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m16flykid
m16flykid
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High School - 9th Grade

Who owns the "Pequod" in "Moby Dick?

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Posted by m16flykid on Thursday October 16, 2008 at 5:55 PM and tagged with bildad, characters, melville, moby dick, novel, peleg, pequod, summary.

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  1. ms-mcgregor Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The owners are Quaker businessmen named Bildad and Peleg. They are both strict owners and tell Ishmael about Captain Ahab. Although the Quakers were pacifists and whaling was an extremely violent occupation, Melville writes that Bildad, had probably“ long since come to the sage and sensible conclusion that a man’s religion is one thing, and this practical world quite another.”Thus they sign both Ishmael and Queequeg, a non-Christian who is and excellent harpooner to the crew of the Pequod.

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    Posted by ms-mcgregor on Thursday October 16, 2008 at 7:27 PM

  2. abartucci
    abartucci Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    Bildad and Peleg

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    Posted by abartucci on Friday November 14, 2008 at 12:22 PM