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Giant whales are people’s fear and awe of nature
Abdullah 2021-11-28 08:01:20
I learned about whaling when I watched "The Adventures of Hal Roger" in elementary school, but I haven't read "Moby Dick". It's very touching to be able to see the history of the struggle between tiny humans and giant sea beasts in the industrial age on the screen. Although the size of the huge sperm whale in the movie is exaggerated, it feels like this when facing a whale when driving a small wooden boat with an iron harpoon to hunt whales. Giant whales are a nightmare for crew members, and people's fear and awe of nature. The capitalists on land only saw barrels of whale oil and gold exchanged in the trading houses before them. Today, people who have forgotten the fear of being dominated by nature greedily demand and squander the ready-made materials that are readily available. The awe of nature has long been forgotten by us, until one day it turns into a tangible and intangible monster to give back to us. I think of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke. Then one day, when the other party is about to be destroyed, will humans and nature let each other go? I also remembered the rare parasitic beasts. Humans are natural parasitic beasts, so we must live together.
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In the Heart of the Sea quotes
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Owen Chase: Benjamin, what are you doing?
Benjamin Lawrence: He's dead. Putting him overboard, sir.
Owen Chase: Look at me. Look at me, Benjamin. No right-minded sailor discards what might yet save him.
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Old Thomas Nickerson: We were weeks in the doldrums. That part of the Pacific is more desert than ocean. The sun beating down.