Memory Moby Dick Version en ligne literatura par Pablo Xipactli Torres Téllez Possessed by a thirst for revenge, Ahab risks his ship and crew to pursue Moby Dick across the world's seas. Captain Ahab has only one objective: to kill the white whale that long ago tore off his left leg while they were fighting. The novel describes the journey of the Pequod whaling ship and is completed with long passages about whales and whaling. Melville sought to provide a monumental play, inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Shakespeare, and the Bible. The exciting hunt of the white whale symbolizes the fight against evil.