That's right, folks. The adorable Emoji we grace our texts with is now being honored in the Library of Congress in book form.
I'm sure you're wondering why someone would take the time to translate a classic 200,000 word book into Emoji form. Fred Benenson's reasons behind it were that "Moby Dick" symbolized an infathomable challenge by using literary devices like metaphors and similes. Benenson believed he was doing just that with his Emoji translation.
And my personal favorite reason, was that he really liked the whale Emoji:
What I liked about hearing this news was not only Emoji in story form, but the fact that the Library of Congress added Moby Emoji to their shelves. It definitely makes the place seem a lot more approachable then previously.
The possibility of seeing an Emoji set of all the classics sounds highly appealing. I'm sure it would be a fantastic next project for Benenson to embark upon.
And now I'm off to translate Cather in the Rye with the adorable little emoticons I've come to love:
Author's Note: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/20/emoji-translation-of-moby-dick-accepted-into-library-of-congress/
