He knocked at the door and begged a haggard man to tell his story in exchange for his life savings.
He said that he had heard the rumor that the whaling ship Essex sank at 1820.
The man played by Ben Whishaw turned out to be Herman Melville.
Since Moby Dick was published by 185 1, its prophetic, irrelevant and dangerous theme has aroused people's imagination.
Therefore, it covers up the true story on which the novel is based.
But the real-life story-the story of a vengeful whale dragging a whaling ship into the water-has now been adapted into a truly arrogant style by Ron Howard.
The film in the heart of the sea is based on Nathaniel philbrick's nautical history book of the same name. Here's the story.
18 19, the whaling ship Essex set sail from Nantucket.
After sailing for a year, the lookout saw a group of whales 2000 nautical miles (3700 kilometers) west of South America.
The harpooners set out in their small whaling ships to collect their bounty, but one of them-the one of the first mate Owen Chase-was smashed by a whale's tail.
The crew returned to Essex, and according to Chase, they saw "a whale and dolphin about 85 feet long flying towards them, as if for revenge".
When it hits the ship again, it is obvious that it will sink.
The remaining 20 crew members, thousands of miles away from the land, salvaged what they could get and set off in three cedar ships, thus starting an incredible story of survival at sea.
These people stayed at sea for more than three months and had to eat people to survive.
Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell were found gnawing at the bones of their shipmates on a ship.
Owen Chase, Lawrence and Nixon also survived to tell the story.
A total of 7 sailors were consumed, 12 fishermen, Angela Cockain, 20 13.
The author points out that the relationship between humans and cetaceans has long been a paradox.
We are attracted by their mystery and wisdom, and we are awed by their greatness and elegance. However, we killed many endangered whales, and today we still use dolphins and killer whales for military exercises and entertainment.
The most likely reason why whales attacked Essex in history was not revenge, but self-defense.
Perhaps it is to protect the young whales that are often slaughtered to attract the oil-rich females to die prematurely. Owen Chase's first-hand description of whales is male, which determines most reports about this incident.
Of course, at least 50% of whales that attack ships are females.
Sperm whales are matriarchal animals. They form a powerful social group, caring for and sucking their young and protecting them together.
If threatened, several females will form a Margaret pattern (daisy) around the calf, which needs to be protected from attack.
At the same time, cows and whales are lonely. When they mature, they leave the pod and only come back to mate. This is a scene in the middle of the sea.
Acknowledgement: Warner Bros., the whale in the sea and Moby Dick are all fascinating beasts.
It seems to symbolize many contemporary themes-capitalism, religion, colonialism, morality, ecology and racism.
Whales, like canaries in mines, are also ecological barometers.
In our pursuit and rule of nature, we exposed our own defects and fragility.
In the pursuit of whale oil, these unfortunate sailors crossed the unspeakable taboo of cannibalism (ironically, because of the rumors of cannibal residents, once they drifted, they voted against trying to reach the nearest island, Maksa, westward).
While the Quakers in Nantucket fought for the abolition of slavery, they also continued their noble domestication of the barbarians they met during whaling.
Put the missionary among cannibals, let them "eat" the meat of the new god and drink the blood of the new god, and she blew there.
Warner Brothers, a whale brutally killed by Nantucket people at sea, was one of the earliest global commodities.
Their oil illuminated and lubricated the industrial revolution and created great wealth.
Today, it seems outdated to hunt these creatures as fuel, but this is the version history of coal or natural gas, which is very important to the world economy.
At the end of the film, Thomas Nixon Sr. said, "I heard that someone went underground and found oil."
Who would have thought! "Our pursuit of this kind of high IQ whale, a creature that has wandered in the ocean for 60 million years, and our persecution of it has almost reached the point of extinction, which largely explains our own species.
When considering our persistent interest in fossil fuels, we should remember this:19th century whale oil lubricated our own navigation, crossed an imaginary and unknown space, crossed land and sea, and went from the bottom of the sea to outer space.
Therefore, when you look at the center of the ocean, please consider how it reflects our own behavior as we continue to seek control over nature and resources.
The article "in the heart of the sea: The Terrible True Story Behind Moby Dick" by Angela Kochan of Warner Bros. was first published in Dialogue magazine and republished with permission of knowledge sharing.
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