Even though this chapter is not as important as chapters 35 and 36, we do get a lot of tiny details that I believe to be very important for the upcoming chapters. The first detail I notice is in one of the passages where Ishmael was describing Ahab’s actions and posture in front of people, “Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his war-like but still deferential cubs. In his own proper turn, each officer waited to be served. They were as little children before Ahab, and yet, in Ahab, there seemed not to lurk the smallest social arrogance.” (162). At first glance, I was quite confused about this particular passage because why everyone was afraid of Ahab. There was no hostility from him, and yet, in this passage, he acts as one of the god-like figures that were mentioned in the last couple of chapters. This time, it is war-like. I had a feeling that Melville wanted Ahab to be an authoritative figure. Even though he looks normal in front of others, Ahab carries that terrifying aura of do not mess with me, or otherwise your life will be at risk sort of thing. People know what he is capable of, and they understand the consequences behind it; hence, Ahab was a literal god in front of others. The second detail I would like to point out is when Ishmael later pointed out that he is “an officer” (164). This is quite interesting because I had a hunch that Ishmael is starting to give out small hints about who he really is, and this time, I theorize that he is one of the officers who were calling himself children in front of Ahab. This revealed that everything Ishmael described is probably his experience on this ship; hence, we are being locked through his perspective most of the time. What I would really like to know and am still pondering is that we all know that the ship wrecked by the end, then how is Ishmael still alive? Is there some sort of betrayal he did to the ship, hence we get very little information about him? I would like to learn more about it. But, it will probably be revealed as we read more in the later chapters.