A character in Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Melville, Herman
The wandering, meditative sailor who narrates the voyage; he ships aboard the Pequod out of restlessness and becomes the tale's sole survivor.
Inside the story
Ishmael is a wandering, thoughtful sailor who takes up the role of narrator in Moby-Dick. Restless with life on land, he goes to sea and signs aboard the Pequod, where he joins Captain Ahab's crew on a whaling voyage.
A lean, weathered young American seaman with an observant, contemplative face, dressed in a rough shore coat and sailor's woolens, later in the tarred canvas and oilskins of a whaleman.
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