MOBY DICK

WHAT'S INSIDE?!?!?!
•MORAL VALUES

•SYNOPSIS[FOR
CHAPTER 2 & 8]
MORAL VALUES
• BRAVERY- ISHMAEL ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO JOIN
WHALING AND HE'S NOT AFRAID OF THE WHALE
• KINDNESS- CAPTAIN AHAB SAVES PIP
• RATIONALITY- WE SHOULD BE RATIONAL
[ NOT LIKE CAPTAIN AHAB ]
• SELFLESS - WE SHOULDN'T BE SELFISH LIKE CAPTAIN AHAB
• LOVE AND CARE- CAPTAIN GARDINER WANTS TO FIND HIS
SON
SYNOPSIS CHAPTER 2: WE FIND OUR
SHIP
• That morning I walk around Nantucket to find a good whaling ship. I
see a ship called Pequod. It looks tall and strong. The next day, I bring
Queequeg to the Pequod to see Starbuck. When the men on the ship
see Queequeg, they laugh at him. To prove his worth, Queequeg asks
the men to look at a small dead bird at the water. He tells them the
bird is a whale’s eye and he throws his harpoon and hits the bird. The
men are quiet now.Before we go to the ship, we meet an old man,
Elijah. Elijah tells us that Captain Ahab is a sick man, the DEVIL, and
his men are the devil’s helpers. I think this old man is crazy, so we
quickly ignore him and leave.One night, I hear Captain Ahab shouting
to Starbuck. Suddenly, I think of Elijah’s words and wonders if the
men on the ship are devil’s helpers.
SYNOPSIS CHAPTER 8:QUEEQUEG'S
COFFIN
• Starbuck runs to Captain Ahab to tell him that the barrels are leaking and we are
losing oil. To fix the problem, we need to stop the ship. Captain Ahab doesn’t
want to do it because he feels that we are very near to Moby Dick. Starbuck tries
to convince him by mentioning all the wives and children back home, who are
waiting for them to make ends meet. The oil is too important! Captain Ahab takes
out his gun and points it to Starbuck. He says: “oils is not my God! We will not
stop!”Starbuck knows he cannot win the fight but he warns Captain Ahab that he
is the problem.Later that day, captain appears and shouts for the men to stop the
ship and change the barrels. Starbuck was happy.The next morning, Queequeg is
very sick. He tells the other men to make him a coffin and says he is going to die.
He does not want to be thrown into the cold ocean. He even tries out his own
coffin after it’s done.However, one morning, Queeequeg gets out of his bed and
says he cannot die now and he goes back to work.