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| Title | : | Billy Budd, Sailor |
| Author | : | Herman Melville |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 160 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2006 by Simon Schuster (first published 1924) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Literature. Historical. Historical Fiction. American |
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Paperback | Pages: 160 pages Rating: 3.12 | 14406 Users | 890 Reviews
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Dear High School Curriculum Writers: I am positive that you can find a better novel than this one to use when introducing symbolism and extended metaphor to developing readers. "Christ-figure" is the most over-used of these extended metaphors; over-used to the point where its offensiveness ceases to be about the in-your-face religious aspect of it and becomes instead about the simple over-use of the symbols. If you want to "go there" with symbolism and metaphor and have high school age kids the ways in which literature can illuminate our experience not by representing it literally but by unhinging from it, try helping these students discover Garcia-Marquez or Allende. And that's just assuming you want to stay in the "safe" territory of the Western hemisphere. Ever your advisor, me.Particularize Books Concering Billy Budd, Sailor
| Original Title: | Billy Budd, Sailor |
| ISBN: | 1416523723 (ISBN13: 9781416523727) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.12 From 14406 Users | 890 ReviewsNotice Containing Books Billy Budd, Sailor
I feel like I should ask forgiveness for allotting only two stars to a Melville, but I felt adrift while reading Billy Budd, Foretopman. Perhaps, children, for whom this book was written, were more acclimated to reading books awash with philosophy about working relationships aboard a Royal Navy vessel, but I see few children in today's world tuning into this story.I had a hard time tuning in until more than halfway through...Billy Budd aka The Handsome Sailor, orphan, and already a seasonedThis stands out as one of best punishments my parents ever doled out. We had to read this in high school over Christmas break. I just so happened to get grounded at the same time. My mom decided that I would be ungrounded when I finished this book. It's about 100 pages (so really short), and since we were on break from school I had literally nothing but time on my hands. It still took me 3 days--seriously--with nothing else to do to get through this. When we returned to school, I was one of 2 in
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges. Herman Melville, Billy BuddReading 'Billy Budd' left me thinking of David Foster Wallace and his unfinished novel The Pale King. Both are unfinished literary works that -- despite their roughness (and yes incompleteness) -- seem to suggest or hint that if given time/space/temperament, etc., Melville and Wallace could have produced works equalling their respective magna opera. Both are full of a confident stillness that hint at a
Reading "Billy Budd" For Independence DayIn 2012, I celebrated Independence Day by reading and reviewing Melville's 1855 novel "White-Jacket". In his book, "Melville: His World and Work", Andrew Delbanco described "White Jacket" as Melville's 'paean on behalf of democracy". The book includes scenes in which the sailors celebrate the Fourth of July with a pageant. A major character in "White Jacket" is a sailor named Jack Chase, a man whom Melville deeply admired. In chapter 4 of "White Jacket"
It's an story from English Lit and honestly I remember very little. I didn't even remember I read it, so you see how it stuck with me.
Boring and meandering - the writing style too, is not to my taste. Why is this a classic and on the 1001 book you need to read list?
Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its jagged edges. Herman Melville, Billy BuddGo, Herman Melville! Crazy as this sounds, I think I enjoyed this story much more than Moby-Dick (this could be just due to the fact that I only had to read thirty-one chapters of plot and dialogue as opposed to one hundred and thirty-four chapters about whaling, anchors, and blubber!). Some really great symbolism, themes, and Christian allegory goin' on here. While I could write a lengthy discussion about
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