The chapter starts off with Ahab coming out from his scuttle and instantly recognizing the thread of Moby calamus. The crew is woken up and Ahab takes complete control of the entire chase, as it is his destiny. He orders the ships path to be altered to follow after(prenominal) the goliaths scent, the smooth wake that follows behind it, and the push-down stack of birds chasing after the whale too. Ahab insists on taking the mainmast watch and sooner he even reaches the crows nest, he spots the whale. All the boats are lowered and the crew sets out after the whale. Moby Dick seems to be gliding over the ocean but as the boats near, she dives under. afterwards about an hour the flock of birds that were seen earlier reappear hovering over Ahabs boat, signaling the return of the whale. Ahab, lost to his obsession of the whale, puts himself and his self-colored crew in danger. Ahab looks into the ocean and sees the white mouth of the whale coming in the direction of his boat. Moby Dick surfaces to bite Ahabs boat in half. The mean are left unable to help swimming in the ocean as Moby Dick circles somewhat them until Starbuck steers the Pequod between the sailors and the whale, driving the whale away for the night, and saving the crew.
Quotations
at that place she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!
A pale, death-glimmer lit up Fedallahs sunken eyes…
[A]s if perceiving this stratagem, Moby Dick, with that despiteful intelligence ascribed to him, … in the manner of a biting shark, easily and feelingly taking its [the boats] bows full within his mouth, … agitate the slight cedar as a mildly savage cat her mouse … . [and] bit the craft completely in twain.
…Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated…
Questions
1. Moby Dick seems too smart to be only a fish, he controls every situation like a skilled action general. He continues to seem more human-like...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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