Literature Moby Dick

Xenia Lykou
13.2.2021

Book page 37 exercise 2:

What is your opinion of Captain Ahab? Write a short paragraph describing his
appearance, character and say what you think of him and his actions so far.

Captain Ahab as we can understand is one of the main characters of this book. From
his appearance and his actions so far, we can understand that he is a man with a lot
of experience in sailing and hunting wails. His appearance is basically something that
actually characterizes him a lot. Even if you do not know him you can understand
from his appearance that he is a captain who has traveled all around the world. His
broken leg symbolizes his fight with Moby Dick, which is connected with his
character. Captain’s Ahab main reason of keep traveling and keep hunting wales is to
find and keel Moby Dick.