SAMPLE ANSWER MOBY DICK q7D

Based on the novels above, write about a dominant theme of the story.
Provide evidence
from the text to support your response.
Based on the novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, the story unveils an adventure of a
young whaler, Ishmael, who narrated the story of his hunt for a white whale with Captain Ahab.
The dominant theme of the story is revenge. This could be seen as Captain Ahab was
determined, resourceful, and courageous in killing Moby Dick, the white whale.
Firstly, Captain Ahab was determined to kill Moby Dick as he lost a leg when he fought
Moby Dick during his first encounter with the whale. In the novel, he hated the whale so much
because he could not live a normal life without a leg. He wanted to kill the whale that he offered
some gold to his crew who saw the whale first. He even ignored Starbuck’s advice to stop the
ship to repair the barrels as he did not want to lose a day’s sailing to look for the white whale.
However, he changed his mind later and asked his men to stop sailing. In my opinion, the
determination shown by Captain Ahab to kill Moby Dick really shows that he is full of revenge
because he didn’t care about the welfare of his crews in the pursuit of the white whale. His
determination almost cost him to lose the trust of his men.
Moreover, Captain Ahab was also resourceful to kill the white whale that he brought
along another five men with Fedallah as their leader. Based on the story, even though he has
already a crew who came from different countries on his ship, he still employed Fedallah and
his people as they were strong, fast and skilful whalers. If I was him, I would also gather as
many aids as I can to beat the enormous white whale to end the revenge.
Lastly, Captain Ahab himself was so courageous when he knew he was going to die if
he continued to chase after the white whale. In the story, he was not afraid of it as he really
wanted to kill it. Despite bad experiences in the first two days, he did not give up though he
was tired and couldn’t walk as he lost his whalebone leg. When Fedallah went missing, he
knew that it would end but he would not stop. From my point of view, Captain Ahab is really
courageous to fulfil his revenge towards Moby Dick because as a captain of the Pequod, he
should not have done all the hard work to shoot the whale with the harpoon himself. However,
he courageously took any opportunity he got just to kill Moby Dick even after he lost his
whalebone leg.
Therefore, Captain Ahab was determined, resourceful and courageous despite death as
he was vengeful to kill Moby Dick. However, these qualities had led himself and his men to a
disaster.
Based on the novels above, write about a dominant theme of the story. Provide evidence
from the text to support your response.
Based on the novel “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville, the story unveils an adventure of a
young whaler, Ishmael, who narrated the story of his hunt for a white whale with Captain Ahab.
The dominant theme of the story is revenge. This could be seen as Captain Ahab was
determined, resourceful, and courageous in killing Moby Dick, the white whale.
Firstly, Captain Ahab was determined to kill Moby Dick as he lost a leg when he fought
Moby Dick during his first encounter with the whale. In the novel, he hated the whale so much
because he could not live a normal life without a leg. He wanted to kill the whale that he offered
some gold to his crew who saw the whale first. He even ignored Starbuck’s advice to stop the
ship to repair the barrels as he did not want to lose a day’s sailing to look for the white whale.
However, he changed his mind later and asked his men to stop sailing. In my opinion, the
determination shown by Captain Ahab to kill Moby Dick really shows that he is full of revenge
because he didn’t care about the welfare of his crews in the pursuit of the white whale. His
determination almost cost him to lose the trust of his men.
Moreover, Captain Ahab was also resourceful to kill the white whale that he brought
along another five men with Fedallah as their leader. Based on the story, even though he has
already a crew who came from different countries on his ship, he still employed Fedallah and
his people as they were strong, fast and skilful whalers. If I was him, I would also gather as
many aids as I can to beat the enormous white whale to end the revenge.
Lastly, Captain Ahab himself was so courageous when he knew he was going to die if
he continued to chase after the white whale. In the story, he was not afraid of it as he really
wanted to kill it. Despite bad experiences in the first two days, he did not give up though he
was tired and couldn’t walk as he lost his whalebone leg. When Fedallah went missing, he
knew that it would end but he would not stop. From my point of view, Captain Ahab is really
courageous to fulfil his revenge towards Moby Dick because as a captain of the Pequod, he
should not have done all the hard work to shoot the whale with the harpoon himself. However,
he courageously took any opportunity he got just to kill Moby Dick even after he lost his
whalebone leg.
Therefore, Captain Ahab was determined, resourceful and courageous despite death as
he was vengeful to kill Moby Dick. However, these qualities had led himself and his men to a
disaster.
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