Moby **** Extracts


	Chapter 1	Chapter 32
	'call me Ishmael'- unreliable narrator- a playful and inventive narrator Invites us into the text at the end of the first paragraph vastness of the ocean- the ship makes you feel very small Sense of going to sea- transcendentalism- connection to nature ' ungraspable phantom of life' A lot compacted into the first few chapters about the idea of the whale A lot of foreshadowing Paratexts of the novel- put together in a lot of interesting ways	Personifies with the whale- makes us emphasise with the whale Whales are like books Whales and books are connected throughout filling the gaps of knowledge only the start of understanding
	Chapter 36	Chapter 38
	mystical, divine moment Ahab- challenging masculinity Men over nature conquering fearsome enemy Testosterone filled chapter Sense of progress Idea that through killing you are conquering death Ahab its not just the whale and me its what the whale represents	fears of a sense of duty-Starbuck has to follow the captains orders- even if he doesn't agree with them Still the influence of Calvinist ideas Starbuck understands the hierarchy of the crew- can't understand why Ahab see's himself as an equal to a higher power above Conflicted Rebelling but still has to obey orders inherent flaw in Starbuck- like predestination- he has to do what he has to do Hope still- will have his salvation

fears of a sense of duty-Starbuck has to follow the captains orders- even if he doesn't agree with them
Still the influence of Calvinist ideas
Starbuck understands the hierarchy of the crew- can't understand why Ahab see's himself as an equal to a higher power above
Conflicted
Rebelling but still has to obey orders
inherent flaw in Starbuck- like predestination- he has to do what he has to do
Hope still- will have his salvation

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