American Literature / Unit 8 AML 0724 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Ahab, Ishmael, Queequeg, Starbuck
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The idea
Ishmael narrates and survives; Ahab commands and pursues; Queequeg, a harpooner from the Pacific, becomes Ishmael's friend in the book's first pages; Starbuck, the first mate, argues for prudence and loses. The crew is drawn from everywhere, which makes the ship a version of the world.
In practice
A narrator, a monomaniac, a harpooner, a mate.
Where people slip
Ishmael tells it; Ahab drives it.
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