What's the Difference between Moby-Dick or The Whale the Book and Moby Dick the Movie?
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In the Movie |
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Queequeg has a small wooden idol named Yojo whom he worships and carries as a charm. |
Queequeg has no idol. |
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Queequeg fasts for an entire day while he and Ishmael are in Nantucket. |
Queequeg doesn't fast.
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Ishmael, the narrator, goes into excruciating detail about his own perceptions and interpretations of the technical and ethereal aspects of whaling. |
This is not shown. |
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Ahab has the ship's blacksmith, Perth, forge him a special harpoon blade which he intends to use to cut down Moby Dick. |
Ahab uses regular harpoons.
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Ahab damages his false leg after meeting with Captain Boomer, and has the ship's carpenter make him a new one. |
This does not happen. |