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Ahab's Wife

Submitted by Yellow on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 9:59pm.

My initial reaction to the book was actually "oh god, not another girl dressing up as a boy." it was quite boring to read. especially everything about the ship life---stop talking about the mast and running into kit and giles.

her life is not hard. she has no fears, and no ambitions. i thought that by climbing the mast, she'd get scared. but no. and then she sees the captain of the other ship and flashes forward in voice about how she was going to marry him. please. if this book were trying to make a point about women being able to sail, then it wouldn't bring up this awful boss-secretary-like relationship. ugg.

after reading about the whale that broke the ship and the acts of cannibalism, i started to appreciate the book. it did a good job of covering the starvation and cannibalism. it reminded me of the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner in imagery. 

As of now, im not sure how the book fits into our finale of the course. 

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