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This 5 page paper discusses the theme of freedom in the novle, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Vern. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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leaving them to the mercies of the deep, he intends to keep his guests aboard ship. It is during his stay with Captain Nemo that the professor begins to gain
a new and terrible appreciation of what it truly means to be free. I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I
do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!(Vern 69). This passage clearly
lays the groundwork for the ultimate diatribe that Nemo will deliver later on in the same scene as regards freedom. He is illustrating with utter contempt the laws of the
topside world, laws which sought to restrict him and his research. It is clear that he despises mankind for his shortsightedness and as such, then, he is done with society
and its pleasant rules of engagement. He is reminding the professor that they are not on land, nor are they under the province of any ruler, save one: Nemo.
This was said plainly. A flash of anger and disdain kindled in the eyes of the Unknown, and I had a glimpse of a terrible past in the life of
this man. Not only had he put himself beyond the pale of human laws, but he had made himself independent of them, free in the strictest acceptation of the word,
quite beyond their reach! Who then would dare to pursue him at the bottom of the sea, when, on its surface, he defied all attempts made against him?(Vern 69).
It dawns upon the professor then, that Nemo is the freest man on the face of the planet. Not only does Nemo
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