pip

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• is_crew_member_ofPequod

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  Pip, the Alabama boy, is part of the Pequod's crew.

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  Black Little Pip—he never did—oh, no! he went before. Poor Alabama boy! On the grim Pequod’s forecastle

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• fearswhite squalls

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  Pip expresses intense fear of the 'white squalls', associating them with the dangers of the sea and perhaps a deeper, more existential dread.

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  But those chaps there are worse yet—they are your white squalls, they. White squalls? white whale, shirr! shirr!

• mentionsMoby Dick

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  Pip mentions the 'white whale' in a fearful, almost whispered tone, connecting it to the 'anaconda of an old man' (Ahab) who swore the crew to hunt it.

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  Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale—shirr! shirr!—but spoken of once!

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• referenced_byAhab

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  Now, then, Pip, we’ll talk this over; I do suck most wondrous philosophies from thee! Some unknown conduits from the unknown worlds must empty into thee!”

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• studiesMurray's Grammar

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  Pip is observed by another crew member to be studying Murray's Grammar.

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  Upon my soul, he’s been studying Murray’s Grammar!

• mentionsAhab

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  Pip references Captain Ahab in his rambling monologue, associating him with the White Whale.

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  Ha, ha! old Ahab! the White Whale

• mentionsWhite Whale

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  Pip refers to the White Whale in his disjointed speech, linking it to Ahab.

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  old Ahab! the White Whale; he’ll nail ye!

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• attempts_to_followCaptain Ahab

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  Pip, despite Captain Ahab's instructions, tries to follow him from the cabin, demonstrating his strong loyalty.

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• has_roleShip-keepers

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  Due to his perceived unsuitability for boat work, Pip was assigned the role of a ship-keeper on the Pequod.

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  made a ship-keeper. It was so in the Pequod with the little negro Pippin by nick-name, Pip by abbreviation.

• is_compared_toDough-Boy

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  Pip and Dough-Boy are presented as a matched pair in outer aspect, like black and white ponies.

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  In outer aspect, Pip and Dough-Boy made a match, like a black pony and a white one, of equal developments, though of dissimilar colour, driven in one eccentric span.

• is_fromTolland County

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  Pip's native place of origin is identified as Tolland County in Connecticut.

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  in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler’s frolic on the green;

• temporarily_replacesStubb's after-oarsman

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  Due to the after-oarsman's injury, Pip was temporarily assigned to his position in Stubb's boat.

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  temporarily, Pip was put into his place.

• fell_fromWhaleboat

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  During the second lowering, Pip involuntarily leaped out of the boat when the harpooned whale struck beneath his seat.

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  caused him to leap, paddle in hand, out of the boat; and in such a way, that part of the slack whale line coming against his chest, he breasted it overboard with him, so as to become entangled in it, when at last plumping into the water.

• jumped_again_fromWhaleboat

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  Despite Stubb's warnings, Pip jumped from the boat a second time under similar circumstances.

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  But we are all in the hands of the Gods; and Pip jumped again.

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• abandoned_byStubb

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  Pip was unintentionally abandoned by Stubb, who was focused on the whale hunt and presumed other boats would rescue Pip.

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  Stubb’s inexorable back was turned upon him; and the whale was winged. In three minutes, a whole mile of shoreless ocean was between Pip and Stubb.

• perceivesMiser-merman, Wisdom

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  In his delirium, Pip envisioned the 'miser-merman, Wisdom' revealing hoarded heaps in the unwarped primal world.

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• perceivesCoral insects

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  In his altered mental state, Pip saw multitudinous, God-omnipresent coral insects creating colossal orbs from the waters.

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  Pip saw the multitudinous, God-omnipresent, coral insects, that out of the firmament of waters heaved the colossal orbs.

• perceivesGod

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  Pip, in his perceived madness, saw and spoke of 'God's foot upon the treadle of the loom,' indicating a profound spiritual experience.

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  He saw God’s foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it;

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• is_called_by2nd Nantucket Sailor

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  The 2nd Nantucket Sailor calls out to Pip, instructing him to strike the bell eight times.

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  Strike the bell eight, thou Pip! thou blackling!

• playsTambourine

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  Pip is given a tambourine by the Azore Sailor and is encouraged to play it for the dancing.

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  Here you are, Pip; and there’s the windlass-bitts; up you mount! Now, boys! (_The half of them dance to the tambourine; some go below; some sleep or lie among the coils of rigging. Oaths a-plenty_.) AZORE SAILOR. (_Dancing_) Go it, Pip! Bang it, bell-boy!

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• jumped_fromWhale-boat

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  Pip's mental distress is attributed to an incident where he jumped from a whale-boat during a hunt.

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  Pip jumped from the whale-boat.

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• is_associated_withPequod

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  Pip's strange expressions and actions are described as tragically blending with and mocking the melancholy state of the ship.

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  thy strange mummeries not unmeaningly blended with the black tragedy of the melancholy ship, and mocked it!

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• interacts_withQueequeg

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  Pip draws near to Queequeg while he lies in the coffin, speaking to him with soft sobbings.

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  Pip, who had been slily hovering near by all this while, drew nigh to him where he lay, and with soft sobbings, took him by the hand

• holdstambourine

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  Pip is described as holding his tambourine in one hand while interacting with Queequeg.

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  in the other, holding his tambourine.

• referencesAntilles

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  Pip's wild speech includes a plea for Queequeg to seek out a 'missing Pip' in the Antilles.

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  carry ye to those sweet Antilles where the beaches are only beat with water-lilies, will ye do one little errand for me? Seek out one Pip, who’s now been missing long: I think he’s in those far Antilles. If ye

• mentionswhale-boat

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  Pip accuses himself of being a coward for jumping from a whale-boat.

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  Tell them he jumped from a whale-boat!

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