Moby - Dick

Moby-Dick 

Moby -Dick is Novel written by Herman Melville.In Moby-Dick the sailor Ishmael tells the story of Captain Ahab and the white whale Moby Dick. Ahab is the grizzled captain of the whaling boat the Pequod.He searches for Moby Dick across the oceans of the world in a single-minded pursuit.

Several days after the ship sets sail and Ahab finally appears on deck. His appearance sends shivers through Ishmael. A white scar runs from his hairline, over his face and down his neck beneath his clothing. He stands upon an artificial lag made of whale bone. Ahab admits that it was Moby Dick that took off his leg. He decide to found the moby Dick and killed it. Ahab continuously seeks information from other boats as to the white whale's location. In a deadly confrontation with Moby Dick the entire crew of the Pequod is killed except for Ishmael who lives to tell the story.

It is based on racism and The harpooners, Queequeg  ,Tashtego and Daggoo are all people of color. They do the hard and dangerous work of harpooning whales, and they are the first people to confront the whale. However, they do not receive credit for what they do. The whiteness of the whale is also significant, as the whale itself signifies what everyone desires. The fact that what everyone wants is white can be understood as an implicit valuation of the color white. In turn, this means that whiteness, and, by extension, white people eclipse the people of color around them.