Moby Dick

Moby Dick is a novel authored by the American writer Herman Melville (1st August 1819 – 28th September 1891). He was not only a novelist but a poet as well. Moby Dick is his best known work. The story illustrates the whale world. The detailed and realistic narrations of whale hunting and of extracting whale oil.

The story begins with a voyage and the captain, Ahab, of the ship is obsessive by nature. Ahab is still recovering from an encounter with a big whale, Moby Dick. Due to his obsession, he plans to kill Moby Dick. So on their journey, lots of obstacles and hurdles come. Even Ahab receives a prophecy related to his death, but he ignores it.

The whole story is set on the ship and the voyage. How come it all happens? Whether Ahab's obsession gets fulfilled? What happened to their ship, Pollard? All these queries seem interesting as they relate to the whole story. Pollard tells the full story to fellow captains after his rescue from the Essex ordeal and to George Bennett.

The voyage lasts 92 days in a leaking boat with no food. The voyage is actually a whaling voyage. The 87-feet long ship is hit by a squall that destroys some parts of the ship. The whale smashes head-on into the ship. The whale passes underneath the ship and begins thrashing water. The water rushes into the ship. The story ends in an interesting manner. Most adventure stories.