Follow the link above to read an essay on the Pequod Indians, the tribe after which Melville named his fated ship.
Then blog your opinion of the essay. What did you learn? Whose side are you on? Why do you think Melville named his ship after them?
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What happened to the Pequod Indians and their enemies is horrible. One Pequod Indian is pulled apart, that alone shows deep animosity. Naming a vessel after Indians such as the Pequod's, would be like wishing death to it's entire crew.
The Pequod were a group of native Americans. The word Pequod stands for, "destroyers of men." The fight for the land of North America left the Pequod to stand alone while others ganged up to take them out. Hundreds a day were slaughtered by others. I believe the Pequod were overpowered and did not have a fighting chance to survive. Herman Melville named the ship the Pequod because he wanted the name to be very strong and send a message. He wanted the name to foreshadow the doomed tribe as the passengers on the Pequod are doomed as well.
Some people "argued the Puritans were merely putting down an imminent threat to their divine right to a peaceful existence." The Pequods were hated and feared by most other Indian tribes, as well as the Dutch and English settlers. "Pequods and their supporters, on the other hand, argue they were defending their land and lives against an invading army which did not even keep to it own treaties." The Pequod tribe was once known as Mohegan, but came to be called Pequods, which means “destroyers of men.” The English had no problem convincing the Native American tribes to join them against the Pequods. I'm siding with the English because they are trying to stop the Pequods from killing everyone and are trying to get rid of the Pequods. The Pequods where hurting people not trying to.
I think that Melville named the ship "pequod" for the reason that the Pequods were known for their "destroyer of man" title. Ahab sought to kill this whale for eating his leg. The Pequods blamed the Puritans for stopping their way of life and halting their peaceful existence. "Pequod" was originally used to foreshadow the terrible things to come to the crew and ship, but the Pequod tribe is still living alive and well, so this analogy was a failed one.
I really do not agree with the People attacking the Pequod Indians and killing all of them. I the Indians were the Victims. I think if they were left alone and not attacked in killed their would have been more piece with the Indians. I think why Melville named the ship the Pequod is because they were a Powerful Indian Tribe that all the other Indian tribes were afraid of them and maybe Melville thought the ship in the book would be the most powerful and that every one would be afraid of it and in the end the ship would crash and sink like the Pequod Indians got killed and destroyed .
The Pequod vessel was named after the Indians. The name Pequod means "destroyers of men". Ishmael calls the Pequod a "Cannibal of a craft" because there are so many parts of whales on board. The ship's quaker owners do not believe that Queequeg is a good harpooner so Queequeg proves to them that he is a very skilled harpooner. There are rumors going around about the ships captain.
I think what happened to the Pequod Indians was horrible not only in their time but also in the time that we are in now. the Pequods are a Native American tribe by naming a vessel or boat after this is a death sentence. you should not make people feel so doomed while they are on it not only the people on the boat but the people that are at home waiting for them.
This essay has a lot of information in it and I learned a lot. I learned that they are a powerful tribe and has a lot of power. They made many people scared of them. I am on the Pequod side because it was there land first they have a right to it. I think he named his ship after them because they were feared and had a lot of power. He wants to be scary. He wants respect from everyone and wants to be known.
Melville probably named the ship Ishmael heads on his voyage, Pequod, as a symbol. I myself probably wouldn't go on a ship that was named after a tribe of Indians who were brutally massacred, just for luck sake. Reading what happened to the Pequod indians was very saddening. I thought it was horrible how such a powerful tribe that stood up for their land was destroyed. I thought it was even worse how other indian tribes gained up and fought them. I couldn't imagine being destroyed by a greater force, especially being the most powerful force around. Im thinking going on a ship named the Pequod only makes for out a bad ending for those sailors aboard.
I feel like the ship was named Pequod in comparison to the whale, both being hunted for and casted out. What happened to the tribe is terrible. Pequods are like whales, all being killed because they are feared of and give people the things they want. Ahab wanted revenge, just like people wanting revenge of the tribe that were supposed be "destroyers of men." There was a ton of violence in both the book and the Pequods. From what is written, it sounds like the Pequods are victims of abuse. They criticize them for being killers, ut yet fo and kill them.
