6/8/2023 0 Comments Ishmael book![]() ![]() So what is most frustrating to the narrator (in the passage above) is that he senses he has all the tools to discover this on his own, but lacks a system by which to properly use those tools. In fact, much of what Ishmael teaches the narrator involves knowledge he already has - what is new is the way Ishmael arranges that information, the new perspective on it that he presents. He felt that he was being lied to about something, but could never articulate what that lie was.Īs we discover both in this passage and through the novel, the frustration comes from the difficulty, and not the desire. ![]() In his teenage years, the narrator sought a teacher who could tell him what was wrong with the world. But I didn't know that then" The Narrator, page 5Įarly on, the narrator grows indignant at Ishmael's ad, since it reminds him of earlier disappointments. In fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library. ![]() "He was like me-he just yearned for there to be someone in the world like Leo, someone with a secret knowledge and a wisdom beyond his own. ![]()
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