Álvaro Carrasquel asked this question about In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex:
Don´t you think that "In the Heart of the Sea tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever" is so exaggerated? What about Moby-Dick itself?
Gary Schantz Comparing fictional accounts of factual stories makes Moby Dick the exaggerated story due to its dramatic license...a literal fight to the death betwe…moreComparing fictional accounts of factual stories makes Moby Dick the exaggerated story due to its dramatic license...a literal fight to the death between a whale and a man being turned into a personal battle between nature and humanity.(less)
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