Moby-Dick is a novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious whale, to take revenge.As their three boats sail out to hunt him, Moby Dick damages two of them, forcing them to go back to the ship. Moby Dick then rams the Pequod itself, which begins to sink. As Ahab harpoons the whale, the unfolding harpoon-line catches him around his neck and he…