# Pip — Moby-Dick character guide

> Pip in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Pip, Poor Pip, base little Pip, Black Little Pip

**First appearance:** 0093-xc-heads-or-tails

## Who they are

A young African American cabin boy who goes mad after being left adrift at sea during a whale chase.

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