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Moby Dick

Ahab's epic battle against the whale Moby Dick. The narrator, Ishmael, has experience as a sailor but intends to go whaling for the first time. While staying at an inn he meets Queequeg, a harpooner from the South Pacific who is adorned with tattoos. The two men eventually become friends and the start to seek work on a whaling vessel together. In Nantucket, they end up getting a job on a boat called the Pequod. The captain of the Pequod, Ahab, has recently lost a leg in a fight against a sperm whale, presumably Moby Dick.
The Pequod sets out and eventually, as the ship reaches warmer waters, Ahab makes his entrance to the rest of the crew. He says he wants to kill Moby Dick, the great ...

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has prophetic powers that will help track Moby Dick.
As the Pequod comes upon other whaling vessels, Ahab demands summaries of their adventures from their captains, in hopes of garnering information on Moby Dick's whereabouts. On one of these ships is a prophet named Gabriel who foresees doom for anyone who threatens the great white whale. Because several of the men on the ship who have come upon Moby Dick have met with bad fates, the crew worries about the prophets words. Meanwhile, a harpooner, Tashtego, who is attempting to drain oil from a sperm whale's head, falls into the head which then begins sinking into the ocean. Queequeg jumps into the ocean, cuts into the head of the whale and saves Tashtego.
The crew's bad luck continues. A summary of some of the bad events includes Pip, the Pequod's cabin boy, going crazy as a result of being left behind temporarily on a whaleboat. The ship also comes upon Captain Boomer, who has lost an arm to Moby Dick. Unlike Ahab, Captain ...

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Added: 8/22/2012 12:46:34 AM
Submitted By: JohnnJv23
Category: Book Reports
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