∗Notice what he won't say.

what is he protecting?

∗The economy is doing the work the emotion refuses to.

this hurts in a way I can't name yet

∗Pamplona will return to this.

∗The whale is never just a whale.

ishmael keeps saying "we" but means "I"

∗Ahab names the thing and loses himself to it.

∗The irony is structural, not decorative.

she sees through everyone, including herself

∗Marriage is the plot. Survival is the stakes.