A character in Moby Dick
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Pequod's earnest, prudent Quaker first mate from Nantucket, the one officer who dares question Ahab's mad pursuit.
Inside the story
Starbuck is the Pequod’s earnest, prudent first mate, a Quaker sailor from Nantucket. Serving under Captain Ahab, he respects his duty but is troubled by Ahab’s fierce pursuit of the whale and is willing to question the captain’s course.
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