# Ishmael — Moby-Dick character guide

> Ishmael in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Unknown, the stranger, a stranger, the narrator

**First appearance:** 0004-i-loomings

## Who they are

The narrator and sole survivor of the Pequod's voyage, who signs on for a whaling journey to cure his melancholy.

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