I got hooked while reading this chapter because this is one of the most realistic chapters that I have ever seen so far. You might be wondering: “Why is it realistic?” I would say that it is because humans were born with a desire for something that they longed for a period of time, or rather, I would say, we were born with greed in our minds, at least for once in our lifetime. In this case, for Stubb, it’s the riches that he has always been after. There is a passage where they display Stubb’s true desire, where he said: “Stick to the boat, Pip, or by the Lord, I won’t pick you up if you jump; mind that. We can’t afford to lose whales by the likes of you; a whale would sell for thirty times what you would, Pip, in Alabama. Bear that in mind, and don’t jump anymore. Hereby perhaps Stubb indirectly hinted that though man loves his fellow, yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.” (Melville 452). Why does this matter, you might ask. It matters because at the end of the day, there is something that we are always after, there is something that we keep in our minds at night to remind ourselves why we are pursuing our goals, for what purpose we are pursuing this. When it comes to Stubb, he loves his fellow man, Pip, for sure, but if he were to be given a chance to save Pip or the whale, what would he choose? I think you already know the answer. The whale makes a profit because it is considered to be the creature of the sea; it makes a profit because of the oil that humans want to exploit for their own benefits. Stubb is inherently blinded by riches that Melville considers a ‘money-making animal’ because he has already set his mind on the money, and nothing could change that. Stubb is like an animal with no thoughts when it comes to money; it is the only thing that is keeping him going, and it is the only thing that he desires. Also, when Stubb said, “By the likes of you”, there is a sense of arrogance coming from his side. It is the utter annoyance that Stubb is expressing here, and I wondered if we’ll get to see more of his side later on.