Moby Dick: The story has a simple structure. A sailor called Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee. Ahab is a determined, smart and arrogant captain. For 40 years, he lives at the sea, eating pickles every day. He says, 'it had better show your respect to me. If the sun will be against me, I will pay off old scores.' Pequod takes in Ishmael from New York and Queequeg from the island of Rokovoko along the way. Ishmael is tired of life on the land, and decides to begin his adventure on the sea. He meets Queequeg in an inn, feels that they have been long lost friends. Ishmael says,' Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.' They go aboard Pequod together. (摩比•迪克：本书故事结构简单，是一部以捕鲸生涯为题材的小说，一位名叫亚哈伯的"裴庞德号"捕鲸船船长带领全体船员，，追捕一条叫做"莫比•迪克"的大白鲸的历险过程。亚哈伯是一名意志坚定的船长，聪明、自大，他在海上四十年，每天吃腌菜过日子，他说:"不要对我不尊敬，就算是太阳得罪我，我也会出手痛击。"裴庞德号"途中收留了来自纽约的以实玛利和科科伏柯岛(南太平洋岛上食人族)的王子魁魁格，以实玛利厌烦了陆上枯燥乏味的生活，于是决定到海上冒险，在旅店中，认识了标枪手魁魁格，两人一见如故，以实玛利说:"宁愿与一个清醒的食人族土著同床，也不要与一个酗酒的基督徒交往。"，一起登上捕鲸船，整个故事几乎是用以实玛利为第一人称来描述。)