Flask

Stubb

Flask is the third mate and Stubb is the second mate, serving as colleagues in the ship's hierarchy under Ahab's command.

Captain Ahab

Ahab is the captain and Flask is the third mate, a junior officer who follows orders in the pursuit of the whale.

Stubb

Flask is the third mate and Stubb is the second mate, serving as colleagues in the ship's hierarchy under Ahab's command.

Stubb

Flask is the third mate and Stubb is the second mate, serving as colleagues in the ship's hierarchy under Ahab's command.

Captain Ahab

Ahab is the captain and Flask is the third mate, a junior officer who follows orders in the pursuit of the whale.

Captain Ahab

Ahab is the captain and Flask is the third mate, a junior officer who follows orders in the pursuit of the whale.

Knights and Squires

The pugnacious third mate from Martha's Vineyard, who views whales as personally affronting him. He is fearless to the point of seeing them as oversized rodents, making whaling a 'jolly joke.'

Ahab

Implied among the mates who show uneasy consciousness of being under Ahab's 'troubled master-eye' and who command vicariously in his absence.

Queen Mab

Listens to Stubb's dream but finds it foolish; serves as the audience for Stubb's new philosophy of obedience.

XXXIII: The Specksnyder

As a mate, implied to have his quarters with the captain, part of the officer hierarchy discussed.

The Cabin-Table

The third mate, who performs a rebellious hornpipe on deck but becomes 'Abjectus, or the Slave' before Ahab. He is perpetually hungry due to his low rank in the dining sequence and dares not help himself.

XLIII: Hark!

Mentioned as the recipient of Stubb's remarks about a suspected hidden presence on the ship.

XLVIII: The First Lowering

Recklessly stands on the loggerhead, then on Daggoo's shoulders; shouts wildly to his crew; his ambition and impatience are vividly displayed.

XLIX: The Hyena

Dismissively confirms to Ishmael that it is an unalterable law for an oarsman to 'pull himself back-foremost into death's jaws' during a whale hunt.

Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah

Engages in a pragmatic debate with Stubb about Ahab's physical capability to serve in a whaleboat, reflecting the crew's practical concerns.

LIX: Squid

Asks Starbuck what the apparition was, receiving the explanation that it is the great live squid.

LXXIII: Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk Over Him

Assists Stubb in killing the right whale; questions Stubb about the purpose of the hunt and the nature of Fedallah, showing a mix of curiosity and apprehension about the mysterious harpooneer.

LXXV: The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View

Implied presence as the mate who assisted in capturing the Right Whale, referenced in the context of the whale kill.

LXXXI: The Pequod Meets the Virgin

Identifies Derick's lamp-feeder, taunts the wounded whale, and participates in the hunt.

LXXXII: The Honor and Glory of Whaling

Another representative of the common whaleman whose profession Ishmael is elevating to mythic status.

LXXXVII: The Grand Armada

Kills and waifs a whale during the aftermath of the chase.

The Pequod Meets the Rose-Bud

Not explicitly mentioned in the provided excerpts.

XCVIII: Stowing Down and Clearing Up

Implied as part of the crew performing the described labors. The collective effort of 'almost the entire ship's company' encompasses the junior mate and his division.

XCIX: The Doubloon

Sees the doubloon in purely practical, monetary terms: it's worth sixteen dollars, which translates to 960 cigars. He dismisses the profound staring of others and focuses on the material reward.

The Fossil Whale

Not present in this chapter's excerpts.

CVI: Ahab’s Leg

Implied as one of the mates directed to supply the carpenter with materials.

CXV: The Pequod Meets the Bachelor

Implied to be among the crew; the Bachelor's material success and full holds contrast with the Pequod's singular, non-commercial purpose.

CXVI: The Dying Whale

Implied to be part of the crew during the day's successful whaling activities that set the scene.

The Candles

Works with Stubb to direct the men in securing the boats during the typhoon before the appearance of the corpusants.

CXXI: Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks

Challenges Stubb's inconsistent opinions on Ahab's danger, displaying a more literal and skeptical mindset. He is the straight man to Stubb's rambling logic.

CXXIV: The Needle

Like Stubb, quietly follows orders while sharing in the tense atmosphere.

CXXVI: The Life-Buoy

Leads the watch startled by the cries; recounts the event to Ahab; pragmatically suggests using the coffin as a life-buoy.

CXXXIV: The Chase—Second Day

His boat is destroyed alongside Stubb's; he is seen bobbing in the water 'like an empty vial,' trying to escape sharks.

CXXXV: The Chase—Third Day

In the final moments, responds to Stubb's desperate cry for cherries with a pragmatic thought about his mother receiving his part-pay.