In the first "Knights and Squires" chapter, this character is described as "an honest, upright man" with a "deep natural reverence," who could withstand "any of the ordinary irrational horrors of the world" but not "an enraged and mighty man."  He loses faith in his superior when it is decided to sail into a storm, and this character finally confronts his captain, where he is threatened with a gun.  He is contrasted throughout the novel in which he appears with his subor
In the first "Knights and Squires" chapter, this character is described as "an honest, upright man" with a "deep natural reverence," who could withstand "any of the ordinary irrational horrors of the world" but not "an enraged and mighty man."  He loses faith in his superior when it is decided to sail into a storm, and this character finally confronts his captain, where he is threatened with a gun.  He is contrasted throughout the novel in which he appears with his subordinates Flask and Stubb.  With Queequeg serving as his harpooner, FTP, identify this first mate of the Pequod and character of Moby-Dick.
In the first "Knights and Squires" chapter, this character is described as "an honest, upright man" with a "deep natural reverence," who could withstand "any of the ordinary irrational horrors of the world" but not "an enraged and mighty man."  
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