ishmael
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- _kg_layer
- 0
- description
- The narrator and main character of the novel, who decides to go to sea to escape his profound melancholy and existential dread.
- motivation
- escape melancholy, see the watery part of the world
- role
- narrator
- state_of_mind
- grim, melancholic, prone to 'hypos'
Relationships
- introduces_self_asIshmael
- description
- The narrator directly identifies himself by the name Ishmael at the very beginning of the narrative.
- source
- Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how lontext_chunk
- source_text
- Call me Ishmael.
- joins_crew_ofPequod
- description
- Ishmael decides to become a crew member of the whaling ship Pequod.
- source
- Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how lontext_chunk
- source_text
- The narrator, who introduces himself as Ishmael, joins the crew of the Pequod
- extracted_fromCall me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how lon
- extracted_at
- 2026-03-03T20:24:58.206Z
- source
- Call me Ishmael. Some years ago—never mind how lontext_chunk
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