Moby-Dick ch. 98-100

ch. 98:
"this is man killing! Yet this is life." This fits into the theme of whaling as a religion. These men are chasing after something that they maybe shouldn't be (the whales and the danger that comes with them). It could be argued that by giving up their lives to whaling, they have decided to give up christianity as their religion and take on whaling.

ch. 99:
In this chapter, Ahab compares himself with Lucifer, or Satan. He is heard to be talking about how he thinks himself to be firm, courageous, undaunted, and victorious. This is a small foreshadow of the things that are to come for Ahab. At this point he is just starting to become a little more crazed about the idea of catching the white whale. The foreshadow lies in his comaparison with Lucifer (an archangel who fell from heaven). It could represent Ahab's fall from power.

ch. 100:
In this chapter there is a contrast between the English captain and Ahab. Both men have lost a limb to Moby Dick, but the English captain doesn't have the same feelings of revenge towards the whale. He feels that if he tries to catch the white whale, that it will cost him his other arm, or his life. For him that is too high a price. Ahab is the complete opposite. He wants to find the whale and to destroy it because of what he did to his leg.