Three small whaling boats, leaking and sun-scorched. Index of suffering: starvation (entry 7), dehydration (entry 9), delirium (entry 11). Men resorted to cannibalism—a fact Melville omitted, but history records.
The last survivor. Wrote his memoir in 1876 but hid it in a trunk, unread for 84 years. In the index of memory, his name is cross-referenced with shame and truth . index of in the heart of the sea
Endless, indifferent, and patient. Every entry—man, whale, ship, hunger—eventually folds back into her. The index of the heart of the sea has only one entry: depth . Three small whaling boats, leaking and sun-scorched