# All's Well That Ends Well explained — Journey to the Center of the Earth

> Chapter companion for Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.

## What happens

The expedition returns to Hamburg to a hero's welcome. Professor Liedenbrock becomes famous, though the compass mystery remains. Axel marries Gräuben, and Hans returns to Iceland. The compass's reversed poles are later discovered to be caused by the electric storm on the Liedenbrock Sea, resolving the final mystery.

## Themes in this chapter

### Scientific Curiosity and Ambition

The Professor's relentless pursuit of knowledge and the eventual resolution of the compass mystery highlight the drive to understand even the most puzzling phenomena.

### The Limits of Human Knowledge

The unexplained compass initially frustrates the Professor, but the discovery of its reversal underscores how natural forces can confound human understanding.

## Character check-ins

### Axel Liedenbrock

Returns home, marries Gräuben, and later discovers the compass mystery.

### Professor Otto Liedenbrock

Receives great fame, gives a public lecture, and finally learns the compass was reversed by the electric storm.

### Hans Bjelke

Leaves Hamburg to return to Iceland, refusing rewards.

### Gräuben

Joyfully reunites with Axel and becomes his wife.

## Key lines

> During the electric storm on the Liedenbrock sea, that ball of fire, which magnetised all the iron on board, reversed the poles of our magnet!

The electric storm's fireball magnetized the iron and flipped the compass poles.

_Axel explains the compass reversal to his uncle._

> Farval , said he one day; and with that simple word he left us and sailed for Reykjavík, which he reached in safety.

Hans said goodbye and sailed safely back to Reykjavík.

_Hans departs for Iceland._

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