Comparing Whales In Moby Dick And Whale Rider
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Only Whales In Common There are many instances where peoples’ beliefs reflect upon their actions. If someone does not believe in love, they may never get married. If someone believes there is no God, they may never attend church. If someone believes whales are insignificant, they may kill them as a sport. If someone believes whales should be respected, they just may be willing to die for them. In Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick, a ship sets sail searching to kill an infamous whale named Moby Dick and in the movie Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, people from the Maori culture put forth all their efforts to rescue washed up whales on the shore. Both of these storylines revolve around whales …show more content…
We do not know what lies beyond death. We cannot obtain physical evidence of ghosts and it is impossible to capture light. People fear what they cannot fully understand or conquer. Keeping this in mind, Moby Dick is an enormous white whale with a “snow-white wrinkled forehead, and a high pyramidical white hump” which causes him to be the essence of fear (198).Whales spend most of their time underwater where these men are unable to gain a better understanding about the lives of these creatures. It is as if Moby Dick becomes a ghost to the characters in the novel. A ghost they have to chase down although they are …show more content…
He had not spoken to his crew beforehand, but now that he needs assistance he must go above and beyond to sway them. This allows crew members to consider Ahab a great captain who values his crew. They know he has suffered greatly and Moby Dick has become a monster in Ahab’s mind but they are willing to take on the challenge because, after all, Captain Ahab is in charge of the ship. By complementing the Pequad crew, Ahab is able to bring confidence to the whaling men allowing them to believe the goal of killing the infamous Moby Dick is attainable.
To further catch their attention, Captain Ahab resorts to bribery. He presents the crew with a gold doubloon and says “whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale [Moby Dick], he shall have this gold ounce, my boys” (176). It is not just the idea of having extra money that pushes these men to accept the challenge but this is also a competition. This gold doubloon holds more value than any other coin because it can only be earned through conquering Moby Dick. Someone will be better than everyone else on the ship and be able to claim the gold doubloon as his
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Only Whales In Common There are many instances where peoples’ beliefs reflect upon their actions. If someone does not believe in love, they may never get married. If someone believes there is no God, they may never attend church. If someone believes whales are insignificant, they may kill them as a sport. If someone believes whales should be respected, they just may be willing to die for them. In Herman Melville’s novel, Moby Dick, a ship sets sail searching to kill an infamous whale named Moby Dick and in the movie Whale Rider, directed by Niki Caro, people from the Maori culture put forth all their efforts to rescue washed up whales on the shore. Both of these storylines revolve around whales …show more content…
We do not know what lies beyond death. We cannot obtain physical evidence of ghosts and it is impossible to capture light. People fear what they cannot fully understand or conquer. Keeping this in mind, Moby Dick is an enormous white whale with a “snow-white wrinkled forehead, and a high pyramidical white hump” which causes him to be the essence of fear (198).Whales spend most of their time underwater where these men are unable to gain a better understanding about the lives of these creatures. It is as if Moby Dick becomes a ghost to the characters in the novel. A ghost they have to chase down although they are …show more content…
He had not spoken to his crew beforehand, but now that he needs assistance he must go above and beyond to sway them. This allows crew members to consider Ahab a great captain who values his crew. They know he has suffered greatly and Moby Dick has become a monster in Ahab’s mind but they are willing to take on the challenge because, after all, Captain Ahab is in charge of the ship. By complementing the Pequad crew, Ahab is able to bring confidence to the whaling men allowing them to believe the goal of killing the infamous Moby Dick is attainable.
To further catch their attention, Captain Ahab resorts to bribery. He presents the crew with a gold doubloon and says “whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale [Moby Dick], he shall have this gold ounce, my boys” (176). It is not just the idea of having extra money that pushes these men to accept the challenge but this is also a competition. This gold doubloon holds more value than any other coin because it can only be earned through conquering Moby Dick. Someone will be better than everyone else on the ship and be able to claim the gold doubloon as his