This is his direct revenge.This motif has been an undercurrent from the moment his character is introduced in the book. Instead of taking the victory and moving on, Nemo sinks the ship. The second stage is killing those who killed his loved ones a vessel representing the government at whose hands his family was murdered comes on the attack, and the Nautilus overpowers them easily. He absolutely rejects this fundamental of civilized culture, and in this way is getting his revenge by his non participation. The first stage of his revenge was directed at people in general by withdrawing from civilization, and living under the sea where there are no borders and because of that, no governments.

He wants nothing more than to avenge their deaths. This need is perfectly understandable because his family, whom he loved dearly, have been murdered by the government of his old country. Throughout the book there is an undercurrent of anger and the reason for this is Nemo's need for revenge. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Overall, it's definitely worth a view but I still like Disney's adaption better even if it's not even half-accurate to the novel.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. I'm not against romance but here I had no idea it was a romance until Arronax and his future wife kissed. Unlike most TV movie animated films, this one isn't all that bad but if it didn't include the romantic subplot between Professor Arronax and his future wife it would've probably been a whole lot better. Just a side note, According to the Jules Verne novel, Ned Land is Canadian. The journal, is essentially 20,000 leagues under the sea, as told by a young Bernadette, who smuggles herself aboard the Abraham Lincoln after Professor Arronax, his faithful assistant Conseil, and the Canadian Harpoonist Ned Land, who is actually African-Canadian in this adaption. Starting in the modern day, 3 young kids go skin diving off the coast of New York and find a treasure chest containing a journal. Whoever was writing the script must have had Titanic on the mind because the character of Bernadette was almost identical to that of Rose. It also threw in something that really was not necessary. This one was actually more faithful to the actual novel than the 1954 Disney adaption, although not entirely accurate. I mean, DiC never let me down before so why would this be any different? It wasn't. I sat down and watched this out of pure curiosity.

Twenty leagues under the sea