Inside the story
Meet Ishmael
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 character in Moby Dick
Ishmael
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The wandering, meditative sailor who narrates the voyage; he ships aboard the Pequod out of restlessness and becomes the tale's sole survivor.
