Moby Dick (English Edition‪)‬

Moby Dick is Melville’s outstanding work and a classic of world ocean literature. The novel is narrated in person: Ishmael was hired by the “Peguod” to hunt whales at sea. The old captain Ahab was a cunning and experienced sailor who planned to avenge the beluga Moby Dick who ruined one of his legs during the previous voyage. First officer Starbucks tried to persuade Ahab to give up his plan of revenge, but the crazy old man instead threatened him to obey the order. In the process of searching for Moby Dick, they caught some whales. Later, they found Moby Dick and Ahab stabbed the beluga with a harpoon after three days and nights fighting. Moby Dick was enraged and sank the boat. Only Ishmael escaped on the boat. Ahab was caught by a javelin rope and died. All the other members were killed. The novel has an epic scale and melancholic writing style, and it is full of symbols. Some people think that chasing and killing is a symbol of revenge, and the end of revenge is to perish together; Others think that Ahab’s killing is a pursuit, which is one of the two major human pursuits, which is the original pursuit of satisfying instinctive desires (erotic, violence, etc.).