Moby Dick

Why does Ishmael decide to travel?

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To put it simply.... Ishmael is bored.

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

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