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Why Captain Nemo Created The Nautilus?

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When Monsieur Aronnax first discovered why Captain Nemo created the Nautilus, he couldn’t believe it. The fact that the Nautilus was built out of vengeance and anger seemed odd for Captain Nemo’s usually high spirit. It’s proved that men have to fight nature’s obstacles along with man, and this can only be done by courage, strength, and logic. Most of the book occurs with the characters on the Nautilus, a submarine way beyond its time. The Nautilus is ran using a certain type of electricity, it’s very secluded from the outside world. The characters go on underwater adventures through sea caves, sea forest, and a coal mine, without having any other outside human interaction. It’s hard because the only resources available are those from the sea, but it’s easy because there is no war or fighting, it’s just calm.The passengers on the …show more content…

They travel through the Red sea, the Mediterranean and a tunnel. Land wanted to escape but Aronnax and Conseil didn’t want to so they wait longer. They travel through the Atlantic Ocean. Nemo shows them the lost city of Atlantis and an underwater coal mine which enthrals Aronnax and Conseil. They head toward the south pole. Nemo wanted to go under the ice caps, so that he could place a black banner with “N” on it in the snow. The ship ran aground and they are trapped until divers can cut through the ice. A sailor is killed by a squid and Nemo saves Land from the same fate. Nemo finally tells his passengers that they will never be released. All chances of escape are throttled over and over again. Finally the men have had enough and try to escape anyway. The bolts on the dinghy loosen and they are tossed into the storm. The men escape safely somehow, and are currently waiting to be taken home to France. The men went on a 10 month journey that covered 20,000 leagues. None of them of are sure what happened to the

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