narrator moby dick

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• seeks_solace_inThe Sea

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  The narrator finds solace and a way to manage his melancholy by going to sea.

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  I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.

• was_acountry schoolmaster

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  The narrator transitioned from being a country schoolmaster to a sailor, finding it a keen change.

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  if just previous to putting your hand into the tar-pot, you have been lording it as a country schoolmaster, making the tallest boys stand in awe of you.

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• weavesSword-mat

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  The Narrator and Queequeg are collaboratively employed in weaving a sword-mat.

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  Queequeg and I were mildly employed weaving what is called a sword-mat

• uses_as_shuttleNarrator (Moby Dick)

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  The Narrator uses his own hand to pass the woof, serving as a shuttle in the weaving process.

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  using my own hand for the shuttle

• compares_self_toShuttle (weaving)

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  The Narrator metaphorically compares himself to a shuttle mechanically weaving away at the Fates.

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  I myself were a shuttle mechanically weaving and weaving

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• rescued_byRachel

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  The narrator, referred to as an orphan, is picked up by the ship Rachel after the events of the Pequod's demise.

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  and picked me up at last. It was the devious-cruising Rachel, that in her retracing search after her missing children, only found another orphan.

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