Clippinger+Unit+4

= Authors and Literature: The Movement Towards New Ideas =
 * Objective:** Explain the different kinds of expanding American literature, and list the authors involved in it.
 * Analysis:** Compare
 * Synthesis:** List

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[] This is a student-made documentary on modern perspectives of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. I claim no rights to it, it is cited and being used as a learning tool. Obviously, it is still an influential book today.

=== //**Moby-Dick or The Whale**// is a novel written by Herman Melville, which was first published in the year of 1851. It is considered one of the Great American Novels and a literary gem. The story tells of the adventures of the sailor sailor Ishmael, and his travels on the whaleship //Pequod,// commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has a sole purpose in the entire voyage, which is to seek out a specific //whale//—Moby-Dick, an enormous and ferocious white sperm whale. In a previous encounter with said sperm whale, Ahab's boat was destroyed and his leg bitten off. This drives Ahab to seek vengeance. === === In //Moby-Dick//, the author employs stylized language, symbolism, and metaphors, exploring many complex themes. Through the journey of the main characters, the concepts of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of God are all examined, as the characters examine their personal beliefs and their places in the universe. ===

Important American Authors I will be focusing in on: Herman Melville Washington Irving

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