In the Heart of the Sea

Character:

Owen Chase, the first mate

Captain George Pollard Jr

Matthew Joy, the second mate

Thomas Nickerson, the cabin boy

Old Thomas Nickerson

The Crew Of The Essex

Owen Coffin

Setting:

Nantucket; the Sea

In the Heart of the Sea is defined by two very different locales: Nantucket, a small whaling
community in the Northeastern United States, and the sea itself. After all, Nantucket might be
the Essex's home, but it's the sea where it meets its end.

Nantucket? We Hardly Know It!

All else aside, Nantucket is defined by its tight-knit community. Given that their town is
"almost the same distance from the mainland as England was from France," That's a great
thing if you're a card-carrying member of the Nantucket Club, but much less so if you're an
outsider.
Nantucket does remain blissfully isolated from the mainland for most of its history that is,
until it becomes the whaling capital of the world.

Besides their hatred for outsiders, Nantucketers are united in their love for whaling. Despite
the fact that the town is filled with devout Quakers (a religion defined by its ardent pacifism),
there's a distinct "savagery about this island, a bloodlust and pride that bound every mother,
father, and child in a clannish commitment to the hunt". That's a little contradictory, huh?
Still, from the day they're born, young Nantucketers like Thomas Nickerson are trained to
spend their lives at sea.

Under the Sea

As it turns out, however, working on a whaleboat isn't quite as fun as these young'uns might
have thought. Immediately, the Essex gets a first-hand lesson in the unpredictability of nature
when a freak storm hits the Essex, which "rolled almost ninety degrees onto her side" like "a
fat man on the short end of a lopsided seesaw". This is no Amazing Race, friends this is pure
danger. It might be boring to grow up in a small town like Nantucket, but that's a lot better
than having a near-death experience every three or five minutes.

Naturally, the sea becomes even more terrifying after the Essex sinks. Now, the crew must
deal not only with the unpredictably of the ocean, but also with their own immense feelings of
isolation. For example, they practically lose their minds when "flashes of lightning, seemed to
envelop the boats," shattering "the intense darkness of the night". This is a far cry from the
narrow streets where Nickerson and his pals would fantasize about being whalers someday.

After their first experience at sea, there's only one thing these kids know for sure there's no
place like home.

Conflict:

In the Heart of the Sea has its pick of dramatically promising conflicts, from the escalating
tension between Chase and Holland, to the paranoia of hunters realizing they've become the
hunted, to the impossible decisions faced by shipwrecked sailors.
 Plot :

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no
one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of
vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But
that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing
aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the
unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into
question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as
their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the
great whale down.

Theme:

Movies based on real events, period films, movies based on books, action and adventure,
dramas, this movie is thrilling