Chapter 5
The
title of this chapter is The Attack. Simply by this title one would know that
this is the turning point in the story. As the three teams are hunting a pod of
sperm whales, Owen and Nickerson’s boat was damaged and they had to head back
to the ship to make repairs. While on the ship an enormous sperm whale rammed
the boat twice leading to the sinking of the Essex. The whale that attacked was estimated, by Chase and
Nickerson, to be eighty-five feet long, an absolute massive sperm whale. (pg
87) All the men survived this attack and starts salvaging what they could from
the wreck.
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