Umfuziselo we I-Pequod. Kusukela ochungechungeni lwe-TV yaseJalimane Moby Dick (2006)
NgoSepthemba 28 owedlule kwakungu- Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engu-125 sokushona kombhali waseMelika uHerman Melville. Isidalwa saso esaziwa kakhulu, iMoby Dick, umkhomo odume kakhulu emibhalweni yomhlaba futhi kufana nokuzidela okuyingozi nokujabulisayo olwandle. Futhi mina, mhlawumbe ngoba ngivela ezweni elomile, Nginegazi elivela kumatilosi u-Ishmael, umpristi uJohn Silver the Long noCaptain Jack Aubrey.
Ngabo ngihambile izilwandle nezilwandle ngijaha imikhomo eminingi, izilo nezitha ezahlukahlukene. Ngiwele i-gales eCape Horn, ngithinte amachweba ayikhulu eMauritius noma uFudu ngathola ingcebo engenakulinganiswa. Ngoba ukucabanga, iphupho, umuzwa wobungozi, wokunqoba nokuhlulwa, wendiza noma ukushisa kwezimpi kuyigugu. Kepha bengingeke ngiphile isikhathi eside kangako ukube angizange ngithunyelwe emikhunjini yabo njengenganekwane njengabo. Akunakwenzeka ukubala wonke umuntu engimkhonzile ngakho ngiyanamathela kulaba abathathu. Uma ufuna ukungiphelezela, Masingene esikebheni sokuqala: the I-Pequod.
El I-Pequod
Okuqanjiwe I-Pequod, i-brig ondavits zayo zenziwe ngethambo lomkhomo, yayisekelwe ku-whaler Essex, okwathi ngo-1820 kwahlaselwa umkhomo wesidoda. Abambalwa abasinda bachitha izinsuku ezingama-95 olwandle ngemuva kokucwila komkhumbi futhi kwadingeka baphendukele ekudleni inyama yabantu. UMelville, naye owayengumkhomazi, wafunda ngezindaba zalabo bantu abasebunzimeni. Usizi lwakhe lwagcina lukhuthaze enye yamanoveli ama-adventure amakhulu kunawo wonke ake abhalwa.
Ebuntwaneni bami kungenzeka ngabona amafilimu wakudala kakhulu we Moby Dick y Isiqhingi samagugu ngaphambi kokufunda amanoveli. Futhi ngaphezu kwempikiswano, okungihlabe umxhwele kakhulu izibalo, amaphrofayli nokwakhiwa kwemikhumbi yokuhamba. Lolo nolimi olusolwandle. Kwabe sekuvela ukuthi le ndaba ibithakazelisa njengabo. A Moby Dick kufanele ungeze ukwesaba okwengeziwe komkhomo omkhulu omhlophe, isifaniso sobubi nazo zonke izilo ezishushisa umuntu.
Kepha mhlawumbe uKaputeni Ahabi wakhuthaza ukwesaba okukhulu., uphawu olukhulu nakakhulu lokuthi lobo bubi nalezo zilo zingaba yithi uqobo. Akuvamile ukuthi isimo somuntu sichazwe kangcono lapho sithathwa yinzondo, intukuthelo, nokufuna ukuziphindiselela nganoma iyiphi indlela.
E-cinema
Futhi uma okuthile kungahambisana nomcabango, kungukuzijabulisa kwawo nge-cinema. Ngezigemegeme banakho kube lula. Ukuzivumelanisa nezimo kwe- Moby Dick esikrinini esikhulu azinakubalwa, kepha ngicabanga ukuthi inkumbulo ehlanganayo isala nayo leyo eyenziwe nguJohn Huston ngo-1956. Umqondisi wodumo, inkathi yegolide yaseHollywood, umlingisi obabazekayo… Ngokombono wami othobekile izinguqulo zakamuva ziphaphathekile eduze kwalesi.
Owokugcina, Enhliziyweni yolwandle (URon Howard, 2015), othembeke kakhulu emlandweni wangempela we Essex futhi igcwele imiphumela ekhethekile, yebo, iyamangalisa, kepha cha, akuyona ekaHuston. Futhi impela hhayi uGregory Peck oncomekayo njengoKaputeni u-Ahabi. Hhayi u-Orson Welles noma uLeo Genn onjengoMnu Starbuck noma uJames Robertson Justice. Akunakwenzeka ukuthi kube okudala ngokwengeziwe.
Njengokulangazelela, enguqulweni kaHuston, i- I-Pequod Kwakungu-schooner kusuka ngo-1870. Ingxenye yokuqopha ibiseGran Canaria, eLas Palmas naselwandle lwaseLas Canteras, ngo-1954. Ngakho ukubona uHuston noPeck lapho ngaleso sikhathi kwakuwumcimbi impela. Y UGregory Peck akakaze abe ngcono kuma-movie Kunokudlala ukubhuqa, uCaptain Ahabi okhathazekile nonodlame.
Kungani ugibela i- I-Pequod
Ngoba uyaqinisekiswa ngohambo oluphazamisa kakhulu nolwesabekayo ongalucabanga. Ngoba uzocela umusa ngaphansi kweziphepho futhi ngeke ukwazi ukukhathala ngobuningi bolwandle, konke okungaziwa okukumele namandla wezidalwa zalo. Kepha ikakhulu ngoba Uzothuka lapho uthola ukuthi into esongela kakhulu, eyingozi futhi esabekayo nguwe uqobo. Uma wazi ukuthi ungakwamukela kanjani futhi unenhlanhla, uzosinda, uzobuya uzokwazi ukutshela ngakho. Njengo-Ismael.