Question

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"He [Ahab] piled upon the whale's white hupm the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down"

Herman Melville shows humans as being irrational a lot of the time. As in, we let our emotions take over, and do things without thinking. Is melville portraying that in the line above? Tell me why you think so.

Your answer (Must be original):

Answer 1

He may feel hurt or offended because he used the word hate and hate is a very strong word to some people

Answer 2

Yes I think that he is I mean hate is a very strong word and he may be being irrational because he feels betrayed or hurt. In other words letting his emotions take over.

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