The people are responsible for the choices they make. Likewise, in Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" (1851), Captain Ahab is responsible for his very own demise because the decisions he has made. Throughout the novel, Captain Ahab, a tyrannical captain of the Pequod, and his crewmembers "Starbuck, Starbuck, Flask, Ishmael and others, set sail on the seas to hunt for whales." However, the whaling voyage becomes a vengeful conquest to hunt down a whale named Moby Dick. Moreover, the novel takes place in the mid-nineteenth century set primarily on a whaling vessel traveling on the seas. On the journey, the Captain Ahab and his crewmembers come across various Gams and whales leading up to his annihilation he is responsible for. Since Captain Ahab is so ungodly, god-like man he tends to undermine individuals foreshadowing his doom constantly leading to his inevitable self-destruction. Since Captain Ahab had many chances to avoid his demise, Ahab is responsible for his it because he ignores nature and god, he lacks communication, and he remains persistent.
Captain Ahab is responsible for his fatal destruction because he heeds warning from individuals in his shipmates and others. For instance, Starbuck objects to Ahab because he is a shipmate "to hunt whales, not [his] commander's vengeance" illustrating his rejection to the conquest; however, Ahab continues hunting Moby Dick regardless leading to his demise" (Melville 156). In addition, Ahab receives far-greater warning of his avoidable doom from his harpooner Fedallah, but understands it differently due to the lack of communication. In particular, Fedallah foreshadows "two hearses must verily be seen by [him] on the sea" before his death, but Captain Ahab misunderstands his fatal prophecy as a reminder that he cannot die to Moby Dick" (Melville 478). Thus, Ahab is responsible for his own demise because he lacks communication with the crew.
