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Ellie:In the amazing book Moby Dick by the author Herman Melville, the author recounts his story of being at sea. In the first part of his book, the author, calling himself Ishmael, is in a small sea-side town and he is sharing a bed with a man named Queequeg, and I felt saddest of all when I read the boring chapters that were only descriptions of whales, because I knew that the author was just trying to save us from his own sad story, just for a little while."
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In the amazing book Moby Dick by the author Herman Melville
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the author recounts his story of being at sea
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In the first part of his book the author calling himself Ishmael
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is in a small seaside town
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and he is sharing a bed with a man named Queequeg
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What is this Why am I reading this
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I I need to Just read any of it
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And I felt saddest of all when I read the boring chapters
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that were only descriptions of whales
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because I knew that the author was just trying to save us
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from his own sad story
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Sad story just for a little while
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Movie Summary
A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.