Moby Dick Chapter 4-7

In which the narrator awakens to find Queequeg’s tattooed arm wrapped about him with affectionate insistence, amusingly reminiscent of a patchwork quilt as he observes his companion’s curious blend of savage and civilized habits. Following a convivial morning with the varied company of whalemen at New Bedford, the scene shifts to a sobering church gathering where silent memorials of lost seamen stir reflections on life, death, and the mysterious endurance of the soul.