Melville’s Noby-Dick is such a great book that is fullof symbols, suggesting endless meanings, I think,the symbolof whiteness is,among other things, a dominant one. As weknow, the color white,like a thick thread, goes through thewhole book from the opening chapter, when Ishmael dreamsthe whale“one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in theair”to the concluding epilogue, when the whaling ship disap-pears in a“crearmy pool”.So whiteness is a key word to ap-proach the mystery of the book. Many critics believe that Moby Dick is the dominantsymbol of all. I agree, for Moby Dick and whiteness, I as-sume, are really two inseparable aspects of one thing: one isthe physical form of whiteness, the other is the spiritual soulof the physical body of the whale, In other words, Moby Dickis the personification of whiteness. So, when I talk about theabstract color of whiteness, I am stressing the superficial char-acter of Moby Dick instead of a physical analysis of him. Then, what does whiteness symbolize?Diffe Melville’s Noby-Dick is such a great book that is fullof symbols, suggesting endless meanings, I think, the symbolof whiteness is, among among things, a dominant one. As weknow, the color white, like a thick thread, goes through thewhole book from the opening chapter, when Ishmael dreamsthe whale “one grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in theair” to the concluding epilogue, when the whaling ship disap-pears in a “crearmy pool.” White whiteness is a key word to ap- proach the mystery of the book. Many critics believe that Moby Dick is the dominantsymbol of all. I agree, for Moby Dick and whiteness, I as-sume, are really two inseparable aspects of one thing: one is the physical form of whiteness, the other is the spiritual soulof the physical body of the whale, In other words, Moby Dickis the personification of whiteness. So, when I talk about theabstract color of whiteness, I am stressing the superficial char-acter of Moby Dick instead of a physical analysis of him. Then, what does wh iteness symbolize? Diffe