Pip

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Black character in literature cabin boy fictional character literary character

Pip is a young Black cabin boy aboard the Pequod in Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick," whose traumatic experience at sea leads to a profound, prophetic madness.

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Label Occurrences
Pip canonical 13
Philip Pirrip 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Black character in literature ⓘ
cabin boy ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Moby-Dick ⓘ
associatedWithTheme madness ⓘ
marginalization ⓘ
race ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
spiritual revelation ⓘ
createdBy Herman Melville ⓘ
ethnicity Black ⓘ
experiences prolonged isolation in the ocean ⓘ
fallsOverboard during a whale hunt ⓘ
firstAppearance Moby-Dick ⓘ
firstAppearanceChapter “The Cabin” ⓘ
gains visionary insight ⓘ
hasRelationshipWith Captain Ahab ⓘ
homeRegion Connecticut ⓘ
influences Ahab’s self-understanding ⓘ
isAbandonedAtSeaBy whaleboat crew ⓘ
isDescribedAs small ⓘ
timid ⓘ
isProtectedBy Richard Parker ⓘ
surface form: Ahab
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod American Renaissance ⓘ
narrativeRole minor character ⓘ
prophetic madman ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation cabin boy ⓘ
playsInstrument tambourine ⓘ
race Black ⓘ
roleOnShip musician ⓘ
servant ⓘ
servesUnder Captain Ahab ⓘ
speaksIn cryptic language ⓘ
prophetic utterances ⓘ
suffersFrom madness ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
symbolizes moral and spiritual insight ⓘ
the cost of whaling’s violence on the vulnerable ⓘ
the thin line between sanity and madness ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction 19th century whaling era ⓘ
undergoes traumatic experience at sea ⓘ
workPublishedIn 1851 ⓘ
worksOnShip the Pequod ⓘ
surface form: Pequod

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moby-Dick → hasCharacter → Pip ⓘ
The Mystery Series → hasMainCharacter → Pip ⓘ
Scottie Pippen → nickname → Pip ⓘ
the Pequod → hasCrewMember → Pip ⓘ
subject surface form: Pequod
Fatty → hasFriend → Pip ⓘ
Bets → hasSibling → Pip ⓘ
Philip → hasDiminutive → Pip ⓘ
Gladys Knight & the Pips → namedAfter → Pip ⓘ
Pip Torrens → givenName → Pip ⓘ
Pero → hasAlternativeName → Pip ⓘ
Great Expectations → protagonistFullName → Pip ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philip Pirrip
Toby Irvine → portrayedCharacter → Pip ⓘ
“The Cabin” → introducesCharacter → Pip ⓘ
subject surface form: The Cabin
“The Cabin” → featuresCharacter → Pip ⓘ
subject surface form: The Cabin