martin 2014

 Book: Moby Dick (白鯨記)    Writer: Herman Melville

    Ismael, always loved the sea.  He wanted to traveled to the island of Nantucket to join a whaling ship's crew.   When he got there, the last boat had already sailed.  So he had to find an inn to live in.  That night, he new [met] a strong harpooner, Queequeg, and became the friends for life.  Next day, they decided to sign onto the Pequod, a fairly small whaling ship.

    They had been at sea nearly a week before Captain Ahab appeared.  One of his legs was made of flesh, the other of ivory.  He wante dto kill a white whale, Moby Dick.  As the weeks passed they saw a whole school of whale.  Ahab was sure they had something to do with Moby Dick.  They hunt the whale, and had the first battle.  Few days later, they saw a huge whale which was alone.  Then, in a flash, the [they] had a kill in the sea.  Still, Captain Ahab didn't seem to be thrilled about their capture.  Because this whale was not Moby Dick.

    The chamber where is Queequeg worked in all night was cold and wet.  One day, he became ill.  He wanted the carpenter to build the kind of dark wood coffin for him.  By the next evening, the coffin was finished.  Queequeg awoke feeling better next morning, and with day, his health seemed to improve.

    Near the end of the week they met the Delight.  They had seen the white whale.  The next morning, Ahab suddenly cried," There she blows!  There's Moby Dick!"  After several times fought [of fighting], the White Whale got away.  At down the next day, Moby Dick smashed into the Pequod, and Pequod became got down [sank].  Only Ishmael [was] alive because Queequeg's coffin helps him in the end of the story.

    This story made me very surprised, because I've never seen white whale but Ishmael have [had].  Ahab was very inflexible for one thing, but he didn't know to stop before going too far.  Finally, he is [was] dead for this battle, and the men on the Pequod, [too].  It tells us to act according to our ability.