Chapter 122
Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning
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High in the storm, Tashtego keeps watch while the ship moves deeper into danger.
Why it mattersThe chapter keeps the storm sequence moving through multiple viewpoints. It also reminds students that ordinary crew members physically inhabit the danger Ahab interprets symbolically.
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The main-top-sail yard.—Tashtego passing new lashings around it.
“Um, um, um. Stop that thunder! Plenty too much thunder up here. What’s the use of thunder? Um, um, um. We don’t want thunder; we want rum; give us a glass of rum. Um, um, um!”