Moby Dick
Part II #1
Character Report
Ishmael: the narrator of the story, Ishmael is the adventurer who happen to be one of the crew of Captain Ahab’s ship Pequod. He can be anyman or he can be called everyman. Doctor, Nurse, journalist, adventurer, a father, and etc. he has this tiny bit of info about whaling. This man here is the only one who survived the fall of Pequod because of the death of Captain Ahab, which is our protagonist or hero in the story has his mates and crew, first is Starbuck, the Chiefmate of the Pequod. He is a decent and honorable man. We can see that a God-fearing man. He is a father also and he’s wife is waiting for him to come home. He has only one fear and that is he will never see his family again because of Captain Ahab selfish desires. Together with starbuck is Stubb is far different from Starbuck, this guy here is the easy going and he is a person who laughs at all things including death. He is not afraid of death but he loves the danger that he face. This two mates here are under the leadership of Captain Ahab, he is a fine man on his fifties and tall man. He has a scar on his face because its either birthmark or because of an adventures. Captain ahab was about to have an early mourning because of Quequeeg’s request to put him in a coffin. Quequeeg is Ishmael’s friend while still on the Nantucket. Quequeeg is one of the finest harpooners in the Pequod. The trip was for sperm whale hunting only to find out that along the way its just the search for Moby Dick, the greatest white sperm whale on sea. The enormous beast as what Captain Ahab said as he was describing the whale. The reason also why Captain Ahab loses his leg.