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The novel is partly based on real events that happened in 1820 with the whaling ship Essex (in the novel it is called Pequod). The work contains a lot of symbolism and subtext.

The white whale nicknamed Moby Dick destroyed more than a dozen ships and sailors. And it was he who bit off Captain Ahab's leg a few years ago. Ahab wants to take revenge on the animal, and he doesn't care how or at what cost.