Moby dick section

Ishmael says that he wants "to see what whaling is" and "to see the world" When they first cut into the whale, they find a whole harpoon in the old wound, but plenty of whales have harpoons stuck in them, so the infection was probably caused by something else. In his idiosyncratic but influential Studies in Classic American Literature , novelist, poet, and short story writer D. The whales put on speed again, and for hours the crew must row with all their strength to keep up. Although 26 men signed up as crew members, two did not show up for the ship's departure and were replaced by one new crew member. The same month, the whole book was first published in three volumes as The Whale in London , and under its definitive title in a single-volume edition in New York in November. All the others escape for the time being.

At last, Ahab tells the crew of the Pequod to look for a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow: Moby Dick, the legendary whale that took Ahab's leg. The Pequod next finds a large group of Sperm Whales and injures several of them, but only captures a single one. On what basis should we determine the point at which ambition turns into obsession?