Moby Dick Chapter 36-40

In which Captain Ahab reveals to his assembled crew the symbol of his relentless pursuit—a gold coin to be awarded to the man who first sights the formidable white whale known to some as Moby Dick, whose infamous traits bind the men in a pact of shared vengeance. Meanwhile, amid the creaking ship and rising winds, Ahab wrestles alone with the iron madness that drives him, as his loyal first mate Starbuck contemplates the tempest of passion and reason that has seized their fates.