Moby dick
In 1851 Herman Melville wrote what he dreamed was the next great American classic . A story about a captain on the hunt for a white whale that took his leg. He was a captain on the ship called the Pequad. Melville was a whaler before he wrote the book. Melville got the idea for moby dick when he started hearing about a white whale that was massive in size that took down a ship. That ship was called the Essex it was a whaling ship that was one of the best in Nantucket. The book was initially a flop not many people enjoyed it. some Melville trying to follow in the tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen poe. Ron Howard made in the heart of the sea a film about a crew who was attacked by a whale while they were whaling …show more content…
Moby dick was almost supernatural to the laws of nature as in no one ever heard a huge white whale who would attack fisherman and completely destroy their ships but there whaling ships weren't that big in the first place like in the
In 1851 Herman Melville wrote what he dreamed was the next great American classic . A story about a captain on the hunt for a white whale that took his leg. He was a captain on the ship called the Pequad. Melville was a whaler before he wrote the book. Melville got the idea for moby dick when he started hearing about a white whale that was massive in size that took down a ship. That ship was called the Essex it was a whaling ship that was one of the best in Nantucket. The book was initially a flop not many people enjoyed it. some Melville trying to follow in the tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allen poe. Ron Howard made in the heart of the sea a film about a crew who was attacked by a whale while they were whaling …show more content…
Moby dick was almost supernatural to the laws of nature as in no one ever heard a huge white whale who would attack fisherman and completely destroy their ships but there whaling ships weren't that big in the first place like in the