Guideline

The sea is the ultimate guideline and home for sailors. They revolve around the sea, and not the other way around. Something many seem to forget. As part one comes to an end, it seems as though many forget their lifeline; the sea.. The sea has been something that not only the sailors in the novel depend on, but also sailors world wide. In the film "Master and Commander" we can also see the importance of the sea and how their accomplishments depended on this.

"Marlow, unlike most of us, still lived by the sea."  In this quote we can see that he felt a great passion for the sea, and that his life revolved around it. Most men were only concentrated in reaching the treasures, whereas Marlow recognized that they were dependent on the sea. That depending on how the Sea takes them, they will obtain their success or failure.

Furthermore, in the movie "Master and Commander", where Her majesties men departed months at a time, to different destinations to  fight for there motherland or reach treasures, depended on one thing. The Sea. In this movie the sea can play as a villain or a hero, because the men's victories or failures depended on this. When the sea wasn't in their favor they would lose, when it was they obtained success. They lived by the sea, it was their guideline, and they had to have the will to follow it.

This relates to the novel, because the men in the movie and Marlow both shared the philosophy of "living by the sea", it was their home, not an obligation. Their victories depended on this, and they had to have the patience to obtain it. In both the novel and the film, highlight the importance of the sea and how it affects their outcomes. How although the sea may not be in their favor, they must have respect for it and patience until it does. They have to be able to read what the sea is telling them, and look at it in the right way, to reach success.