Chapter 10 (A Bosom Friend)
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Race, Religion, and Brotherhood
From Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Through Ishmael's bond with Queequeg and the multi-ethnic crew, Melville radically critiques 19th-century racial and religious hierarchies.
Chapter 13 (Wheelbarrow)
Queequeg rescues a bumpkin who mocked him; 'it's a mutual, joint-stock world, in all meridians.'
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Multinational crew sings and quarrels—Melville's Shakespearean global vessel.
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