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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: Fictional Atlanteans, Fictional sea creatures, Godzilla, Cthulhu, Moby-Dick, Hagbard Celine, Gamera, Captain Nemo, Ancient, Davy Jones, Snorks, SpongeBob SquarePants, Clover, Main characters of seaQuest DSV season 1, Kraken, Gill-man, List of The Asylum Monsters, Kull of Atlantis, Bootstrap Bill Turner, Squidward Tentacles, Man from Atlantis, Patrick Star, Lugia, Gyaos, Gorgo, Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss, gon Bat, Deep One, Nartec, Gary, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Titanosaurus, Leeran, MarineAngemon, Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, Seagoras, Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Lazarus Bale, Seamons, Sharktopus, Gesura, Fastitocalon, Jirass, Bertie the Bunyip, Call-Me-Kevin, Prince of Atlantis, Merggles. Excerpt: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, is a novel, first published in 1851 and written by American author Herman Melville, widely considered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale: Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to take revenge. In Moby-Dick, Melville employs stylized language, symbolism, and metaphor to explore numerous complex themes. Through the main character's journey, the concepts of class and social status, good and evil, and the existence of gods are all examined as Ishmael speculates upon his personal beliefs and his place in the universe. The narrator's reflections, along with his descriptions of a sailor's life aboard a whaling ship, are woven into the narrative along with Shakespearean literary devices such as stage directions, extended soliloquies, and asides. The book portrays insecurity that is st...
