In "Moby Dic", as the ship is sinking, we see a crew member frantically nailing Ahab's flag to the mast. This detail exemplifies
the larger theme of: Question 11 options: nature's essential evil. the supremacy of American culture. America's loss of innocence. the futility of human efforts to dominate nature.
This detail exemplifies the larger theme of the futility of human efforts to dominate nature. The entire novel revolves around that theme - whether Ahab as a human is capable of dominating Moby Dic, which is a whale and thus a representative of nature. Nature seems to be winning constantly and humans are ultimately unable to conquer it because nature is unconquerable. <span />
