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The Pequod is destroyed and Ahab and most of the crew are killed. Ishmael survives.
Chapter 135| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapters 1–2 | As the novel begins, the narrator, Ishmael, introduces himself. He doesn't have much money and is feeling depressed, so ... Read More |
| Chapters 3–5 | Ishmael enters the Spouter Inn. He is disappointed that there are no empty beds available, so he will have to share one ... Read More |
| Chapters 6–9 | Out on the streets of New Bedford, Ishmael describes the variety of people who are out and about. He then assures the re... Read More |
| Chapters 10–12 | Ishmael returns to the Spouter Inn, where Queequeg is sitting by the fire. Ishmael decides to try to make friends with h... Read More |
| Chapters 13–15 | The next morning, the two unlikely friends borrow a wheelbarrow to transport their belongings to a small boat that will ... Read More |
| Chapters 16–19 | Ishmael goes to see the boats that are available to decide which one he and Queequeg will try to sail on. There are thre... Read More |
| Chapters 20–23 | A flurry of activity occurs to get the Pequod ready to sail. Ropes and canvas are brought on board as well as bedding, f... Read More |
| Chapters 24–25 | The Pequod is well underway, and Ishmael takes a few moments to explain the virtues of the whaling industry. He notes th... Read More |
| Chapters 26–27 | Ishmael describes Starbuck, a Quaker and first mate of the Pequod, as a hardy, tight-skinned man whose life at sea has m... Read More |
| Chapters 28–30 | Captain Ahab is still nowhere to be seen, and Ishmael is more and more unnerved by his absence, recalling the odd things... Read More |
| Chapter 31 | Stubb tells Flask about a dream he had: Captain Ahab kicked him with his whalebone leg, and Stubb kicked back, but in do... Read More |
| Chapters 32–34 | Ishmael takes a break from the story to talk about cetology, the study of whales, explaining difficulties in classifying... Read More |
| Chapter 35 | Ishmael is about to take his first turn at the masthead, looking constantly at the sea for signs of whales. He considers... Read More |
| Chapter 36 | One morning after breakfast, Captain Ahab paces, lost in thought. The rest of the day, he shuts himself in his cabin at ... Read More |
| Chapters 37–40 | Captain Ahab in Chapter 37 says that "all loveliness is anguish to me" and that he will do what he has decided to do eve... Read More |
| Chapters 41–42 | Ishmael resumes telling the story. He says that he, as one of the crew, swore an oath to follow Captain Ahab on his "que... Read More |
| Chapters 43–46 | In the middle of the night Archy, one of the crew, hears a strange noise like coughing or people turning over in their s... Read More |
| Chapters 47–49 | It is a lazy afternoon, and Queequeg and Ishmael are making a sword-mat at a leisurely pace. Ishmael begins to imagine t... Read More |
| Chapters 50–51 | Stubb and Flask disagree about whether a man with one leg should be on a whaling boat. Ishmael considers whether the Peq... Read More |
| Chapters 52–54 | The Pequod is southeast of the Cape of Good Hope, entering the Indian Ocean, when it encounters the whaling ship Goney o... Read More |
| Chapters 55–57 | In Chapters 55 and 56, Ishmael notes that most representations of whales with which land-dwelling folks are familiar bea... Read More |
| Chapters 58–59 | The Pequod is still on a northeasterly course and passes through patches of brit, a food source for the "Right Whale," w... Read More |
| Chapters 60–63 | Ishmael describes the whale line, which he calls "magical, sometimes horrible." This line is thin but very strong, and i... Read More |
| Chapters 64–66 | Three boats tow the dead whale back to the ship. Ishmael notes that Captain Ahab seems a little restless, as if not quit... Read More |
| Chapters 67–72 | Ishmael notes that the cutting in—or removal of the blubber from the whale—took place on the Sabbath, then describes the... Read More |
| Chapters 73–80 | As Chapter 73 begins, a sperm whale's head hangs at the side of the ship. Unexpectedly, an order is given to kill a righ... Read More |
| Chapters 81–83 | The Pequod meets up with the Jungfrau, a German whaling ship captained by Derick De Deer. Captain De Deer comes aboard t... Read More |
| Chapter 84 | Ishmael explains that the bottom of the whale boat is usually oiled so it moves faster in the water. Queequeg oils his b... Read More |
| Chapters 85–90 | Ishmael explains that a whale needs to spout water because it has lungs and can't breathe through its mouth when it is u... Read More |
| Chapters 91–92 | In Chapter 91, the Pequod comes upon a French whaling ship, the Bouton de Rose, which is cutting up a dead, rotting whal... Read More |
| Chapter 93 | Pip, a young member of the crew, must fill in as oarsman on Stubb's boat. In the midst of a hunt, Pip jumps out of his b... Read More |
| Chapters 94–98 | The whale is cut up and emptied of its spermaceti. Some of the spermaceti has crystallized, and Ishmael and some of the ... Read More |
| Chapter 99 | One morning as Captain Ahab paces the deck, his gaze falls on the gold coin that he'd fixed to the main mast of the ship... Read More |
| Chapters 100–101 | The Pequod encounters a whaling ship from London, the Samuel Enderby, and, of course, Captain Ahab asks if they have see... Read More |
| Chapters 102–105 | Ishmael notes that he has mostly described the outside of the whale, so now he's going to describe its "innermost bones"... Read More |
| Chapters 106–108 | When returning to the Pequod from the Samuel Enderby, Captain Ahab had damaged his peg leg, so now he feels it is not "e... Read More |
| Chapter 109 | Starbuck brings an oil leak to Captain Ahab's attention, but Ahab is uninterested—all he wants is to kill Moby Dick. Sta... Read More |
| Chapter 110 | Queequeg becomes very ill and asks for a canoe-shaped coffin to be made for him. He then asks to be laid in the coffin a... Read More |
| Chapters 111–114 | The Pequod enters the Pacific Ocean, and Ishmael describes the sea's "serene" beauty as "a thousand leagues of blue." He... Read More |
| Chapters 115–117 | Weeks after Captain Ahab's new harpoon is completed, the Pequod encounters another whaling ship, the Bachelor, which is ... Read More |
| Chapters 118–123 | The Pequod enters the Sea of Japan, and Captain Ahab uses his quadrant to find the ship's latitude. His intention is to ... Read More |
| Chapters 124–125 | Captain Ahab realizes from the position of the sun that though all the compasses on board are pointing east, the ship is... Read More |
| Chapters 126–127 | The ship nears the equator where they expect to find Moby Dick. Just before dawn, the crew hears a "wild and unearthly" ... Read More |
| Chapters 128–130 | The Pequod encounters another whaling ship, the Rachel, captained by Captain Gardiner. When asked, "Hast seen the White ... Read More |
| Chapters 131–132 | The Pequod encounters another whaling ship, the Delight, which has a shattered whaleboat on board. Captain Ahab asks, "H... Read More |
| Chapters 133–Epilogue | Captain Ahab is the one who first sights the White Whale. Ahab's boat, Stubb's boat, and Flask's boat are lowered, and t... Read More |
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