Jules Verne's 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea

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It promptly fitted a frigate, the Abraham Lincoln, to destroy the beast, and invited Pierre to join them, for his science capabilities. For many months they searched, but could not find this Narwhale anywhere. When they found it, it attacked the ship, disabling it, and sending M. Aronnax, Ned Land (a harpooner) and Conseil (servant of Pierre) overboard. Soon, the three were guests in the Narwhale, now known to be a ship, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. During the stay aboard the Nautilus, Pierre Conseil and Ned encounter and discover many wonderful and interesting facts from the sea. Often, they would accompany the captain in an under water expedition. Several of these excursions were to hunt, and others were simply to explore a submarine region. One of the times when the purpose was just to investigate an underwater region, Captain Nemo and M. Aronnax explored the lost city of Atlantis. On a separate occasion, Pierre found that there was a supply of coal underwater that the Nautilus used as a source of fuel. In addition to underwater excursions, the Nautilus itself was on a round the world journey, which accounted for the most exiting time of the book. This was when Captain Nemo was attempting to access the South Pole. That meant passing the Great Ice Barrier, and surviving with very little air. During this rather long voyage, the submarine gets wedged between two icebergs,

In the novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, the author develops a charming protagonist named professor Arronax. He and his faithful servant Conseil were originally aboard the Abraham Lincoln in search of a cetacean that had been destroying boats worldwide. They were on the boat a few months when the finally found this “cetacean” then it hit the Abraham Lincoln sending Conseil, Professor Aronnax, and his friend Ned Land overboard. They were soon rescued by a submarine. The submarine turned out to be the cetacean that had been destroying ships. They soon met Captain Nemo, a man who wanted to cut himself off from society so he built a submarine that

“20,000 leagues under the sea”, by Jules Verne, is about how Professor aronnax goes on a sea journey to find a giant sea monster. In their journey Professor Aronnax and his friends find that the sea monster is actually a giant steel submarine. Professor Aronnax and his friends are held hostage by Captain Nemo in the Nautilus. Nemo decides to let them explore the depths of the sea with him, and his crew. Aronnax discovers Nemo is crazy, and finds a way to escape, but once the escape, the Nautilus is unseen. The theme of 20,00 leagues under the sea is, exploration is good, but it has downsides. The theme is developed through the setting, the conflicts, and the resolution.

In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, three men are captured by a captain the forces them on an underwater adventure. Captain Nemo uses his advanced technology and thinking to run away from society. The underwater coal mine and how he used it was very helpful to not have to get in contact with humans. Coal is most thought of as a land resource, and because he can get it underwater he doesn’t have to get it from land. Back in the 1860s the ocean was not a very discovered place, so Nemo could go there without being discovered. Nemo says on page 311, “Thereby making me independant of dry land even for that substance.” Going on land to get coal means you probably would see people and have to interact with others. Another good thing

First, imagery is presented through vivid descriptions of the Nautilus, underwater scenery and biota, and the sunken city of Atlantis. Captain Nemo’s submarine, the Nautilus, is described in great detail throughout the book. For example, a bookcase is detailed in this quote, “Tall, black-rosewood bookcases, inlaid with copperwork,

Much like Aronnax, “a oceanic scientist”, Conseil is “intelligent and well educated” “classification-obsessed” person and in most ways a servant to Aronnax (Cain 1, Barrow 2032, Drabble 5).  Ned Land, “the forty year old harpooner,” on the other hand “is a man of action, not of scientific analysis, and he is used to the sea’s surface, not its depth” (Barrow 2032). Not being accustomed to the ocean 's depths, but rather it’s surface provides great conflict for Land having been a master hunter of the sea on a boat and not in a submarine.  Due to their different professions, their automatic biased opinions shape their actions; Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned Land thus takes different stances when it comes to life on the Nautilus, down to the smallest of things like the food to what Captain Nemo is really like.

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

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, written by the best selling author Jules Verne, is an enthralling undersea adventure that begins when a mysterious oblong, occasionally phosphorescent “thing”, larger and infinitely faster than a whale, begins attacking boats. The famous oceanographer Professor Pierre Aronnax is invited aboard the Abraham Lincoln to hunt down what he believes to be a giant narwhal, but once they find it, even the superior war boat is no match for this strange creature. Professor Aronnax and his trusty servant Council are thrown overboard and end up on the deck of an oblong, occasionally phosphorescent submarine with their acquaintance Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner. They are then hostilely brought aboard and told by Captain Nemo that they are never allowed to leave the Nautilus, the boat our three travelers happened upon. After this depressing news, they are offered the opportunity to travel the world underwater and experience wonders only the captain himself has ever seen, which they promptly accept.

In Jules Verne 's 20000 Leagues Beneath The Sea, Captain Nemo, who was years ahead of contemporary technology on land, go on adventures with three accidental visitors to an advanced sumbarine called the Nautilus. The main character in 20000 Leagues Beneath The Sea, who is called Professor Pierre Aronnax. He begins his journey by claiming that the creature that is taking over the world 's oceans is a big narwhal, which proves that he is arrogant as it shows that he thinks he knows everything. He gets captured by the Nautilus with two other friends, Ned Land and Conseil. All three were on Commander Farragut 's whaling boat (Now they are not), which was set out to destroy the "giant narwhale. Unfortunately the "narwhale" wasn 't a

A mission to rid the seas of a monstrous creature becomes a terrifying nightmare when Professor Arronax, Conseil and Ned Land are thrown overboard. The huge marine animal which has haunted the water is no living beast, but a spectacular man-made vessel, and the three men find themselves the helpless prisoners of Captain Nemo. Resigned to their fate, they begin a miraculous journey on the submarine ship which can travel through waters never before explored. For the Professor, at least, this voyage is one he would not have missed for the world. An American frigate, tracking down a ship-sinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention -- a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating

Jules Verne also uses real life examples in his stories. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne several times mentions Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury, “Captain Maury” in Verne’s book, a real-life oceanographer who explored the winds, seas, currents, and collected sampled of the bottom of the seas and charted oceans. Verne would have known of Matthew Maury’s international fame and perhaps Maur’s French ancestry. References are made to other such Frenchmen as Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, a famous explorer who was lost while circumnavigating the globe; Dumont D’Urville, the explorer who found the remains of Lapérouse's ship; and Ferdinand Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal and the nephew of the sole survivor of Lapérouse's

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In the story Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, a professor named Aronnax and his team decided to set out on a mission in interest of a so called monster that has been attacking ships in the past. In hopes of capturing the monster, the plan did not end up so well for Aronnax and his team. The monster struck the ship they were on and sent them plummeting into the water, without the ship members realizing they were gone. His crew found something in the water and pulled every one up onto it, not realizing what it was that they were climbing on. Before they knew it, they got pulled into the monster itself. The author used diction throughout the story to create mood and develop tone. The author changes the diction based upon the situation. For example if an event is energetic than mellows down into a calm, soothing activity, the mood or tone of the character you are reading about will change dramatically, from speaking in an energized tone, to a calm and mellow voice. This happens throughout this story. From the beginning of the story, with Aronnax and his crew going on a journey in a fortified, organized mood, towards the middle where they get captured and the mood gets energized and more entertaining. This change happens very quickly.

No matter the are words or actions one adventure and trust lies with the captain. In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax are trapped in the ice one wanting to return the other wanting to proceed. In the text Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the sea,Jules Verne develops the character conversation between Captain Nemo as persuasive towards Professor Aronnax.