Queequeg: The Noble Cannibal

From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
The Polynesian harpooner Queequeg becomes Ishmael's 'bosom friend,' embodying Melville's challenge to racial and religious hierarchies.
Chapter 3 (The Spouter-Inn)

Ishmael's terrified first encounter with the tattooed Queequeg in their shared bed at the Spouter-Inn.

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Chapter 10 (A Bosom Friend)

'I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.' Their famous bond is sealed.

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Chapter 110 (Queequeg in His Coffin)

Queequeg orders his coffin, which becomes the lifebuoy that saves Ishmael.

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