A character in Moby Dick
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The small, gentle African American cabin boy from Connecticut who, abandoned in the vast ocean, loses his wits and becomes a touching companion to Ahab.
Also known as: Pippin
Inside the story
Pip, or Pippin, is a small, gentle African American cabin boy from Connecticut serving aboard the Pequod. At the story's outset, he is a junior member of the ship's crew, living and working among its sailors as they pursue the great white whale.
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