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Herman Melville 1 2 3 4 Herman Melville Name Education Birth Career Nationality Name Career Brith Education Nationality Herman Melville August 1, 1819 American Lansingburgh, New York novelist, poet and essayist Name Career Brith Education Nationality In August 1847 Melville married Elizabeth Shaw. He moved with his wife to a farm near Pittsfield. In Pittsfield Melville became acquainted with American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. In 1839 he decided to become a seaman, first signed on to a merchant ship that was going from Boston to England In 1826 Melville contracted scarlet fever(猩红热), permanently weakening his eyesight. When he was 12,his father died.His family was poor，times were hard, and he had to give up going to school to earn money. In 1841 he signed on for a long whaling cruise (捕鲸巡航)to the South Seas. Finally, Melville signed as a seaman on a naval vessel and returned home in 1844. Not long after his return to the United States, Melville began to write the story of his adventures in the South Seas. 1826 family 1847 1839 write 1841 Melville died on September 28, 1891, at age 72. cardiac dilation 心脏扩张 Woodlawn Cemetery Three important things in Melville’s life Going out to sea His marriage His friendship with Hawthorne ? Typee ?泰皮?(1846) ? Omoo ?欧穆?(1847) ? Mardi ?玛地?(1849) writte about his adventures when he was a seaman ? Bedburn ?雷得本?(1849) ? White Jacket ?白外衣?(1850) ? Pierre ?皮埃尔? （1852） ? Billy Budd《比利?巴德》 ? Clarel 《克拉莱尔》（1876）(a poem) (a sign that he had resolved his quarrel with God) Major works ?Herman Melville was the celebrated author of several big 19th-century novels about the sea. ?Moby Dick is a thrilling adventure story, the world’s greatest sea novel. Achievement Writing Style Thinking Bible Symbolism 1 Character 2Story 3 Theme 4 writing style Moby Dick Ishmael character introduction Ahab Moby Dick Ishmael Ishmael, the only surviving crewmember of the Pequod裴廓得号, is the narrator of the book. Is