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20 000 Leagues Under The Sea

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The story starts off with Professor Pierre Aronnax as the main character. Various nations are speculating about a large marine animal. They believe it could be a very large narwhal. M. Aronnax does believe it is a large animal and not a large submarine vehicle. While returning to his current residence in New York City, he receives a letter ask him to join an expedition to rid of the strange creature. M. Aronnax and his servant Conseil board the Abraham Lincoln, which is one of the fastest ships in the American Navy.

After a long days and nights aboard the ship, M. Aronnax befriends Ned Land, the Canadian harpooner. The captain of the ship then calls a "Three days grace" where if they do not find the creature, then they will return back to the land. On the very last day, Ned spots the creature's luminous light coming from what looks like the eye. They decide to pursue it, but the creature is too fast for them. After a while chasing it, the beast starts to play with them by circling them multiple times. It even tried to ram the ship, but suddenly dives right under them. The ship soon loses the race to keep up with the animal. After …show more content…

Captain Nemo explains to them that they will be held in confinement on the ship for the rest of their lives as he fears they will reveal the ship's secrets. Captain Nemo entertains them with his vast library, and also shows them the saloon. The saloon is part of the ship where most of Captain Nemo studies aquatic life. The room is also transparent allowing them to see the ocean within the ship. M. Aronnax somewhat "befriends" Captain Nemo. His host soon explains the idea of how the Nautilus works. After a few days, M. Aronnax and his companions see no sign of the crew of Captain Nemo himself. Once he returns to his room however, he finds a note of invitation to have an undersea hunting near the island of Crespo with Captain

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