Ishmael's Reverence Of Whale Hunting

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As I read the assigned chapters, the most compelling and vivid section for me occurred when Ishmael expresses his admiration and reverence for whale hunting. From my understanding of his character up until his exposition of whale hunting. Ishmael is an observant and cynical type of straight shooting man. Besides his brief revelation of him going to the sea to relieve emotional distress, I wasn’t under the impression of any other strong feelings of attachment Ishmael may have had. However, Chapter 24 gives an in-depth look at his reverence of whale hunting as he addresses those who may doubt the importance of whale hunting and thereby shun the activity. Not only does Ishmael justify his life’s passion as being adored with, “...all the tapers,

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