Read the excerpt from chapter 28 of moby-d*ck. it had previously come to me that this ivory leg had at sea been fashioned from the polished bone of the sperm whale’s jaw. how is the fact that ahab’s leg is made from whale bone significant to the novel’s theme of man versus nature? a) it signifies that ahab has pitted himself against nature in an effort to dominate it. b) it signifies that ahab lives a life in harmony with the natural world. c)it signifies that ahab has made a choice to surrender to the power of the whales he hunts. d) it signifies that ahab see himself as an equal and dependent part of a greater whole. the answer is a

It signifies that Ahab has pitted himself against nature in an effort to dominate it.

Explanation:

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).

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