Which best explains the purpose of the first two paragraphs of chapter 28 of moby dic?
a.) they provide background information on the tasks required of the crew on a whaling ship.
b.) they explain ahab’s inner motivation for sequestering himself inside his cabin.
c.) they lead the reader into a description of the novel’s main character, ahab.
d.) they give the reader a detailed description of the crew’s ship, the pequod.

C.) They lead the reader into a description of the novel’s main character, Ahab.

Captain Ahab is the main character in Moby Dic written by Herman Melville. He is the captain of a whaling ship called Pequod. Capitain Ahab lost his leg on a voyage when it was bitten by a white whale called Moby Dic. Ahab has to wear a prosthetic leg. He wants revenge and he uses his ship abd his crew to hunt the whale.

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