There is no man named Grand in Moby-Dick. The only capitalized "Grand" in the first chapter is the "Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States." I'm linking below to a full-text search on the word "grand" and also to the first chapter of the book.
The whale in "Moby Dick" gets his name from his albino appearance. The name "Moby Dick" is derived from the Arabic word "moby", which means white, and the name Dick, which was a common name for devil in the 19th century.
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The word "dismemberer" in Moby Dick refers to the character of Captain Ahab, who is described as a dismemberer of whales due to his obsession with hunting and killing the white whale, Moby Dick. Ahab's relentless pursuit of the whale symbolizes his destructive and vengeful nature.
This may be a trick question. The very famous first line of Chapter 1 is "Call me Ishmael." But Melville wrote two chapters that come before that--the first is called "Etymology" and the second is called "Extracts." The first word of "Etymology" is "Supplied."
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There was a famous rogue bull whale called "Mocha Dick," named after the island Mocha off the coast of Chile. Melville may have changed the name to "Moby" because he was writing a story about a friend named Tobias ("Toby") at the same time he was writing Moby-Dick.
Ishmael's reaction to Mrs. Hussey's menu items in "Moby Dick" could be described as intrigued or curious. He seems interested in trying new foods and flavors, as well as eager to experience the culinary offerings at the inn.
There are many who debate this. Some believe the name refers to the Whales place of origin the isles of mocha and dik. However Melville did not name his whale Mocha Dick and thank god for that could you imagine all the contemporary papers that would have been wirtten on the white man's fear of the African American phaleus. I will state the answer is more obvious. Moby is simply from word mob a shortening of mobile a moving organized unit and and dick which origins mean powerful. Moby Dick is simply moving power.
There is 212,758 words in Moby Dick.
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my brother is paining fist.