The Chase-Second Day
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Introduction |
The hunt for Moby continues |
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Questions |
Answer one of the following questions. 1. How is it that whalemen have been able to track a whale through the night? 2. How has Moby Dick united the crew? What are they confident of? Why? 3. Why is it important that Moby breaches? 4. When Ahab says that Moby has breached his last to the sun, what is the significance? 5. What happens during this attack on Moby? How is Ahab wounded? What does his new leg get made from? 6. What happened to Fedallah? 7. How has ahab’s idea of free will changed to that of fate? |
The Chase-Third Day
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Introduction |
Now, the final battle |
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Questions |
Answer the following questions. 1. What might the significance of ;the number three have here? 2. What is the weather like? Why is that siginficant? Why can’t man think? Why must he feel? 3. How is the wind similar to Moby Dick? How does they transparency come back to haunt us here? 4. Why is Starbuck’s farewell important? 5. Sharks follow Ahab’s boat. Why is that important? 6. What is happening to Starbuck? What does the seahawk do? 7. What is Moby dick possessed with? 8. Where do they see the Parsee? 9. What is the whale’s spout and hump compared to? 10. What sinew has snapped in Ahab? 11. What is the kernel of what Stubb says when the whale attacks the boat? Why cherries? |
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12. What was Fedallah’s second prediction? 13. What will be Ahab’s Topmost greatness? 14. How does the ship sink? Why is Tashtego’s last act important? 15. How does the Ocean look at the end |
Epilogue
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Introduction |
Job, Job , Job.... |
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Questions |
Answer the following questions. 1. How is it that Ishmael survived? 2. Why is important that he is on the coffin? 3. Why won’t the sharks bite him? 4. How is he an orphan? |