Because he bit Capitain Ahab's leg off.
It wasn't a right whale. It was a giant white whale that bit his leg off on a previous voyage. The book is based on a partly true story that happened off the cape in the late 1800's. The name of the book is Moby Dick. It is really a good read.
flask and stubb
flask and stubb
right whale
The crew member that Flask heard telling Captain Ahab about the right whale was Fedallah, one of the harpooneers. Fedallah identifies the right whale as Moby Dick, the infamous white whale that Ahab is obsessed with hunting.
Fedallah
Help him find his missing son who was on a whale boat
The crew in Stubb's whaleboat killed the whale.
the caption told ahab that he did not believe the white whale exsisted
Ahab is the captain of the Pequod, the ship going out to hunt Moby-Dick, the white whale.
After Captain Ahab climbed to the top of the mast to look for the white whale, he spotted Moby Dick in the distance. He became consumed by his obsession and vowed to pursue the whale relentlessly, leading to their fateful final encounter.
Captain Ahab is the character who hunted Moby Dick in the novel "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville.
Captain Ahab devotes his life to catching the great whale in "Moby Dick." Driven by his obsession for revenge against the whale that took his leg, Ahab leads his crew on a relentless pursuit of Moby Dick, which ultimately leads to tragic consequences.