1. Does Melville connect the extraction of ambergris through "the inglorious bowels of a sick whale" to the "fine ladies and gentleman" to show the fine line between the the putrid bowels of a whale to the elite class in society or to show that human nature can completely change the properties of something and make it important? Are the separation of these things important to him?
2. Does Ishmael use the example of Pip as a ship keeper to prove to us that he, Ishmael, is a more important part of the ship? Does the usage of the nickname Pip signify the lack of experience that Melville might be trying to get across to us in order to contrast with his own wisdom? Is the same idea applicable to Dough-Boy?
3. On page 323, Does Ishmael use the language that he does to not subtract from the masculinity of their accomplishment? Is this a common theme of the language used throughout the telling of this story that creates the masculine hardy image that is created of whalers in this book? Does Melville use this to affect his own image do to his whaling background?
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