Herman Melville's Moby Dick, the story of a great whale that took revenge upon a ship, its captain, and crew. It is viewed by most as the Great American Epic. Melville got the idea for the story while working as a whaler for five years. It was then that he heard the story of the ill-fated Essex, a ship destroyed by a massive whale. Melville wrote the book Moby Dick using inspiration from Nathaniel Hawthorn and Edgar Allen Poe. Melville's book is based on the story of the Essex. The Essex was a whaler ship from Nantucket that ended in turmoil when it was attacked by a whale. The lives of over half the crew were lost before being rescued. Melville search and found a man who survived this horror. The survivor he met was Thomas Nickerson and he …show more content…
Some things are beautiful as they are and should be left alone, unchanged. Chase wanted the crew to stay as it was, he didn't want any changes, he appreciated it for what it was, he had respect. Children and savages were regarded as heroic and admirable in the Romantic world view. They were seen with respect and it was acknowledged that they work hard. Chase started from the bottom as an orphan, but changed into an extraordinary man who was almost captain of a whaler ship. He was admired by all even though he had a questionable past. Romanticism viewed the world as a growing organism changing with each each nation's unique history. Life is all around us, it grows and changes as time goes on. At the end of the film, Thomas brings up that oil was found in the ground. They will not find the need to continue harvesting whale oil, the future brings brightness for the whales. Romanticists expressed a vital optimism about life and the future. The future means possibilities. Thomas was doubtful but wishful when discussing the ground oil, all the whales that would be spared fills him with hope, the development of the world rests with this new