Topics: Looking how Moby Dick relates to the journey of technology
- Creating an identity
- Information that is available through technology
- Connecting through technology.
Thesis: Looking at the way Moby Dick relates to
the modern day use and development of technology. Since the use of technology is still
relatively new, people are still trying to figure out how to use and navigate
technology and Moby Dick represent the journey that people are taking with
technology.
Outline:
- Ishmale and Queequeg relationship:
- Queequeg representing the introduction of technology
- Technology being something new and Queequeg being something new.
- Creating an Identity
- Ishmale and Queequeg must create an identity together.
- Gathering Information
- Comparing how the middle chapters of Moby Dick represents the ongoing information that technology provides us.
- How do we sort it out.
- Learning and finishing the journey
- How do we accept technology in our lives and what have we learned form the Ishmale and Queequeg journey.
I like your symbolic interpretation of Ishmael and Queequeg's relationship. However, I would also be interested in seeing what you think about the middle chapters and what they mean, and I think the acceptance of technology would be important to consider.
ReplyDeleteI think looking at how Ishmael and Queequeg's relationship progresses would be an interesting study to see how incorporating technology into our own life has progressed. As with all things, it could be really easy to get vague with this, but as long as you're really specific and as you narrow down your thesis I think this could be really interesting!
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great comparison, but just remember what Dr. Wickman said about making the connection and then taking it a step deeper to show the significance of the meaning. I think that will depend on what examples you choose.
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