<Tab/>The story begins with the narrator Ishmael who is tired of his same old routine of life. Ishmael decides to go out to sea and search for some excitement. Ishmael talks about how he never goes to sea as a passenger or a captain, but a simple sailor. He talks about how honorable he feels being the one helping the passengers, while he is getting paid, and how much better it is to get paid to clean up a little bit out one the sea rather then paying to go out.
<Tab/>When Ishmael sets off to find an adventure he stops to rest at New Bedford at a place called "Th…
