Moby Dick

p.31 'I'd strike the sun if it insulate me.Do not complain-I don't care what you think.'

Find the following extracts from chapter 5 and discuss their meanings

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Ahab sees the entire world in the same context of his rogue whale. He defies nature’s elements, which includes the sun, should they wrong him. Ahab personifies the natural elements as his enemy.

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