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The essay becomes an exercise in the meaning and value of watching a writer conquer their own sense of threat to deliver themself of their wisdom.
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― The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
― The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
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And [Moby Dick's narrator] is so very smart, so very smart indeed, and so gifted with words, so very gifted, that at the right time he'll make you forget his presence, just to signal, at a certain point, that he was there all the time: and that he is actually you, a narrator to the troubled but no less amusing, and beautiful, human existence.
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― The underrated narrator: The important role Ishmael plays in Moby Dick
― The underrated narrator: The important role Ishmael plays in Moby Dick
