Herman Melville- Moby Dick

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God and Nature.

III. Characters

B. The protagonist in this book is Ishmael, a Christian,
schoolteacher and part-time sailor. Ishmael's role in the
hunt for "Moby Dick" is to interpret what is happening. He
discusses his reasons for going to sea and interprets and
looks for understanding a number of reasons for any specific
action where other characters only understand one reason.

C. It is hard to say what changes take place in Ishmael's
personality, since he is the narrator he doesn't
talk about himself, he only talks about what he sees.


D1. Ishmael befriends Queequeg who is a cannibal. Even
though Queequeg is very ugly Ishmael sees that Queequeg has
an honest heart, great honor, and a lot of courage. This
friendship had a positive influence on Ishmael's behavior
because it taught him not to judge on outward appearances.

E2. Another relationship that was very short was the
relationship between Ishmael and ...

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to beat against the solid metal." Chapter LV

A. The details being used to make us feel like we are
watching a sunset is that it says "the warm waves
blush like wine. The gold brow plumbs the blue. The diver
sun—long dived from noon,—goes down; my
soul mounts up!"

B. The similes the author uses are the comparison of the
colored waves of the sunset to wine. I believe
that when the author is talking about the "Iron Crown of
Lombardy" he is talking about the sun. When it
says "Is, then, the crown too heavy that I wear?" he is
talking about the sunrise as the sun first starts
ascending. I think that noon is where it is says "Yet is it
bright with ...

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