# Dough-Boy — Moby-Dick character guide

> Dough-Boy in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Dough-Boy, Mr. Dough-Boy, hapless Dough-Boy

**First appearance:** 0037-xxxiv-the-cabin-table

## Who they are

The timid, pale steward of the Pequod who serves the mates in the cabin.

## In the story

### [XXIX: Enter Ahab; To Him, Stubb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xxix-enter-ahab-to-him-stubb)

Mentioned by Stubb as the source of gossip about Ahab's rumpled, sleepless nights and mysterious nightly visits to the after hold, adding to the aura of mystery around the captain.

### [The Cabin-Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-cabin-table)

The pale, nervous steward terrorized by both Ahab's presence and the harpooneers' savage humor, his life a 'continual lip-quiver.'

### [XLVII: The Mat-Maker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xlvii-the-mat-maker)

The steward; hurriedly reports the exact time to Ahab after the whale sighting, facilitating Ahab's meticulous record-keeping.

### [LXXII: The Monkey-Rope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/lxxii-the-monkey-rope)

The steward who offers Queequeg the tepid ginger-water; claims the order came from Aunt Charity to not give harpooneers spirits.

### [XCIII: The Castaway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/xciii-the-castaway)

Mentioned in contrast to Pip; described as dull and torpid, while Pip was originally bright and genial.

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