![]() ![]() Unfortunately, Queequeg becomes sick but recuperates after some days despite seeing the preparation of his burial. Both the captains sympathize with each knowing the accident. Soon they meet another ship whose captain narrates his own accident after having tried to hook Moby Dick. When they bring him aboard, he seems to have gone crazy. During this fiasco, they leave Pip, the cabin boy of the ship, behind. During this time, an accident happens with an oil-draining man who falls into the sea with the head of the whale from which he is draining oil. He informs them about Moby Dick that whoever tries to hunt that whale cannot avoid an accident. Getting more information about that mythical whale, they come across Gabriel, a harpooner of another ship, having prophetic abilities. Having prophetic abilities to sense the whales, Fedallah becomes Ahab’s henchman.įollowing its round of the African coastal areas, the Pequod reaches the Indian ocean after having successfully hunted some whales. Soon a group of anglers led by Fedallah, a mysterious person, emerge and become the captain’s hunting crew. He also declares a prize for the man who spots the whale and after that, they move toward Africa, the part of the sea teeming with the whales. He announces to go after Moby Dick which has broken his leg. When the ship leaves the harbor, Ahab, its captain, emerges on the deck, staggering on his artificial leg. Soon both decide to board the Pequod on Christmas day with several other people on board. He has also lost his leg in that encounter. Its owners, Peleg and Bildad, prove hard to deal with besides Ahab, its mysterious captain, who is recovering from his last encounter with a whale, Moby Dick. When they visit the market for securing a ship, they find the Pequod, a mysterious ship having whaling relics displayed on its deck. Although at first Queequeg rather seems him an odd person due to his bizarre habits, they soon develop a rapport, and Ishmael, praising his munificence, move to Nantucket with him, the main city where the whaling industry is in a boom at that time. For this purpose, he moves to New Bedford and stays in the inn of the whalers, sharing a room with Queequeg, a harpooner. The story of the novel starts with Ishmael who wants to board a whaling ship. ![]()
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