how did ned land plan to capture the animal
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Answer:
He's a harpooner, a man of the sea, but his name is Land.
Explanation:
While Aronnax aspires to lofty knowledge and greatness and all, Ned's desires are pretty basic. He likes freedom, hunting, and eating what he hunts. As we see early on, Ned classifies fish based on the way they taste. He has no time for Conseil's scientific classification gobbledygook, and he has even less patience for Aronnax's starry eyes (for the deep sea).
Now, don't go thinking that Ned's a totally sad sack. He's capable of amazing acts of bravery. He saves Nemo from a killer shark, and puts his life on the line to take down a killer squid.
He's simply—and this may come as a shock—too sensitive, and too used to living on land, to enjoy himself on the Nautilus. By the end of the book, he's on the verge of suicide, and it's only an act of daring that frees him from Nemo's grasp… And the clutches of the ever-frightening Maelstrom (a.k.a. the Whirlpool of Doom).
Finally, it's important to note that, according to Aronnax, Land is both French-Canadian and American. He speaks English and French with equal ease, and seems to be both typically Anglo-Saxon and classically French. So, in stark contrast to Aronnax and Nemo's staunch nationalism, this guy's kind of a melting pot.
Ned's multiple nationalities speak to his general level-headedness. Ned believes in what he sees (with that absolutely perfect vision of his), not what he reads in stuffy old books, unlike Professor Arrogance—er, Aronnax. Land is the doer to Aronnax's thinker.
To be sure, Ned is the one who keeps Aronnax from totally going off the deep end (har har) along with Nemo. He's Aronnax's foil. (See our "Character Roles" section for more on the antagonistic relationship between these two characters.)