I've learned that the pequod indians are Native Americans that represent destroyers and doom. I think that Melville named the ship in Moby Dick after them because he knew it would represent the destroying and destiny of the indians. The Pequods were skilled and treated horribly. That's what Melville wanted for the ship because of the doom that was cursed upon it, just like the doom the Pequods brought. He was symbolizing death and misery to the characters in the book that rode the Pequod.
The Pequod was doomed from the beginning because they where out numbered. All they where trying to do was defend there land but where hated by other tribes and the english settlers. Instead of leaving they wanted to fight for there land but in the end all of the Pequod where wiped out.
A group of Native American named the Pequod. The name Pequod means "destroyers of men". They was a feared an powerful tribe that owned the land first but if they are so powerful they should of protected their land an won the fight but they failed to do so. Im on the Pequod side because its wrong to do that to them. Melville named the boat Pequod I believe because of something to do with the whale.
Really well written paper. I mean you being an English teacher and all I would expect nothing less. The only criticism I have to offer is what happened to the thesis? The thesis is about Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville who are authors to the books The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick. There is a lot of well constructed information that helps support your thesis but it never really ties back into why they didn't know their history or they were willing to misconstrued it in references to the Pequod War.
I learned as much as everyone else that actually read the paper. The Pequod's were a tribe of Native Americans or "Indians". They transferred to that name from the Mohegan tribe. Pequod stands for “destroyers of men.” Melville names the ship that Ishmael sets sail aboard "The Pequod" after the tribe of Native Americans. He does this because he thinks that the tribe was all slaughtered and is going to have the ship and passengers of the ship be murdered also.
I believe Melville named the boat "The Pequod" as an ominous foreshadowing of events later on in the book. The Pequod Indians were massacred like many Native American tribes were in early America. Perhaps the same fate will become of the sailors on the Pequod.
I learned that the Pequods were labeled as savage people, and an evil force. They were once known as "Mohegan," but were called called "Pequods," which means “destroyers of men.” Melville named his ship after them so strike fear in those who hear about his ship. Due to the history of the name. I side with the Pequods, they were killed along with others, but if they had been left alone maybe they would not have fought army invading their land.
The Pequod Indians were arrogant, savage, maybe even evil. They were possibly obliterating their new life. The Pequods and Waugunk had attacked settlers at Wethersfield Bay. Many of the Pequods after this had been slaughtered by the hundreds each day. Melville had the ship named the Pequod to show that the crew will be doomed just like the Pequods.
Pequod stands for destroyers of men. Pequod had the land first in North America. It was horrible what happen to them. Just hundreds of them getting killed each day and losing there land. They were ganged up on. They were out numbered plus they were hated by other tribes.
I think it was called the Pequod because the Pequod Indians were all killed. Herman Melville was hinting at what was going to happen to everyone that was on the boat by naming it the Pequod. He was using foreshadowing.
I think that what we did to the Pequod indians was pretty bad. I think we should have just integrated them into our society rather then massacre them. It would have been more work, but killing 600-700 of the Pequod tribe killed in one morning. I don't understand how they could possibly blame this on their "God" figure. When if there was a god he would want peace and prosperity, right? They just went for a morning shoot and massacred whole families.
Native Americans are cool. One tribe from Native Americans is called the Pequod. Pequods killed alot of people when they were fighting for the North. Their name means "destroyer of men". They English had ganged up on them and got other tribes to gang up on them too. The ship in Moby Dick was named the Pequod because it is a strong name which would get the attention to people who knowns about the Pequods' history.
The Pequods were Native Americans that fought the English and everyone that didn't want to be on their side. Melville named the ship "the destroyer of men," because he wanted to symbolize their power and savageness. Melville also failed at naming it because it also foreshadowed the fatal events that would happen to the crew and ship. I am siding with the English. Even though the Pequods died out one time, they quickly returned before anyone even noticed. A tribe that kills excessively and known for evil, does not deserve to survive.
I learned that the Pequod Indians were a once powerful Tribe and that the English wanted to be rid of them so they gathered allies to help kill the Pequod Indians, and in the end they lost and were destroyed and broken.
Its kinda weird that Melville names the boat that because its foreshadows that the boat going to get destroyed and there all gonna die.
I think because the Pequod Indians had no chance of survival Melville meant the ship itself to be a foreshadow. Meaning that the ship can fight on against all the dangers in the worlds, hence pirates, storms that burned their ship and waves that could crush bones, but it would still die in the end. Which we know it does.
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