Brett Bukowski Moby-Dick Character List Accelerated American Literature, Hour 5

Ishmael - The narrator of the book. He is a normal sailor on the Pequod who goes on the journey because he loves the ocean Captain Ahab - Captain of the ship called the Pequod Queequeg - harpooner (someone who kills sea animals, esp. whales, with a harpoon gun) from Kokovoko Starbuck - the chief mate of the Pequod Dough Boy - the cook on the Pequod Peter Coffin - owner of the Spouter-Inn Flask - third mate on the Pequod Tashtego - He is an Indian who becomes the harpooner for Stubb on the Pequod Daggoo - a large African man who becomes the harpooner for Flask Pip - a young black man and a crew member of the Pequod who replaces one of Stubb's oarsman Elijah - A stranger that Ishmael and Queequeg meet while staying in Nantucket. Asks if they have met Ahab and if they have sold their souls to the devil by agreeing to sail on the Pequod Captain Peleg - A retired sailor and former captain of the Pequod. Also what the book says is a "fighting Quaker" who owns the ship along with Bildad Captain Bildad - The owner of the Pequod along with Peleg. Also a fighting Quaker who looks down upon the crews crude words Flask - The third mate on the ship, Flask plays a much less prominent role than the other mates like Starbuck or Stubb Bulkington - crewman on the Pequod Characters in Chapter 40 with no names:
1 Nantucket Sailor 2nd Nantucket Sailor Dutch Sailor French Sailor Iceland Sailor Maltese Sailor Sicilian Sailor
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Long-Island Sailor Azore Sailor China Sailor Belfast Sailor Old Manx Sailor 3rd Nantucket Sailor Lascar Sailor Tahitian Sailor

Brett Bukowski Moby-Dick Character List Accelerated American Literature, Hour 5

Portuguese Sailor Danish Sailor 4th Nantucket Sailor English Sailor

Spanish Sailor St. Jagos Sailor 5th Nantucket Sailor

Pairings of harpooners to their mates: Mate Starbuck Stubb Flash Harpooner Queequeg Tashtego Daggoo