Famous author E.B. White once offered this quote, "Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without delays: don't write about Man, write about a man." Although Herman Melville was neither young or inexperienced, in he chose to write not about Man, but about one particularly honest and handsome sailor named . Not only does Melville's exploration of Billy's life, character, and trials lead the reader to question the inevitable moral dilemma that is produced; but furthermore and more symbolically important is Melville's illusionary compa ....