Moby-Dick discussion questions Chapter 40 “Midnight, Forecastle”: What is the tone of the chapter beginning
What is the tone of the chapter beginning? How does it change?
What does the weather signify in this chapter?
What is Melville’s point in naming the variety of the crew’s nationalities again? What does that tell you about the crew? In what way does that symbolize the USA? The world?
At the end of the chapter Pip refers to God. What adjective does he use to describe God? What link does Melville seem to try to forge with that adjective?
