1. Among those savages, Herman learned that primitive people, left to their own way of life, may be more happy and good-humored than those who have been afflicted, so to speak, with civilization.
A. “One peculiarity that fixed my admiration” Herman wrote, “was the perpetual hilarity reigning through the whole vale”.
B. This experience shaped Melville’s views of human nature and wisdom of life in a deeply revolutionary way.
C. Blue devils, hypochondria and doleful dumps went and hid themselves among the nooks and crannies of the rocks.
D. There seemed to be no cares, griefs, troubles or vexations.
6. It kindled a revolt against the decorous piety of New England folkways; it lifted him out of the mainstream of Victorian culture.