A character in this novel asserts that to "obey God, we must disobey ourselves." A scene from this novel in which the narrator sees a Black congregation at church, which he calls the "Parliament of Tophet," (TOE-fet) may have inspired a scene in Invisible Man of a preacher discussing the "Blackness of Blackness." A religious man in this novel argues that its narrator should only be paid the "seven hundred and seventy-seventh lay." This novel's narrator decides that the "will of God" is for him to "turn idolator" after a man in this novel who worships a small idol of Yojo tells him that "henceforth we were married." Characters in this novel believe that Fedallah is secretly the devil. Father Mapple gives a sermon on Jonah before Queequeg and this novel's narrator board the Pequod. For 10 points, name this novel by Herman Melville titled for a whale. ■END■
ANSWER: Moby-Dick [or Moby-Dick; or, The Whale]
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