Character Traits/Moral Values/Messages/Themes

Examples Evidence/Evidences
Character Traits
-vengeful/rude/ selfish

Moral Values
· Captain Ahab offers Gold for the crew who sees the whale first. Later on – We should not be
when the crew realizes it is too dangerous to find the white whale, he threatens vengeful
to kill them.
– we should be
forgiving
· When Captain Boomer from the Samuel Enderby refuses to help Captain
– we should not be
Ahab find Moby Dick, Captain Ahab gets angry and chase them out of the
rude
1. Captain Ahab wants Pequod.
revenge. – We should not be
selfish.
· When the oil barrels are leaking, Captain Ahab refuses to stop the ship to
fix the problem. He does not care about losing the oil and losing money.
Themes
Revenge/hatred
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Character Trait
-kind

When Pip is asked to join the whalers to go out on the boat to catch some Moral Values
whales, he is too afraid that he jumps off the boat for a few times. Stubb and – We should be kind
2. Captain Ahab saves other whalers were not happy and they leave him in the sea. Later, the Pequod
Pip. and Captain Ahab rescue Pip. Pip sees Captain Ahab as his God. – We should help
one another.

Theme
kindness

Character Trait
-Irrational

Moral Value
One day, Captain Ahab is mad because no one sees the white whale. He
3. Captain Ahab is not – We should be
throws the map into the sea without thinking its consequences. The crew is
rational. rational
shocked because without the map they cannot sail in the sea.

Themes
Rationality
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Character Traits
-Rational/love for one
another.
Moral Values
– We should be
4. Starbuck does not rational.
One night, when Captain Ahab is sleeping in his room, Starbuck has a chance
kill Captain Ahab even
to kill him with a gun. However, he cannot do it and he leaves the room without – We should have
though he does not
killing him. love for one another
like him.

Themes
Rationality/love and
care.

Character Traits
Loving/caring

Moral Value
5. Captain Gardiner Captain Gardiner from the Rachel is determined to find his missing son even
wants to find his son. though it is dangerous and they have no idea where Moby Dick is. – We should love
and care for each other.
Theme
Love and care.
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Character Traits
-loving/caring/brave

Moral Values
6. The whalers work Even though the whalers know that Captain Ahab has lost one of his legs to – We should love
hard to get money for the dangerous white whale, they remain brave to go out and catch more our family
their families. whales for the money and gold.
– We should be
brave.
Themes
Love and care/ bravery

Character Traits
-loving/caring
Moral Values
– We should love
When Ishmael is stranded in the middle of the sea for two days and two nights.
7. The Rachel saves one another
The Rachel finds him while searching for their missing boat. Captain Gardiner
Ishmael.
is kind enough to give Ishmael food and drinks to keep him alive. – We should be
caring
Themes
Love and care/ bravery