# Captain Boomer — Moby-Dick character guide

> Captain Boomer in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0100-xcvii-the-lamp

## Who they are

The jovial, one-armed English captain of the Samuel Enderby, who lost an arm to Moby Dick but bears no grudge.

## In the story

### [Leg and Arm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/c-leg-and-arm)

The one-armed captain of the Samuel Enderby. He provides a firsthand, vivid account of his maiming by Moby Dick. His good-natured demeanor contrasts with Ahab's fury, and he expresses a pragmatic decision to leave the whale alone, satisfied to have survived.

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