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Epilogue
Moby-Dick boasts not only one of literature’s great beginnings, but also one of literature’s great endings. Having replaced Fedallah as Ahab’s bowsman, Ishmael has an ideal vantage to the final events of Ahab’s quest. After he is thrown clear of Ahab’s boat in the final chase, Ishmael floats far...
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Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout
“The Spirit-Spout” reminds me of just how powerful the mood of one’s self or one’s surroundings can influence the way we interpret day to day events. Ahab, perhaps the most masterful manipulator of mood in literary history, having socked his crew with the one-two punch of Moby Dick and Fedallah…
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Chapter 115: The Pequod meets the Bachelor
. . . as the two ships crossed each others’ wakes — one all jubilations for things passed, the other all forebodings as to things to come — their two captains in themselves impersonated the whole striking contrast of the scene. Providing some comic relief in the dark moments leading up to the...
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Chapter 109: Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin
“What’s that he said — Ahab beware of Ahab — there’s something there!” In a routine pumping of the hold, Starbuck discovers a good amount of oil mixed in with the pumped sea water, implying a significant leak in the casks. Unfortunately, Ahab is nearing the fishing grounds around Japan, and so...
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Chapter 80: The Nut
In “The Nut,” Ishmael lampoons the pseudo-science of phrenology as working in metaphor rather than in experiment or observation. By starting with what he wants to prove and working to make his evidence fit, he exposes deficiencies in both the phrenological view and the phrenological method. Says...
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