Ishmael In Moby Dick

The character Ishmael in “Moby Dick” can simply be described as a young man the uttermost exceptional out of the crew, though his survival is unclear on behalf of that fact that he never had a direct adversary to overcome. Ishmael and I have quite a few things in common that would cause me to conclude that we can relate to each other, resembles myself and says something about me.

While moving out to see out of some deep spiritual malaise and that shipping abroad a whaler is his version of committing suicide, Ishmael believes that men aboard a whaling ship are lost to the world. As apparent it may seem, Ishmael’s frequent digressions on a wide range of subjects, from art, geology, and anatomy to legal codes and literature, shows that he is
This allows him further objectivity and a freedom of evaluation that more involvement might dissuade. While confirming his independent ways, Ishmael tells us that he seeks no special rank aboard ship and would not want to be either a cook or a captain and he says he has enough responsibility just taking care of himself. In relation to Ishmael, I take responsibility in one’s self highly. To me responsibility in life is a must at all times. Along with being independent, I have been independent almost all my life; I believe it makes you extremely stronger than being dependent on anything any everyone in
(Pg.279 Melville) For Ishmael, it’s possible to let the revenge quest fade away as he’s caught up in the almost sacred act of squeezing globules of solidified sperm oil. I’m starting to see myself in Ishmael because I, myself don’t always agree with the ideas of revenge. Both I and Ishmael think that it’s about the way that the desire for revenge can eat away at you until it becomes something inhabiting your body, something separate from your own