Question

Read the excerpt from Chapter 41 of Moby-(bad word brainly wont let me use). The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating in them, till they are left living on with half a heart and half a lung. What theme of the novel does this excerpt best address?
nature’s indifference to man
man’s indifference to nature
the self-destructive nature of obsession
the personal empowerment that comes from obsession

Answer 1

The theme of the novel that this excerpt best addresses is the self-destructive nature of obsession. The narrator uses the White Whale as a symbol for every obsession that drives a man forward while, at the same time, it destroys him from within. This destruction is apparent in the fact that this man is living with "half a heart and half a lung" because the obsession has eaten the rest.

Answer 2

The White Whale raced ahead about him as the single-minded incarnation of all those malevolent forces that certain profound people feel gnawing away at them until they are left with half a heart and half a lung.

• It extracts the best addresses the movie's ego nature of obsession topic.
• One issue of the novel that this passage best address is the self-destructive nature of obsession.
• In this, the author utilizes the Black Whale as a symbol for every fixation which propels a person ahead all while destroying him from within.
• Its destruction is visible in the fact that all this individual only has "half a heart and half a lung" since the obsession has devoured everything rest.

Therefore, the final answer is "the self-destructive nature of obsession".

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