Why does Herman Melville's epic novel Moby Dick start out with the request &!
Question: (I mean...I just don't get it...they didn't have cell phones back then...how was Ishmael supposed to call him?)
Answers: (I mean...I just don't get it...they didn't have cell phones back then...how was Ishmael supposed to call him?)
Don't be stupid.....he was talking about using two cans with a string between them. The cans, by the way, are symbolic of man's alienation in an ever growing world.....Wow, Herman was a really deep guy.
lol
We didn't read that book in English as a second language.
Maybe he was speaking to himself like "Call me, Ishmael, please just call me." and holding his locket.
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hahah
maybe he meant to say you can call me al
Hahahaha on the cell phone bit.
I think if you Googled (are you getting this Yahoo?) "Ishmael" you might find quite a rich Biblical etymology on the name. I am a bit too lazy at the moment to do the work for you, but I will suggest therein lies the anser to your question.
Doncha just love the English lanwidge?
He was drunk and slurring his words. He was actually saying. "Call me, Is(h) my el-"...
We'll never know what the rest of the sentence was supposed to be.
Possibly - "ish my elephant loose again?"
Or "ish my elaborate hoax to get in your pants going to work?"
I cant believe you've gotten so far with that book, I was tired after call.
He probably didn't want to be called kemosabie and just told you to make sure you understood that.