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The Question and Answer section for Moby Dick is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Sure, I understand Starbuck. He is watching his captain unhinge into madness over his whale vendetta. Ahab is putting the ship and crew in risk and hardship. It is only Starbuck who openly opposes Captain Ahab, believing his quest against the...
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"And, in these cases, somewhat as a pilot, when about losing sight of a coast, whose general trending he well knows, and which he desires shortly to return to again, but at some further point; like as this pilot stands by his...
