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Originally Posted by Royce_aus The second book was harder for me to keep up with mainly because of the language used in moby dick. Good luck and can't wait to hear what you're learning from this experience |
Yeah, now that I finished the second book, I can see what you mean.
Maybe you can find it at the library, but I recommend getting the audio book version too, in addition to the printed book. I started out with just reading the printed book, but since I found the audio book available too, I switched over to listening to the book rather than just reading it, which turned out to be much better.
The reader on the audio book is really good at voice tones and subtle inflections that help get the meaning across much better. (i.e. sarcasm, exhaustion, indifference, confidence, impatience, confusion, etc.) The reader also gives a pretty good performance when reading the Moby Dick dialogues. And I think hearing "pirate speak" rather than trying to read "pirate speak" made things much easier to understand.
I'll post more comments about the two books later, after I read through them again. But one thing I want to comment on now, something I got from the second book, is this:
Before enlightenment: Looking out in front of you, you see that you must give up absolutely everything. The price of truth is everything.
After enlightenment: Looking back, you see that you gave up nothing at all. The price of truth was nothing.