Question

Choose one of these short pieces and do a short interpretation of it.

Captain Nemo's speech on the sea (Part 1, Chapter 10), "Yes, I love it! The sea is everything.... There I am free!"


Captain Nemo's speech on the Nautilus (Part 1, Chapter 12), "Yes, ... and I love it as if it were part of myself, ... for I am at once captain, builder, and engineer."

Can someone please help me out?

Answer 1

Captain Nemo's speech on the sea (Part 1, Chapter 10), "Yes, I love it! The sea is everything... There I am free!"

Judging by these lines, Captain Nemo is proud of his achievements and I can see his passion when he started his lines. his works are parts of his life as a captain, builder, and engineer.

Answer 2

The history of Captain Nemo in the book "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" remains a mystery. However, in the course of the narrative, the reader is given some clues of what forged him as a stern captain. When he says "There I am free", referring to the ocean, it is possible to infer that he had a somehow captive life on land. He also reaffirms his refusal to go back to land for he would sacrifice the freedom of knowing the submarine world in his Nautilus. The words "builder" and "engineer" denote an academic education, the best disponible back then; he was able to design a submarine with electrical technology, the great Nautilus that made that under water journey possible.