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    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a classic for the ages. Its crisp details of the oceanic life and its scenes of action will leave a reader breathless. Through the eyes of Professor Aronnax, we learn about ocean life and why Captain Nemo does what he does. Our main character is Professor Aronnax. Smart and well-known around the world, he travels with his servant, Conseil to teach and lecture about the marine world. Conseil, on the other hand, is quiet, and speaks whenever he feels fit. Strangely, he only speaks in third-person, something that has irritated Professor Aronnax for a long time. Another character introduced to the reader is Ned Land. He is very fond of his harpoon gun, and is known around Canada and the U.S as the best harpooner there is. Our last important character is Captain Nemo. As described by the professor, "A disciple of Gratiolet or Engel would have read his face like an open book. I made out his prevailing qualities directly: self-confidence – because his head was well set on his shoulders, and his black eyes looked around with cold assurance; calmness -- for his skin, rather pale, showed his coolness of blood; energy -- evinced by the rapid contraction of his lofty brows; and courage -- because his deep breathing denoted power from his lungs." (Verne 47).…

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    20,000 Leagues Under The Sea One of the most important technology in the story was the Nautilus AKA the submarine used as the transportation for the crew in the story and harpoons to attack the monster and kill it. Captain Nemo is the one leading the crew and does not like war but still kills many monsters with the harpoon. Deep sea exploration was possible during the time period talked about in the story submarines were used for underwater exploration but there was no mythical creatures such…

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    “In the year 1866 the whole maritime population of Europe and America was excited by a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon.” This is the first line of Jules Verne’s novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. I chose to read this novel because my grandfather spoke highly of it. He’d wanted me to read it for a while, so I downloaded the audiobook. I never got around to listening to it until I got this project. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to get it read. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is a…

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    gatherings of giant squids, to attacks by savages, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is packed with adventure and peril. The excitement starts in the first few chapters, and continues through the entirety of the book. As the characters of Professor Aronnax, his servant by the name of Conseil, Ned Land the harpooner, and Captain Nemo traverse the seas, the book may appear childish, not something with deeper meaning or of literary merit. The fact is, the author, Jules Verne, wrote 20,000 Leagues…

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    Jules Verne’s realistic fiction novels use formal and complex real life vocabulary, mixed with his special and unique pieces like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Paris in the Twentieth Century that make readers truly ecstatic to read about a protagonist and their trustworthy partner go on a scientific adventure to places of the unknown, to make discoveries for mankind. His style of writing is very intriguing and adventurous. Verne’s novels have very…

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    Published in 1868, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is a science-fiction novel written by Jules Verne. This novel talks about the importance of trust and teamwork. The plot of the novel is about the underwater journey of three men and their life-changing incidents. The author revolves this plot around four main characters and has and an interesting theme. This book starts out by talking about a mysterious sea creature that has damaged many ships. Even though many expeditions were sent, the creature…

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    In the book 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, Captain Nemo, who built a self-sustaining submarine to with the thought of abandoning humanity and never coming back. Gradually this drives him insane. In the beginning he has secluded himself from humanity and seems to dislike people, however, throughout the novel he slowly changes from a level-headed man to a broken man who is full of anguish. Aronnax watches Nemo as he slowly learns that how hiding behind technology can't solve your…

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    Ned Land Analysis

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    “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”…

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    In the novel 20 00 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the main characters’ lives are turned upside down and are forced to live under the sea for a total of 20 000 leagues of traveling. Now being in a submarine can be very incredible. But after a couple months, the life of the past can seem to be missing, and being stuck under the sea for that long can start to be a bother. Jules Verne clearly shows the limit to how interesting something, to the day it becomes a pain to sanity. At the…

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    The Separation 1. Call to Adventure- Marlin is a clown fish with a son named Nemo. Marlin constantly warns Nemo not to venture into the open sea because it is very dangerous. On Nemo’s first day of school, he was dared to go out to the open sea and “touch the butt” of the ship that was in the distance and then swim back. Before he was able to swim back, Nemo was scooped up by a scuba driver that would then bring him to a dentist office and Nemo would be put into a fish tank. 2. Refusal of the…

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