In an essay about "American Political Symbolism" in the novel in which he appears, Alan Heimert asserted that this character can be interpreted to represent the Barnburners.
In an essay about "American Political Symbolism" in the novel in which he appears, Alan Heimert asserted that this character can be interpreted to represent the Barnburners. After drafting his will, this character muses that any time he stays alive is a bonus, much like Lazarus after his resurrection. He stumbles into an African-American church where a sermon on the "blackness of darkness" is being read, and he later listens to a sermon on (*) Jonah delivered by Father Mapple. He relates how, when he feels a "drizzly November" in his soul, he must turn towards the sea. In New Bedford, he sleeps in the same bed as a native of Kokovoko who is skilled with a harpoon. He clings to a coffin owned by Queequeg to escape drowning after witnessing a battle between a whale and Captain Ahab. For 10 points, name this narrator of Melville's Moby-Dick.
In an essay about "American Political Symbolism" in the novel in which he appears, Alan Heimert asserted that this character can be interpreted to represent the Barnburners.
Ishmael