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Comparing Moby Dick And In The Blackfish Movie Trailer
In the story Moby Dick, and in the Blackfish movie trailer there are parts about hunting whales and either keeping them in captivity or killing them. In these selections there are explanations to go along with what both of the people think as to what they’re going to do when they capture the whales. One similarity in Moby Dick and Blackfish is that in both of these there are people trying to catch whales. For example, in Moby Dick it states, “The narrator becomes a sailor on Captain Ahab’s ship and joins the hunt for the whale that bit off one of Ahab’s legs years ago.” Also in the Blackfish movie trailer it recited, “This is the worst thing I’ve ever done.” This is quoted from a man in the trailer after hunting baby orca whales. The other similarity that Moby Dick and Blackfish have is a whale has killed or hurt somebody associated with the people that are out hunting whales. In the story Moby Dick the whale that they are out hunting has bitten off their captain's leg and they are now out trying to kill the whale for revenge. In the video Blackfish, the orca whale …show more content…
For example in Moby Dick it states, “...expecting the whale to come toward the smaller boat where Ahab is waiting with a harpoon.” This shows that Moby Dick is more of a fictional story due to the use of weaponry because a harpoon is portrayed as a fictional weapon. Another difference between Moby Dick and Blackfish is that in Moby Dick they went to get revenge on a whale before there was a death that had occurred as opposed to Blackfish where they went to get another whale after a death occurred. For example in Moby Dick it says how the captain had only lost a leg before they went to get revenge but in Blackfish they had lost a life from a whale before they went to get another whale. These are the differences between Moby Dick and

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