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What arrgument does the cook use to attempt to carry out stubbs order? What part of the sermon has meaning as a theme

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what did the description of the whale not say or forgot to say

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What happens to Radney at the end if ishmaels story?

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What is a boarding sword and how is used

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How do the sailors of the pequod observe the Sabbath following their first kill

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Who's given the duty of guarding the whales body from sharks during night?

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What does Melville say about Ahabs desire to kill only the white whale

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What proportion does ishmael give for turning blubber to finished oil

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What does Ishmael speculate might be the source of these scars

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what does the description of the whale miss

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what is the dead whales lasting legacy according to ishmael

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who or what attends the whales funeral

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How do the guards fend off the sharks?

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What is stubbs opinion of the cooks preparation of his steak

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Why is the crew of the pequod pressed for time as they butcher their kill

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What does stubbs eat for dinner on the night he kills the whale?

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What is the final sign that the hunted whale is dead

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What leads Ishmael to believe that squid comprises the main diet of the sperm whale?

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Why does ishmale assert that only one in ten thrown harpoons finds its target?

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What are the potential consequences of keeping the second iron in the boat for too long?

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Why is stubb the one to kill the first sperm whale of the voyage

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How is is possible that a rowboat eight or nine men and a number of ten pound spears can kill s whale weighing many tons?

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WHat is queeuegs opinion of the spectre

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What makes the whale-line so dangerous to the men in the boats?

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