nts. It was said that Melville borrowed others work to appropriately portray life among the Polynesians (Bowen, 72). Melville stayed close to the work of Charles Stewart. "A comparison of passages from Typee and from Stewart's first volume shows that Melville borrowed extensively ...and manipulated his sources to fit his own purpose" (Bowen, 72).
             Finally, Melville uses a circular reflection "to relate
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