Inside the story
Meet Fedallah
Fedallah, known as the Parsee, is a mysterious harpooneer aboard Captain Ahab’s ship, the Pequod. A fire-worshipping figure and leader of Ahab’s secret boat-crew, he stands close to the captain as Ahab pursues the white whale.
On the page
A tall, gaunt, swart old man of Asiatic aspect, with a single white tooth protruding from steel-like lips, and long dead-black hair coiled and braided into a white turban upon his head; robed in a black Chinese jacket and trousers.
