Moby Dick
... Melville uses symbols to develop the plot, characters, and to give the reader a deeper meaning of the novel, “Moby Dick”. ... To each character in the novel, Moby Dick represents something different. For instance, Starbuck views Moby Dick as just a whale, who is more dangerous than other whales. Towards the beginning of he novel, Starbuck tries to convince Ahab to change the motives of the ship from killing Moby Dick to accumulating oil. ... According to the Samuel Enderby’s captain, he personally sees Moby Dick as a great prize in the sperm oil industry. ... Ahab cannot understand why he wouldn’t want to chase after Moby Dick, and so the Samuel Enderby’s captain replies with, “Didn’t want to try to: ain’t one limb enough?