Questions tagged [moby-dick]
For questions about the novel Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. Use this tag with the [herman-melville] tag.
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Why is there so much technical detail of whaling included in Moby-Dick?
One of the peculiarities of Moby-Dick is that it includes large quantities of information about the science of whales and the practice of whaling. Whole chapters are dedicated to describing the ...
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Does "call me Ishmael" imply that that might not be his real name?
The narrator of Moby-Dick famously tells readers to "call me Ishmael." Is this implying that this might not have been his real name? If so, why would he lie about that?
