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Works of Herman Melville: Moby Dick: Chapters 30 - 45

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Melville, Herman

Melville, Herman
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Moby Dick: Chapters 30 - 45

Chapter XXX The Pipe

After Stubb's departure Ahab leans on the railing for a while, then
decides to have a smoke. He lights his pipe and puffs on it for a few minutes,
then realizes that he no longer derives any pleasure from smoking. Remarking
that his condition is sad indeed when he can't enjoy his pipe, he throws it
into the sea. It hisses and disappears.

Comment:

Ahab throws overboard, loses, or smashes several objects on the voyage.
Each one symbolizes the rejection of some aspect of his connection with the
rest of ...

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