"Moby-Dick" is Melville's most outstanding work and a classic work in American literature.
The novel tells the story of a whaling ship captain named Ehapa who led the entire crew to hunt down a white whale named Moby Dick. In the end, both sides suffered losses and the ship sank. Only the crew member Ishmael survived and told us this tragic story.
"Moby-Dick" is one of the world's literary masterpieces. It has several different meanings at the same time. It is a gripping adventure novel about hunting a beluga whale. More importantly, what it describes is a nightmare in which man competes with nature and destiny. It aims to show that although man can observe the world or actually have a certain influence on the world, fundamentally speaking, he cannot control or conquer nature. As long as man does not risk his own destruction, nature will be happy to let him live in peace.
"Moby Dick" is a typical example of the use of symbolism in American literature. There are different opinions on the meaning of "white whale": some people think it is a symbol of "good", some people think it is the embodiment of "evil", and some people say it is a representative of the eternal nature that is neither good nor evil. In the author's writing, "Moby Dick" is quite mystical.