CHAPTER 8 :

Queequeg’s Coffin
 Characters
• Ishmael • Starbuck
 a sailor  a whaler
 ambitious
 a good friend  a considerate person

• Captain Ahab • Queequeg

 the captain of Pequod
 only have one leg
• Stubb
 like to laugh
 always told funny stories
 Ishmael's friend
 huge
 ugly man
 a patience man
 Setting

• Place
In Nantucket
• Time
Morning
Synopsis
• A few days later – some oil barrels start leaking
• Starbucks asked to change the barrels
• Captain Ahab refuses
Moral
• Do not underestime people's ability based
on their appearance.

Main Point
• The Pequod had two new whalers.