Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-D---* (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia
A huge white sperm whale.
Herman Melville (1819-1891), an American novelist, wrote Moby Dick in 1851.
The kind of whale that Moby Dick is based on is the sperm whale.
If you are talking about Moby Dick the novel is written by Herman Melville.
In "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, Moby Dick is a white sperm whale that Captain Ahab is obsessed with pursuing. Moby Dick is a central character in the novel and symbolizes nature's power and the struggle between man and beast.
"Moby-Dick; or, The Whale "
Tashtego was the one who asked captain Ahab. He said if the white whale was named Moby Dick.
Moby Dick is a sperm whale, also called a "parmacetty" or spermaceti whale. He is called "white" but, contrary to popular belief, was not entirely white or albino. He had a white head and hump, plus scars on his body that appeared white. He is first named in Chapter 36 of the book.
Moby Dick is a fictional white whale in Herman Melville's novel of the same name. In the story, Moby Dick attacks the whaling ship and its crew out of vengeance for being hunted and harmed by humans. The act of eating a person in the story symbolizes the whale's power and ferocity.
It was supposed to be a white Sperm Whale.
Yes, a white bull sperm whale.
Moby Dick is the name of the whale in the story by Herman Melville.