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Perspectives of the Beast In Herman Melville’s Moby Dick and Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea we are introduced to two individuals who share different opinions on nature and the marvelous creatures that make up the world around them. In this paper, I will explore the differences between Captain Ahab and Santiago. In Moby Dick, we are introduced to Captain Ahab and his personal quest to avenge the personal loss he suffered at the jaws of what he considered to â€Å"evil† while Ishmael recounts â€Å" Ahab did not fall down and worship it like them; but deliriously transferring its idea to the abhorred white whale, he pitted himself, all mutilated, against it. All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things;†¦show more content†¦Only Ishmael is left to tell the tale in the end. Unlike Captain Ahab, Santiago in Hemingway’s novel shows deep compassion and respect for his prey despite the fact that he intends to kill the Marlin as he says â€Å"Fish, I love you and respect you very much but I will kill you dead before this day ends† (Hemingway pg 54.) It is passages like this which allows the reader to tell the differences between the two characters in that while one is obsessed with the destruction of his foe, the other embraces the very creature he intends to kill. Perhaps the biggest difference between Ahab and Santiago is when locked in confrontation with their intended targets as Ahab is stubborn to the end leading to his demise, while Santiago is willing to accept nature defending itself as shown in this passage â€Å"you are killing me, fish, but you have the right to. Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Come on and kill me. I do not care who kills who† (Hemingway pg 92.) 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