Date: 06 Aug 96 13:19:32 EDT
From: John Appleby <101721.1702-AT-compuserve.com>
Subject: Becoming-whale


Hello

In 'What is Philosophy?' chapter 7, D&G speak of the work of art as generating
blocs of sensations through the creation of percepts and affects. I can see how
this would cause the reader to become other than him/herself, and how such
percepts would mean that characters would really have perceptions within the
work, e.g. "Ahab really does have perceptions of the sea". What I cannot
understand is why Ahab's relationship with Moby Dick makes him a becoming-whale
(and does his relationship with his mate also make him a becoming-Starbuck?).
Would anyone fancy explaining this?

Thanks 

John Appleby