Which best describes another comparison that Melville could have used to symbolize the rigid and unalterable character of Ahab in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick ?

Ahab is portrayed as rigid and unchanging, so a stone monument is the strongest comparison: it is solid, fixed in place, and not easily altered. A full moon and a forest fire change over time, while an uninhabited island does not as directly suggest Ahab’s hard, inflexible character.

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