In the classic novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville Moby Dick is thought of by Captain Ahab to be the ultimate evil. Moby Dick is a sperm whale who tore off Captain Ahab’s leg. Throughout the novel Captain Ahab, filled with a lust for vengeance, tries to defeat the whale.
A major theme of this novel is that revenge is not worth it. Throughout the novel Captain Ahab, filled with a lust for vengeance, tries to defeat the whale. Ahab was obsessed with this as his only goal was to hunt and kill the whale. Ahab let this obsession consume his thoughts and he could not find happiness in life until this whale was dead.
Moby Dick clearly represents represents greatness. It is an insurmountable task to kill Moby Dick as he is so giant and powerful. Moby Dick is clearly the villain in the novel as he ripped off Captain Ahab’s leg during a whaling incident and led to the deaths of almost the whole crew. Moby Dick’s attacks are not unwarranted, but he causes harm to many characters in the story and is portrayed by Captain Ahab as complete evil. Moby Dick’s villainy is caused by the whaling crew hunting and attempting to kill it so Moby Dick is not truly evil.
Ahab met another whaler named Captain Boomer who lost an arm to Moby Dick. Instead of being angry and seeking vengeance Captain Boomer was just happy to be alive. The two different responses to being attacked by the two men represent that everyone has a choice to make when they are wronged. They can choose the unfulfilling choice of revenge or they can choose to forgive or forget. It is clear that revenge is not the correct choice as Ahab’s quest for vengeance results in Moby Dick sinking the whole ship, resulting in every man dying except for one lucky character named Ishmael. Captain Boomer chose not to seek revenge and as a result lived a much happier life.
Danny,
ReplyDeleteI noticed in your original post, the commentators asked you to include the prompt you were answering before your post, but I'm still confused as to what exactly you are trying to answer. Just try to stay away from too much summary and tie back to the thesis more. You have good content, but you need to connect to the main idea you are trying to convey which is "revenge is not worth it". Otherwise, good job!
Sorry Vivian I forgot to change the color of the font of the prompt. I just posted it in from the open prompts list and forgot to change the color to white. So, it was there... Just really hard to see sorry!
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