"Moby Dick is biographic of Melville in the sense that it discloses every
nook and cranny of his imagination." (Humford 41) This paper is a
psychological study of Moby Dick. Moby Dick was written out of Melville's
person experiences. Moby Dick is a story of the adventures a person
named Ishmael. Ishmael is a lonely, alienated individual who wants to see
the "watery part of the world." Moby Dick begins with the main character,
Ishmael, introducing himself with the line "Call Me Ishmael." (Melville 1)
Ishmael tells the reader about his background and creates a depressed mood
for the reader. Call me Ishmael. "Some years ago-nevermind how long
precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular
to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the
watery part of the world." (Melville 1) Ishmael tells the reader about his
journeys through various towns such as New Bedford, Nankantuket.
Eventually while in Nankantuket, Ishmael signed up for a whaling voyage on
the Pequod. The Pequod was the whaling boat Ishmael sailed on where such
characters as Queequeq, Starbuck, and the captain of the ship, Ahab, all
journeyed together. Not long once at sea, the captain of the ship, Ahab
reveals his plan to hunt down a white whale named Moby Dick. Ahab was
veteran sailor, a man that had a heart of stone. Ahab had a personal
grudge against Moby Dick. Moby Dick was responsible for taking off Ahab's
leg in a previous voyage. Ahab's plan was essentially an unauthorized
takeover, what the whaling company had not in mind. Ahab was very
irrational and ludicrous; his plan seals the fate for himself and the crew
of the Pequod. In the tragic ending of Moby Dick, all of the characters...