Nthano ya wamisala wolimbikitsana mwatsatanetsatane akutsatira nkhondo yosayera motsutsana ndi cholengedwa chachikulu komanso choopsa komanso chosadziŵika ngati nyanja.
Koma zambiri kuposa buku lachidziwitso, osati kungokhala buku lopukutira ndi lopanda mbiri, bukuli likhoza kuwonedwa ngati gawo la kusinkhasinkha kwa moyo wake wonse ku America. Olembedwa ndi chisangalalo chowombola chodabwitsa, Moby-Dick ndifunsanso kwakukulu pa khalidwe, chikhulupiriro, ndi chikhalidwe.
