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    PLACEHOLDER TITLE Jules Verne, of France, was a prominent author who produced over 60 novels along with multiple plays and short stories. Verne was born in February of 1828, amidst the Industrial Revolution, in a port city called Nantes. An environment like this undoubtedly helped to spark Verne’s near unquenchable desire for adventure and travel, a key component of his life until its end in 1905. However, Jules Verne experienced his share of bumps and potholes on his road to glory. Verne had moved to

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    Fink-4 14 March 2017 Jules Verne Research Essay Jules Verne: the prodigy of Science Fiction “Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.” (Jules Verne). The genre of science fiction can be related to science in this way. Jules Verne was one of the most influential people to the genre of science fiction, and has been accredited with many things that deal with the genre. In Jules Verne’s early life,

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    Jules Verne: Pioneer of Science Fiction A pioneer of Science Fiction, French novelist, and short story writer known as Jules Verne. In his expansive and illustrated writings, Verne foresaw a number of scientific devices and theories that were more than a century ahead of his time. He wrote over 80 books and a few of the things he described were scientific developments, possibilities, and inventions. Some inventions he imagined were actually created later in his lifetime. For instance, Verne’s

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    Journey to the Center of the Earth is a well-known book written by Jules Verne a German writer. Directors thought it was such a great book that three movies were created because of this. It is a science fiction, adventure novel, the book is written in first person point of view; viewing the main character of the book named Axel. Journey to the Center of the Earth takes place in many places, in the beginning we got to know the characters in the town of Hamburg, Germany. For a couple of chapters in

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    World Literature November 6, 2014 Annotated Bibliography’s Aronson, Jamie. "Jules Verne." Jules Verne (2006): 1. Primary Search Main Edition. Web. 27 Oct. 2014. Jules Verne born in Nantes France he was 1 of 5 he gave up his job as a stock broker to write stories Jules Verne's stories predicted the future, he had a large influence by science and technology most of his works became classics, and realities. "Verne invented a future world full of technological devices not yet thought of. He depicted

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    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

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    never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite". (Jules 199) This part of a Quote written by Jules Verne himself can be found in one of Verne's most famous book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. it Gives a clue to his fascination with world travel adventures and the knowledge he was inspired by. Jules Verne is a globally known bestseller and is often referred as by many "the father of science fiction" (Derbyshire 1). According

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    The Earth By Jules Verne

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    Theme 1 In the science fiction novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, the topics of science vs imagination brings forward numerous themes. Even though this novel is based mainly on imagination, there are still many real life themes and ideas that are relevant. One of these themes is keeping a lasting pride in one’s occupation and job. Throughout the entire introduction, Axel, the protagonist in the story observes his uncle, Otto Lidenbrock, a well-renowned German scientist working

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    Jules Verne was an astonishing and outstanding writer who predicted the science future and eventual fate of the world. A percentage of the innovations he imagined were made later in his lifetime, yet some are still to be developed. He was prominent with a wide range of readers : rich, poor, youthful, old, researchers, specialists and rulers. He composed more than 80 books generally before 1900 and a couple of the things he depicted were: helicopters, present day weapons, motion pictures with sound

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    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. Jules Verne in Twenty Leagues Under the Sea, develops Captain Nemo by persuading Professor Aronnaxs the conversation they have. The ship is trapped in a ice wall they have nowhere to go they can not return

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