving on profoundness and shock value of singular events. Ahab is a perfect example of this with his relentless pursuit of the white whale

Ishmael and Queequeg

So far it seems that these two characters are becoming quite the couple, in a platonic sense of course. The concept of pillow talk I feel has fueled their relationship at an accelerated rate. Their many discussions in bed seem to be the essential part of their symbiotic friendship. Where Ishmael is the sound, rational, descriptive one, Queequeg speaks from experience and has a certain degree of authority with his diverse background. This idea reminds me of the sleep-overs I used to have with my friends in grade school. Often times we would all sleep in the living room, in our respective sleeping bags, and talk for hours into the wee hours of the morning. These conversations much like those of Ishmael and Queequeg, seemed to produce the most profound and influential topics whether they be about school, girls, or life.