# Fleece — Moby-Dick character guide

> Fleece in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Fleece

**First appearance:** 0064-lxi-stubb-kills-a-whale

## Who they are

The elderly, deaf cook of the Pequod whom Stubb lectures on cooking whale steak properly.

## In the story

### [LXIV: Stubb’s Supper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/moby_dick_se/chapters/lxiv-stubb-s-supper)

The old black cook, roused from sleep; reluctantly preaches to the sharks at Stubb's command, delivering a humorous sermon on self-governance; is criticized by Stubb for his cooking.

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