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2 · Jonah
Article · Literature
Melville framed the novel with a sermon. The verse opens the sermon — Jonah rose up to flee.
Father Mapple preaches Jonah before the Pequod sails. Ishmael listens. Ahab does not attend. The verse names the choice the rest of the novel turns on — accept the call, or rise up and flee.
Article · Places
The great city the prophet was sent to — Nineveh.
120,000 inhabitants in the eighth century BC. The Assyrian Empire's capital. The walls and gates are still partially standing. The city's name is still on the map.