| Overall: | B+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 116 |
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| Video Release: | 07 Sep 2010 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
How does Captain Ahab’s desire for revenge blind him to reason? Why are the other sailors seemingly so willing to follow him, even to death?
Herman Melville was an American novelist born in New York City. Though his book Moby Dick has garnered great literary praise, the first 3,000 books printed did not sell out during the author’s lifetime.

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.