The Mysterious Island

“It must be at least two o’clock,” replied Conseil. “How time flies on dry land!” exclaimed Ned Land with a sigh of regret. (159) It was clear that Ned Land was unhappy being aboard the Nautilus. At the end of the novel, when a mysterious ship had appeared. Ned Land was willing to die than be stuck on the Nautilus any longer. “… ‘I hope she attacks this infernal Nautilus and, if necessary, sink us!’”(405). Ned Land is willing to risk his life in order to be free from “this infernal Nautilus” (405). Aronnax and Ned Land both are prisoners; however, they have very different views on their situation. During their journey through the Red Sea, Aronnax tries to convince Ned Land that escaping would be a waste of such a unique opportunity, but Ned Land retorts with, “‘That’s all very well, but in my opinion, one cannot be happy unless he is free’” (227). Ned Land recognizes that they are trapped and cannot use their free will: “But do you realize, Monsieur Aronnax,” the Canadian…

Prison Vs. Freedom During class discussions, the idea of freedom vs. prison has been brought up multiple times with regard to Professor Aronnax and his fellow companions whilst on board the Nautilus. While on a hunt for the evasive “giant narwhal,” the boat that Arronax, Counseil, and Ned Land were traveling on was struck by the Nautilus, sending all three men overboard. They are later taken into the vessel which struck them as “prisoners.” The Nautilus, which is a submarine captained by a…

is then introduced to Professor Aronnax and his servant, Conseil. He's in the U.S. to give a lecture on the marine life, when he is asked about this strange object. He gives his best answer on it and says that it's a giant narwhal. After the lecture, he is about to leave for France when he receives a letter from the Navy asking him to participate in a hunt for the giant narwhal. He goes, and a few months later, they find the beast. Attempting to shoot it, master harpooner Ned Land fires his…

for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs unfolds the story of abnormal people with a mysterious past. When 16-year-old Jacob Portman finds his storytelling grandfather dead in the woods and a monster with a face of a nightmare beside him he starts to rethink everything. Jacob decides to look more into these children his grandfather always talked about, combing through his old archives, discovering many crucial pieces that all corresponded to one place, a children's home in a small island…

Trip to Hundred Islands In the summer of my third grade, when I was eight years old, I remembered when my parents told me that we were going to take a trip to Hundred Islands National Park in Pangasinan, Philippines. I said “ Are you being serious?” I was shocked, but excited when they told me. I couldn’t sleep that night, I was too hyped and thrilled. I thought it was quite spontaneous of them to decided to go to this trip since they were so occupied with work. The night before, I researched…

The world is a transcendent place, it is diverse, unique, and seemingly unreplicatable, but, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies the world is replicated. The small island on which a large group of English schoolboys become stranded after a mysterious plane crash is a perfect example of a microcosm, a little world. As the story progresses the boys become representations of humanity’s strongest and weakest aspects. Some will mirror leaders while others will take a more submissive role in the…

Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

argument using a theory of convergent evolution. This hybrid five-part inductive argument allows Coyne to explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin. Secondly, this hybrid…

How close is modern America’s government to controlling all, if not most, of our society today? Our current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society.…

A Response to “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The whimsical city of Omelas is a beautifully portrayed utopia, or model of a perfect society. Everyone who is anyone would love to live in this place of joy and happiness. This futuristic society has no ruler and no laws but everything seems to work in perfect harmony. But there is one simple, yet disturbing rule. One must suffer for everyone to have this perfectly happy life. I would be one to walk away from Omelas , reason being in my eyes…