Imagine that you are Peleg and you need to tell Bildad about
Ishmael. How would you describe him?
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Answer: hey mate here you go
Peleg is a cranky and disagreeable man, and a Quaker, but not much of one for religious things. It's fair to say that Peleg has been at this whaling thing for a while and likes things to be done a certain way. His wisdom of the ship and the sea is useful to the less experienced men on the journey. In one scene from , Peleg tires of his colleague, Bildad, who only wants to hire religious men to work on the ship. Peleg, on the other hand, wants to make money. The pair's penchant for profit occurs in front of the narrator, Ishmael, when they're arguing about how much money the man will be paid. It is Peleg who argues for more money for Ishmael, and Bildad who is more stingy.
In contrast to Bildad's more religious nature, Peleg engages in regular cursing and angry outbursts in front of the crew. Peleg has previously served under Captain Ahab and knows of Ahab's unstable nature. He is also the one who decorated the Pequod with its various trophies from previously-killed whales, marking the ship with teeth and bones like an ancient coffin.
In this quote from Peleg's monologue, readers can see both the reverence and concern he holds for Captain Ahab, calling him 'ungodly,' yet 'god-like:'
'And what dost thou want of Captain Ahab?...But I don't think thou wilt be able to see him at present. I don't know exactly what's the matter with him; but he keeps close inside the house; a sort of sick, and yet he don't look so. In fact, he ain't sick; but no, he isn't well either. Any how, young man, he won't always see me, so I don't suppose he will thee. He's a queer man, Captain Ahab--so some think--but a good one. Oh, thou'lt like him well enough; no fear, no fear. He's a grand, ungodly, god-like man, Captain Ahab; doesn't speak
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