The character Moby Dick is represented as a monster by Captain Ahab and by the whalers of other ships, the same ones who exhort him to give up his obsession.
Moby Dick especially through the melting pot, that is, the mixture of diverse cultural origins of the crew.
Captain Ahab has only one objective: to kill the white whale that long ago tore off his left leg while they were fighting.
history of the whaling ship Pequod, by Captain Ahab
In the middle of the 19th century, the United States was experiencing a time of great change: industrialization, the locomotive, immigration from all over the world, separatist religious movements, and the endless caravans of settlers that ran the border ever further west.
Captain Ahab owes his name to the biblical king who turns his back on the god of Israel and who instead decides to worship the idol Baal.
For three days, Ahab attacks the whale, but in the end, he becomes the victim of his own revenge.
Moby Dick knocks the ship down, and only Ismael survives.
Is a novel by the American writer Herman Melville
the white whale that long ago not only tore off his left leg but also his soul
