Answer:
A) It may take me months, if not years, to train for a marathon
Answer:
Character vs. Self
Explanation:
He is arguing with himself whether he should tell or keep his lips sealed.
Helplessness. is the answer
This detail exemplifies the larger theme of the futility of human efforts to dominate nature.
The entire novel revolves around that theme - whether Ahab as a human is capable of dominating Moby Dic, which is a whale and thus a representative of nature. Nature seems to be winning constantly and humans are ultimately unable to conquer it because nature is unconquerable. <span />
