Moby Dick Ishmael
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick revolves around one specific character; Ishmael. Ishmael dose not reveal much about himself to the audience. He does however, project many ideas that allows the reader to get a sense of who he is. Through his manor of speaking and the topics he chooses to discuss one can realize that Ishmael is very well educated. Ishmael is ultimately a different character than most main characters in most novels. His point of view varies from first person to third person omniscient and sometimes he disappears altogether. Melville uses Ishmael as an instrument to depict the story rather than another man aboard the Whaling Ship. He cannot be compared to the other characters in the story because for one he is the smartest man on