Captain Nemo In 20000 Leagues Under The Sea
20000 Leagues Under the Sea
In this book a quite outstanding character is Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo is the captain of the Nautilus, and he has vowed to never return to solid land. Throughout the whole story his character is mysterious, but after every event a little aspect of him is revealed to the reader. A great aspect is his loyalty. His loyalty is clearly portrayed when a crew member dies and he cries. “As I said, Captain Nemo wept while staring at the waves. His grief was immense.” (Verne, 417). Here we see how Captain Nemo is very loyal, and even thought it was just a crew member he loved him as if he was family. Even though he was very loyal he still considered himself above humans. “I'm the law, I'm the tribunal! I'm the oppressed, …show more content…
and there are my oppressors! Thanks to them, I've witnessed the destruction of everything I loved, cherished, and venerated-- homeland, wife, children, father, and mother! There lies everything I hate!” (Verne, 441). In the midst of his anger he shouts out these words, which show why he hates land, and how he considers he is the one to rule the ocean. This is clearly not a Christian character, since the judge is God. “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.” (New International Version, Isaiah. 33.22)
This book was a roller-coaster to read.
At first the book started quite slow and interesting, with a bunch of scientific names and a lot of ocean biology. What I really liked about this book was the diversity of the characters in the Nautilus. There was the scientist, the captain, the servant and the strong guy. I really liked how their views were quite different, but they managed to have a good relationship. This book made me realize how vast the ocean is, and how little we know about it. We barely know what happens in the surface, and much less what is happening at six kilometers under the surface. The challenge of this book was the book itself. It named so many animals that I didn’t know. Also towards the end the book got repetitive and was a bit slow to read, combining it with tons of facts it gets boring after the 250th page. But overall I enjoyed the book, I thought it was quite nice to see how much effort Jules Verne did in the research. I also liked the fact that when this book was reading there were no submarines, and this is quite interesting because it’s not the first book from Jules Verne that has an object or an event that happens later in history. The best part about the book in my opinion is the Nautilus. The machinery, the electrical part, and its mechanism are really unique and quite well
designed.
In this book a quite outstanding character is Captain Nemo. Captain Nemo is the captain of the Nautilus, and he has vowed to never return to solid land. Throughout the whole story his character is mysterious, but after every event a little aspect of him is revealed to the reader. A great aspect is his loyalty. His loyalty is clearly portrayed when a crew member dies and he cries. “As I said, Captain Nemo wept while staring at the waves. His grief was immense.” (Verne, 417). Here we see how Captain Nemo is very loyal, and even thought it was just a crew member he loved him as if he was family. Even though he was very loyal he still considered himself above humans. “I'm the law, I'm the tribunal! I'm the oppressed, …show more content…
and there are my oppressors! Thanks to them, I've witnessed the destruction of everything I loved, cherished, and venerated-- homeland, wife, children, father, and mother! There lies everything I hate!” (Verne, 441). In the midst of his anger he shouts out these words, which show why he hates land, and how he considers he is the one to rule the ocean. This is clearly not a Christian character, since the judge is God. “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; it is he who will save us.” (New International Version, Isaiah. 33.22)
This book was a roller-coaster to read.
At first the book started quite slow and interesting, with a bunch of scientific names and a lot of ocean biology. What I really liked about this book was the diversity of the characters in the Nautilus. There was the scientist, the captain, the servant and the strong guy. I really liked how their views were quite different, but they managed to have a good relationship. This book made me realize how vast the ocean is, and how little we know about it. We barely know what happens in the surface, and much less what is happening at six kilometers under the surface. The challenge of this book was the book itself. It named so many animals that I didn’t know. Also towards the end the book got repetitive and was a bit slow to read, combining it with tons of facts it gets boring after the 250th page. But overall I enjoyed the book, I thought it was quite nice to see how much effort Jules Verne did in the research. I also liked the fact that when this book was reading there were no submarines, and this is quite interesting because it’s not the first book from Jules Verne that has an object or an event that happens later in history. The best part about the book in my opinion is the Nautilus. The machinery, the electrical part, and its mechanism are really unique and quite well
designed.