Not P but Moby-Dick (5)

[David Morris]

The answer to Mike’s question is, Yes,
“we blindly plunged like fate does” is the intended

On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 6:23 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes.
>
> Our fate is determined. Can't see anything else.so to unpack imo.
>
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 12:39 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The following excerpt is from Chapter 22:
> >
> > Ship and boat diverged; the cold, damp night breeze blew between; a
> > screaming gull flew overhead; the two hulls wildly rolled; we gave three
> > heavy-hearted cheers, and blindly plunged like fate into the lone
> Atlantic.
> >
> > Does the last sentence mean that we blindly plunged like fate does?
> >
> > Some of the previous translations interpreted "like fate" as "as if
> > determined by fate" or "as if resigned to fate", but neither seems right
> to
> > me. The former may be implied, but probably shouldn't be made explicit,
> > while the latter just seems wrong.
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