Drawing upon 2 primary works, Moby Dick and the Blithedale Romance, discuss how they engage with the ancient Western wisdom tradition found in the either the Book of Job or Ecclesiastes.

 Ancient Western wisdom tradition

Drawing upon 2 primary works, Moby Dick and the Blithedale Romance, discuss how they engage with the ancient Western wisdom tradition found in the either the Book of Job or Ecclesiastes. In the course of your paper, you should engage the contradictions those wisdom books pose to dominant narratives in American culture (i.e., that hard work or playing by rules leads to prosperity).