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This page is important because it reveals the purpose of why the characters are planning on going out to sea, to hunt a sea monster.

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This page is important because it introduces the narrator of the story to the audience, Pierre Aronnax.

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Verne helps create a sense of realism by having Nemo be able to speak multiple languages so that he is able to communicate the multiple ethnicity groups that are aboard the Nautilus.

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This is the scene where the captain finally reveals his name as Nemo. Nemo would help to describe him because in Latin, Nemo means “no one,” which is fitting because he remains a very mysterious figure throughout the entire story.

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To make someone like Nemo seem more realistic, Verne has Nemo smoke even though he is on a submarine.

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In this scene, Nemo explains his love of freedom, which is why he decided to live in the sea, which establishes his hate of society and imperialism.

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In order to explain how a contraption like the Nautilus could realistically power itself, especially in the 1870s, he has Nemo explain how electricity is able to make everything on the Nautilus run.

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In this scene, Nemo shows to Aronnax that he does not know as much as he actually thinks he does. This characterizes Aronnax as arrogant and thinking that he knows everything there is to know about science.

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While on the island of Gilboa for the purpose of hunting game, the crew of the Nautilus come across some island natives who attack them. They escape before anyone can be hurt.

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The theme of the novel is exploration, and this scene shows this as the crew of the Nautilus explore an entire forest under the sea made out of sea weed and other aquatic plants.

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The theme of the novel is exploration, and this scene shows this as the crew of the Nautilus explore a beautiful coral area teeming with life.

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While pearl diving, Nemo comes across a colossal clam with a pearl inside. In this scene, the pearl represents the Nautilus because of instead of taking the pearl, he leaves the pearl to stay alone and untouched, just like how the Nautilus is isolated from all of society.

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The theme of the novel is exploration, and this scene shows this as the crew of the Nautilus explore the lost city of Atlantis.

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In waters near Africa, the Nautilus comes across a group of sperm whales. The sperm whales here represent the idea of imperialism. Captain Nemo, who hates society because powerful imperialists control it, begins hunting them down as he states that sperm whales exist only to hunt and kill prey, similarly to imperialists.

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A large amount of massive squids attack the Nautilus and threaten to sink it. In the process of fighting the off, many passengers of the Nautilus are killed by the squids.

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Captain Nemo’s melancholy piano playing represents his depressed state. He seems to have lost much of his purpose after many of his crew mates were killed by squids, and the Nautilus is wandering around the ocean aimlessly.

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The final conflict in the novel, a massive storm begins to throw around the Nautilus. The condition of the Nautilus after the storm is unknown.

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During the storm, Aronnax is knocked unconscious and so has no recollection of the event leading up to his awakening on land.

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Aronnax has no idea what has happened to the Nautilus or Captain Nemo.

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Although Aronnax does not know whether or not Nemo is alive, he hopes that if he is living, that he has learned something from their journey together.