Ch 33

Ch. 33

What does it say about fiction?

-critics might state characters not realistic but M later justifies with the idea that our appearances do not actually describe our true nature

-free from social boundaries

-appearance vs reality

-hate reality because it is boring

-want reality more real than what it truly is, free from social boundaries

-relatable but abstract to prove a point

-middle of bottom paragraph

-“in real life proprieties will not let them act out as themselves”

-fiction explores reality better than non fiction because people do not actually reflect themselves in nature.

-reality is somewhat unreal --> fiction is real version of reality

- you can only be true to the self in fiction because it seems to have no boundaries due and judgments that are placed upon the self

-Melville needs to justify truthful characters over and over again

-M is complaining that he is not being published

How it relates to chapter 14?

- from the narrator

- have tautology for a title

- address inconsistent nature of character

- used as justifications and not edifications

-people’s actions do not reflect reality of characters

-relates because they are both talking about how characters do not match true “self”

-“DON’T HATE APPRECIATE”

-does not have significance to the story but it tells a great deal about authors opinions

-it is break from the story so people are not inundated with all the ideas presented

-ch 14 address multiple characters

-ch 33 address cosmopolitan