#but he does kind of substantiate his anti colonialism with human characters

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Melville back at it again with his passion for nice little instructional pieces😂😂 this time: how to cook a meal with foods you don't even know using utensils u do not have.

#melville #typee #it's interesting i enjoy it #this book? is fine. it's not great. it's a little boring. i think i just enjoy listening to Melville #he seems like an ok dude #melville has Voice. less in this one than in Moby Dick but either way he really comes off as like #a perfectly ok 19th century bisexual #i like that he's anti collonialism #here's the thing #does writing a book with a strong anti collonialist message constitute as action or as words? #i mean both #but this is a bit different from his... weird racism thing where like #his anti racism is clearly just words #u can tell from the way he fails to describe any traits of the poc other than their looks in md #i guess Queequeg gets some humanity but that's it #but he does kind of substantiate his anti colonialism with human characters #like #the kind old woman who can't stop working and fretting #i feel like we all know her right? #idk #i don't wanna give him too much credit but