Read this passage from Moby . What can you infer about the whale from Ahab’s description? Receiving the topmaul from Starbuck, he advanced towards the mainmast with the hammer uplifted in one hand, exhibiting the gold with the other, and with a high raised voice exclaiming: “Whosoever of ye raises me a white-headed whale with a wrinkled brow and a crooked jaw; whosoever of ye raises me that white-headed whale, with three holes punctured in his starboard fluke—look ye, whosoever of ye raises me that same white whale, he shall have this gold ounce, my boys!”

The whale is more valuable than any other type of whale.

The whale has been through many battles.

The whale is a figment of Ahab’s imagination.

The whale is beautiful and majestic.